TCG Letter #2096

Writing to Stanley Unwin, Tolkien suggests that their next meeting should be in November, saying that the afternoon of the 10th is OK or that he is free all day of the 12th or 15th. He has spoken with C.S. Lewis, his next novel Out of the Silent Planet is contracted to J.M. Dent and he is obliged to offer it to them first.

Tolkien will write later that day ^{Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 29 October 1937 (second letter) (#2095)[1]} after Stanley's letter of 28 October ^{Letter from Stanley Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien • 28 October 1937 (#2097)[2]} arrives, he confirms that 17 November is fine for a meeting.