TCG Letter #2144

Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull note on their 'Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Revised and Enlarged Edition (2017) Vol. 1: Chronology' ^{https://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology2.html[1]} that "Tolkien writes to Ferris Greenslet at the Houghton Mifflin Company. He is sorry that the publisher did not select Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves for the American edition of The Hobbit, the artist having caught the scene closely. (In fact, Bilbo is shown arriving in sunlight, but in the story he arrives at night. Tolkien evidently means that he caught the spirit of the event.)"

Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull maintain a website with updates to almost all of their works, including the J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide including corrections, new information, and updates added as and when they have enough material to add. Those who wish to keep upto date with those updates should see https://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda.html