TCG Letter #2175

In reply to Tolkien's letter of 2 February,^{Carpenter #35: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth • 2 February 1939 (#39)[1]} Furth tells Tolkien that the middle of June will be the latest date that GA&U can receive and have ready a work for the Christmas publication period. He says that GA&U prefer that they publish The Lord of the Rings and asks that they see what has been written so far.^{Tolkien had suggested Farmer Giles of Ham further to Mr. Bliss as an alternate publication if The Lord of the Rings was not ready.[2]}

Furth includes accounts for 1938 and Tolkien's royalty payment for that period as well as an advance on his royalties for the Houghton Mifflin publication of The Hobbit.