Letter link: Carpenter #203: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Herbert Schiro • 17 November 1957 (#327)

Many errors in the transcription of Letters, which adopted from Mythlore. A better and full transcription with the image can be found in https://historical.ha.com/itm/autograp ... ert-schiro/a/6316-47192.s , with the following differences:

There were five wizards and that's just a unique part>fact of history.

pride and [illegible]>escapism among Elves

But I should say, if asked, the tale>that it is not really about Power and Dominion>Domination: that only sets>gets the wheels going

I'm unsure if the last one (gets) is correct though.