Discuss Carpenter #226: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to L.W. Forster on 31 December 1960

Mauro D86 wrote:

Letter link: Carpenter #226: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to L.W. Forster • 31 December 1960 (#602)

Hi!
I recently bought from the Netherlands a copy of The Letters (1981), from the library of Prof. W.P. Gerritsen (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Gerritsen). I was intrigued by the seller's description "Loosely inserted are photocopies of a letter by Tolkien to prof. L.W. Forster and two letters by Forster to Tolkien "dec. '60/jan. '61). Of the letter by Tolkien a fragment is included in the book".

I just received the book. Inside there are some stapled sheets, which include a card with Prof. Forster's letterhead, photocopies of the letters (two from Forster and one from Tolkien) and a copy of the contribution written by Forster on Tolkien.
The text of Tolkien's letter is complete, while in the published Letters there are extracts, so I hope it can be useful for the Guide.
The original letter is held at the University of London, Institute of Modern Languages Research ("Leonard Wilson Forster papers" - https://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/Details/archive/110019334).

Éarendel wrote:

Aha, so you were the one that beat me to it, Mauro D86! I ordered the book myself (both because of the Gerritsen connection and the letters of courde) but got a message from the seller that it had just been sold on another site… Congratulations!