• 6th December 1981

• Edited by Jenny Smith

• Reprinted by kind permission of The Tolkien Society - all rights reserved.

Text

• 3-4 - Announcements

• 5 - Dungeons & Dragons

• 5-7 - Orphans and One-Parent Families in LotR

• 7 - Review

• 8-9 - Ash-Nazg Durbatuluk

• 10-11 - A Charm Against Dwarves

• 12 - The Cirth, and Then?

• 13 - Review - New Tolkien Newsletter No. 3

• 14-15 - On Similarity Among Creative Writers

• 16 - Heartland of the Shire?

• 17 - Review - J.R.R. Tolkien

• 18 - Similarity, cont.

• 20 - Smial Please

• 21 - Tolk Folk

• 21-23 - Letters

• 24-25 - Jessica's Corner

• 25 - Similarity, cont.

• 26-27 - Helen's Heep

Artwork

• Cover - Galadriel: Mark Bardsley

• 2 - Calligraphy: Margaret Thomson

• 3 - Saruman: Ley Holloway

• 5 - Bird: Steve Lines

• 6 - Sam: Ley Holloway

• 7 - Strip: Steve Lines

• Ent: Geraldine Charles

• 8 - Mormegil: Ley Holloway

• 9 - Nazgûl: Steve Lines

• 10 - Title: Lucy Matthews

• Initial: Margaret Thomson

• 11 - Dwarf: Lucy Matthews

• Elf: Mark Bardsley

• 12-13 - Uruk and Hama: Phil Robson

• 14 - Strip: Philip Day

• Gollum: Gary Cook

• 15 - Ent: Geraldine Charles

• 16 - Initial: Mark Bardsley

• Cottage: Jamie Blair

• 17 - Telperion: Dave Cooper

• 18 - Arrow: Steve and Hil

• 19 - Azog: Vince Price

• 21 - Title: Margaret Thomson

• 22 - Ent: Geraldine Charles

• 24 - Title: Steve Lines

• Silhouette: Marion Haas

• 25: Strip: Ley Holloway

• Cartoon: Hibernia

• 26 - Title: Steve Lines