2023 Revised Edition Errata

• (in Chapter I) > (to Chapter I) [p. 14] present from 1981 Letters forward

• indulging in exams or in 'frivolities'. > indulging either in exams or in 'frivolities'. [p. 22] present from 1981 Letters forward

• they cannot be used for that book. > they cannot be used for that book. [p. xx] present from 1981 Letters forward

• All the same I am a little perturbed. > All the same I am little perturbed. [p. 29] present from 1981 Letters forward An interesting editorial decision from Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien, if intentional, as it reads correctly both ways but in opposite senses. Which did Tolkien really mean?

• material for treatment > material suitable for treatment [p. 29] present from 1981 Letters forward

• much too much for Richard > much too much of Richard [p. 29] present from 1981 Letters forward

• in any case, I could bring Mr Bliss > in any case, if I could bring Mr Bliss [p. 30] present from 1981 Letters forward

• and for the moment the story > and at the moment the story [p. 39] present from 1981 Letters forward

• more than adventures; > more than their adventures; [p. 47] present from 1981 Letters forward

• appearing in print > appearing anywhere in print [p. 47] present from 1981 Letters forward

• Flindustani > Hindustani [p. 48] corrected in 2nd impression

• mediaeval > mediæval [p. 79] corrected in 2nd impression

• nolo efiscopari > nolo episcopari [p. 90]

• Airlener > Airletter [p. 104.] corrected in 2nd impression

• mediaeval > mediæval [p. 105] corrected in 2nd impression

• Beowulf > Béowulf [p. 106] corrected in 2nd impression

• stem > stern [p. 106] corrected in 2nd impression

• cliche > cliché [p. 109] corrected in 2nd impression

• aeternitaris > aeternitatis [p. 110]

• seance > séance [p. 111]

• convened > converted [p. 159] corrected in 2nd impression

• Gœð > Gæð [End Note 1, p. 619]

• in a spun > in a spurt [p. 164] corrected in 2nd impression

• me end > the end [p. 175] corrected in 2nd impression

• or Chapter II > of Chapter II [p. 178] corrected in 2nd impression

• Liege > Liège [p. 178]

• preferred ?> proffered [p. 182, l. 14] Incorrectly regarded as likely error

• coy ness > coyness [p. 183, l. 23]

• mediaeval > mediæval [p. 189] corrected in 2nd impression

• Fafnir > Fáfnir [p. 189] corrected in 2nd impression

• Niai > Nial [p. 189, l. 10 from bottom]

• of > of Unitalicize [p. 191, l. 4]

• The Men who appear are mainly those of the Three Houses of the Fathers of them>Men "them" in 1981 Letters too, "Men" in Silmarillion [p. 208] corrected in 2nd impression

• better and nobler son of Men > sort of Men [p. 214] corrected in 2nd impression

• Captains of the Black Riders > Captain of the Black Riders [p. 226] corrected in 2nd impression

• he has sacrificed himself, even in health and has no heart > he has sacrificed himself, even in health, and has no heart [p. 228] The missing comma is shown as present in Sauron Defeated, p. 129

• in the cool spring-sky > in the cool spring sky [p. 229] Sauron Defeated, p. 132 lacks the hyphen. It is not clear which is correct.

• Book 1 chapter III > Book I chapter II [p. 230] corrected in 2nd impression

• Barad-dur > Barad-dûr [p. 239] corrected in 2nd impression

• articule mortis > articulo mortis [p. 242] corrected in 2nd impression

• chum > churn [p. 277] corrected in 2nd impression

• Luthien > Lúthien [p. 287] corrected in 2nd impression

• Numenor > Númenor [p. 289] corrected in 2nd impression

• Eruhini > Eruhíni [p. 288] corrected in 2nd impression

• οἰκουμέη > οἰκουμένη [p. 293] corrected in 2nd impression

• Luthien > Lúthien [p. 296] corrected in 2nd impression

• Smeagol > Sméagol [p. 297] corrected in 2nd impression

• ἀγγελος with acute γ > ἄγγελος A typo since 1981 Letters corrected in 2nd impression

• by contrast with > by contact with [p. 300] present from 1981 Letters forward

• or which > of which [footnote * on p. 302] corrected in 2nd impression

• creatures. Elves > creatures, Elves this was possibly corrected for the 1999 paperback to include no comma or full stop. [footnote * on p. 302] corrected in 2nd impression

• history. He > history, He [p. 303]

• 'stones' > 'stories' [p. 319]

• ŋ at the end of (p. 404) line 23 > ng at the end of (p. 404) line 23 [p. 324] corrected in 2nd impression This has been insufficiently corrected. The two defective lines are correct in the 1981 edition (p. 223), see below.

• And also, please, NOT to replace n͡g by ŋ. I am alarmed by the Reader's query of ŋ at the end of (p. 404) line 23. > And also, please, NOT to replace ng by ŋ. I am alarmed by the Reader's query of ng at the end of (p. 404) line 23. [p. 324]

• exterior to my story. Elves > exterior to my story, Elves [p. 341]

• Danes and Gears > Danes and Geats [p. 349] corrected in 2nd impression

• Justify > justify [p. 349] corrected in 2nd impression

• 2. when > 2, When [footnote * p. 350]

• slättema > slätterna [footnote * p. 379] corrected in 2nd impression

• elen síla lúmenn’ omentieimo > elen síla lúmenn’ omentielmo [p. 382]

• phase > phrase [p. 382]

• omentielvo > omentielvo [endnote 2 p. 627]

• it improbably formally related to > it is probably formally related to [p. 388] corrected in 2nd impression

• contes des fees > contes des fées [p. 394] corrected in 2nd impression

• or piercing a dazzling > a piercing or dazzling [p. 398] The "or piercing a" transcript is in 1981 Letters, corrected to "a piercing or" in the 2023 revised edition based on the original manuscript letter.

• a tíro niu > a tíro nin [p. 398 footnote *] error is also in 1981 ed.

• *ělěn > *ĕlĕn [p. 402] italics; replace ě (e with caron) with ĕ (e with breve), twice

• Iluvatar > Ilúvatar [p. 409] corrected in 2nd impression

• Juicy > juicy [p. 410] corrected in 2nd impression

• begun, as a separate thing, about 1937 > begun, as a separate & so its general "myth" is a much older thing, about 1937 [p. 431] based on the original typed letter

• They owe more to William Morris > It owes more to William Morris [p. 432] based on the original typed letter

• sunset. West, > sunset, West, [p. 432]

• malinomélion > malinornélion [End Note 2 p. 629] corrected in 2nd impression

• nomme Domini > nomine Domini [p. 477] corrected in 2nd impression

• Hurin > Húrin [p. 485] corrected in 2nd impression

• Amur > Ainur [p. 485] corrected in 2nd impression

• Dwalakoneis > Dwalakōneis [p. 498] corrected in 2nd impression

• Frvmins > Frumins "Frvmin" since 1981 Letters [p. 499] corrected in 2nd impression

• aesthetic > æsthetic [p. 536] corrected in 2nd impression

• “warrior or king’ > ‘warrior or king’ incorrect leading double quote [fn * p. 537] corrected in 2nd impression

• + rĩm > + rīm [p. 539] replace ĩ (i with tilde) with ī (i with macron)

• poems. The > poems, The [p. 547, editorial intro]

• Rhone > Rhône [p. 551] corrected in 2nd impression

• [310a] > [347a] there is no letter 310a [p. 635]

• Aragorn ... dynasts descended from 344; > 483; [p. 640]

• Beare, Rhona 387—409 > 397—409 [p. 642]

2023 Revised Edition US Kindle Specific Errata

• the whole letter is left-indented (save for the opening four lines), whereas only the paragraph excerpted from Stanley Unwin's letter should be.

• The title and first (editorial) paragraph are left-indented more than they should be.

• discoveries 429 with > discoveries with

• reason. <Palantír > reason. Palantír remove stray "<"