Notes
A collection containing:

• Smith of Wootton Major, a short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in 1967.
• Leaf by Niggle, a short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in the January 1945 issue of The Dublin Review.

The text of Smith of Wootton Major is illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

Further details of this edition can be found at TolkienBooks.net.

Blurb – Lower Cover
This collection includes two of Tolkien’s best fairy stories. The world of Faery is the setting for Smith of Wootton Major. The preparation of a Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children was a human, cheerful occasion, but other less material powers were at work and the world of man and of Faery met and blended in a strange, haunting union.

‘Haunting quality characteristic of the best of the “deeper” folk tales. It is a delightful, memorable story.’ – Times Educational Supplement

‘Whoever reads it at eight will no doubt still be going back to it at eighty’ – New Statesman