The Tolkien Reader

<p><b>Stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of <i>The Hobbit</i> and The Lord of the Rings</b><br> &nbsp;<br> FARMER GILES OF HAM An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere.<br> &nbsp;<br> THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.<br> &nbsp;<br> TREE AND LEAF Contains “On Fairy-stories,” Professor Tolkien’s now-famous essay on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy.<br> &nbsp;<br> . . . and other dazzling works, including an introduction by Peter S. Beagle</p>