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* '''[[1933]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on ''[[The Hobbit]]'', saying "''Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children''" (''They Stand Together'', collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. [[wikipedia:Walter Hooper|Walter Hooper]], No. 183). | * '''[[1933]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on ''[[The Hobbit]]'', saying "''Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children''" (''They Stand Together'', collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. [[wikipedia:Walter Hooper|Walter Hooper]], No. 183). | ||
* '''[[1937]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s poem "[[The Dragon's Visit]]" is published in ''The Oxford Magazine''. | |||
* '''[[1938]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 22]]. | * '''[[1938]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 22]]. | ||
* '''[[1971]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 321]]. | * '''[[1971]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 321]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 9 February 2011
Events which occurred on 4 February.
On Earth
- 1933 - C.S. Lewis writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on The Hobbit, saying "Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children" (They Stand Together, collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. Walter Hooper, No. 183).
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "The Dragon's Visit" is published in The Oxford Magazine.
- 1938 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 22.
- 1971 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 321.
- 2010 - West of the Mountains, East of the Sea and There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.
