4 February: Difference between revisions

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Events which occurred on 4 February.

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).
1938 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 22.
1971 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 321.

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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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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).
 * '''[[1938]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 22]].
 * '''[[1971]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 321]].