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'''Ken Jackson 29 January 1968''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Ken Jackson, written on [[29 January]] [[1968]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 716</ref> | '''Ken Jackson 29 January 1968''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Ken Jackson, written on [[29 January]] [[1968]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 716</ref><ref name=TL>{{webcite|author=[[Pieter Collier]]|articleurl=http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/seenonebay/object17/description.htm|articlename=JRR Tolkien 2 signed letters 1968 Handwritten & Typed|dated=|website=TL|accessed=30 March 2014}}</ref> | ||
*'''Subject:''' Reply to a reader, concerning permission to name his house "[[Bag End]]". Tolkien comments that he did not invent the name; Bag End was the local name for the house of his Aunt [[Jane Neave]].<ref name=CG/> | *'''Subject:''' Reply to a reader, concerning permission to name his house "[[Bag End]]". Tolkien comments that he did not invent the name; Bag End was the local name for the house of his Aunt [[Jane Neave]].<ref name=CG/> | ||
*'''Descrition:''' One page, typed letter signed | *'''Descrition:''' One page, typed letter signed.<ref name=TL/> | ||
*'''Publication:''' A small excerpt was published by [[Colin Duriez]] in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', p. 455. | *'''Publication:''' A small excerpt was published by [[Colin Duriez]] in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', p. 455. | ||
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29 January, 1968. | 29 January, 1968. | ||
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My dear Jackson, | My dear Jackson, | ||
Thank you for your kind letter. It may interest you to know that (however unfair it may seem) it is impossible to patent mere names. That you known his obligation to any say permition, though I appreciate your | Thank you for your kind letter. It may interest you to know that (however unfair it may seem) it is impossible to patent mere names. That you known his obligation to any say permition, though I appreciate your courtesy. In the case of Bag-End, I did not invent it. It was in fact the local name of a house an aunt of mine lived in in Worcestershire: an old tumbledown manor house at the end of an untidy lane that led nowhere else. | ||
Your Sincerely. | Your Sincerely. | ||
J.R.R.Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
*[ | ==See also== | ||
*[[Ken Jackson 4 January 1968]] | |||
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[[Category:Letters]] | [[Category:Letters]] | ||
Revision as of 00:03, 31 March 2014
Ken Jackson 29 January 1968 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Ken Jackson, written on 29 January 1968.[1][2]
- Subject: Reply to a reader, concerning permission to name his house "Bag End". Tolkien comments that he did not invent the name; Bag End was the local name for the house of his Aunt Jane Neave.[1]
- Descrition: One page, typed letter signed.[2]
- Publication: A small excerpt was published by Colin Duriez in J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, p. 455.
Transcription
29 January, 1968.
My dear Jackson,
Thank you for your kind letter. It may interest you to know that (however unfair it may seem) it is impossible to patent mere names. That you known his obligation to any say permition, though I appreciate your courtesy. In the case of Bag-End, I did not invent it. It was in fact the local name of a house an aunt of mine lived in in Worcestershire: an old tumbledown manor house at the end of an untidy lane that led nowhere else.
Your Sincerely.
J.R.R. Tolkien
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 716
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pieter Collier, "JRR Tolkien 2 signed letters 1968 Handwritten & Typed", Tolkien Library (accessed 30 March 2014)
