Letter 9

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 9
Recipient	Susan Dagnall, George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Date	4 January 1937
Subject(s)	The Hobbit Maps

Letter 9 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Background

Miss Susan Dagnall, an Oxford graduate, had read an unfinished typescript of The Hobbit and recommended Tolkien offer it for publication (accounts of this are given in Letters 163, 257 and 294). The book has been accepted.

Summary

This letter was titled "Maps &c. for The Hobbit". Tolkien sends redrawn versions of the maps and illustrations to be included in the published volume. He apologised for his "small skill and no experience of preparing such things", but nevertheless hoped they can be included.