Carta 138
Summary
Galley-proofs of Volume I of The Lord of the Rings were sent to Tolkien in mid-July. Tolkien told his son that they had proven a bore. They were endless and did seem long-winded in parts. The printing was good but the impertinent compositors had put in corrections: altering dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and the worst, elven to elfin. Irritated, Tolkien had shot a "snorter" to Allen and Unwin which had produced a grovel.
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