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MALLORN PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

Compiled by Ardamir of the Lord of the Rings Fanatics Forum (http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/)

Issue Time of Page Article/Illustration Author/ no. release nos. Artist 1 1970 3 1971 23 Letter to the Editor James Ead 5 1972 2? Pro-Editorial from the Pro-Editor (includes a letter from Vera Chapman Tolkien to Vera Chapman) Conversation with John Tolkien 6 Jan. 1973 article on Tom Bombadil? Archie Mercer 7 1973 An Extrapolation on "The Silmarillion" Jim Allan 8 1974 Editorial An Extrapolation on "The Silmarillion" Jim Allan 20-23 Rayner Unwin’s speech at the AGM (AGM report?) 9 1975 30? A Marxist Look at Middle Earth; or, The Political Edward Economy of the Shire Crawford 30? A Note on the Population and Settlement of Bree Edward Crawford 10 6-11 The Hobbits Kevin Young 33 “All that is gold does not glitter." Illustrated reprint in Lucy Matthews script 11 34-36 The Hobbits Kevin Young 12 1978 front illustration Pauline Baynes cover 24-28 The Battle of the Eastern Field (reprint from The King J.R.R. Tolkien Edward’s School Chronicle, Birmingham, Vol XXVI No 186, March, pp. 22-26) 13 1979 front illustration Pauline Baynes cover 3-5 ‘The Battle of the Eastern Field’: A Commentary Jessica Yates 7-10 Review of An Introduction to Elvish (1978) 31-32 A Chronology of the First Age Clive Tolley 14-15 Gimli's Asce (Axe?) Jonathan Simon 16-20 Specula of Middle-earth Brin Dunsire 23-28 Not an Orderly Narrator: Inaccuracies and Ambiguities Pat Masson in the Early Chapters of the Red Book of Westmarch 14 1980 Review of Mary Salu and Robert T. Farrell, eds., J. R. R. Tolkien, Scholar and Story-teller: Essays in Memoriam The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien: A Brief Account of Christopher the Book and Its Making Tolkien English in Fëanorean David Masson 3-5, 7-8 The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien: A Brief Account of Christopher the Book and Its Making Tolkien The Peter Roe Memorial Fund (includes Dwarvish Fragments by Peter Roe) 15 Sept. 13-15 The Kalevala and The Silmarillion Clive Tolley 1980 Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Unfinished Tales 16 May front illustration Pauline Baynes 1981 cover 9-12, 14- J.R.R. Tolkien: Lexicography and Other Early 15, 19- Linguistic Preferences 22, 24-26 29-31 Music in Middle-earth Gill Gleeson 17 Oct. 1981 11-17 Mandala Symbolism in The Lord of the Rings Johan Vanhecke Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (Selected and edited by Humphrey Carpenter) The Choices of Master Sibley 18 June 5-9 A Phytogeography of Middle-Earth Karen Goodwin 1982 11-16 Review of Richard West's Tolkien Criticism: An Charles Noad Annotated Checklist 13-16 J.R.R. Tolkien: Translator Joe Christopher 21-24 A Chronology of the Careers of Túrin and Tuor Donald O’Brien 31-33 Tolkien's Influence on The Chronicles of Narnia Jessica Yates 19 Dec. 5-7, 28 Christianity and Kingship in Tolkien and Lewis Caroline Monks 1982 9-13 Studies in the Chronology of Middle-Earth 21-24 The Indo-Iranian Influence on Tolkien Michael McClain 25-28 The Battle of the Pelennor Fields: An Impossible David Bell Victory? 31-33 The Doom of the World Brennen McKenzie 20 Sept. 5-10 Before Puck - The Púkel-men and the Puca J.S. Ryan 1983 12-13, 22 Review of Finn and Hengest Kathleen Herbert 15-17? The Geography and Economy of Númenor Ted Crawford 18-22? Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Monsters and the Charles Noad Critics and Other Essays 19-22 The Tale of Beren and Lúthien Iwan Rhys Morus 25-27 Mr. Bliss: The Precursor of a Precursor Nils Ivar Agøy Review of T. A. Shippey's The Road to Middle-Earth 21 June 5-10 The Lord of the Rings as Tragedy Carol Jeffs 1984 11-13 Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Book of Lost Tales, Charles Noad Part One (The History of Middle-earth) 15-19 ‘Lord of the Isles’: No, Sorry Mr Giddings, I Mean Margaret Askew ‘Rings’ 23-28 The Gorren: A Tale of Later Years Christine Davidson 23-28 In Defense of Fantasy Jessica Yates 36-38 The Tree of Tales Dylan Pugh 22 April 5-11 Oromë and the Wild Hunt: The Development of a Myth Michael Burgess 1985 13-16 Tolkien’s Shire and Wagner’s Nuremberg: A John A. Ellison Comparison 21-23 Cultural Name Association: A Tolkien Example from J.S. Ryan Gilgamesh 25-31 Other Minds and Hands: An Experiment in Kathleen Herbert Reconstructing ‘The Tale of Valacar and Vidumavi’ 33-36 The Forest Carol Jeffs 39 From Genesis to Revelation in Middle-Earth Irene Garnett 40-41 From Genesis to Revelation in Middle-Earth Michael Burgess Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Book of Lost Tales II (The History of Middle-earth) 23 Summer front illustration Pauline Baynes 1986 cover 5-9 The Use and Misuse of Fantasy Kathleen Jones 10-13 From Innocence to Experience: The ‘Naivete’ of J.R.R. John A. Ellison Tolkien 14-16 Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lays of Beleriand (The Charles Noad History of Middle-earth) 17-23 Of Amalion Denis Bridoux 25-29 Warg, Wearg, Earg, and Werewolf J.S. Ryan 30-36 The Fairy-Tale Tradition Christina Scull 24 Sept. 5-7, 10 A Delusion Unmasked Jeff Stevenson 1987 Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Shaping of Middle- earth (The History of Middle-earth) 13-15 The Stone of Erech Jenny Curtis 16-17 The Wild Hunt: Sir Orfeo and J.R.R. Tolkien J.S. Ryan 25-27 A Merry Fellow Carol Jeffs 28-34 Extrapolations from the Tolkien Kenton E. Wittrup 25 Sept. Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lost Road and Other 1988 Writings 5-8 The Lord of The Rings: The B.B.C. Radio 4 Serial James Kearney 12-14 Whose Ring Is It, Anyway? K.C. Fraser 15-17 Grima the Wormtongue: Tolkien and His Sources John Rateliff 20-22 The Tolkien Formation – with a Lively Example J.S.Ryan 30-32 The Draining of Moria Michael Percival 26 1989 5-15 Cock and Bull about Epic Fantasy Madawc Williams 31-33 Splintered Darkness Alex Lewis 17-20 The Legendary War and the Real One: The Lord of the John A. Ellison Rings and the Climate of Its Times 21-24 Orchestras of Middle-earth Alex Lewis 25-27 The Geographical Relation between Beleriand and Ronald E. Eriador Kyrmse 35-38 Books, Literature and Literacy in Middle-Earth Wayne G. Hammond 28-30 On Illustrating Tolkien Ted Nasmith 39-43 The Religious Ritual and Practise of the Elves of Michael R. Middle-Earth at the Time of the War of the Ring Hickman 27 Sept. 5-9 Uprooting the Golden Bough: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Iwan Rhys 1990 Response to Nineteenth Century Folklore and Morus Comparative Mythology 11-14 On Reading and Re-Reading The Lord of the Rings Christina Scull 15-23 The Religious Rituals of the Dúnedain of Gondor Michael R. Hickman Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Treason of Isengard (The History of Middle-earth) Review of Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography (1989) by Ruth Nadelmann Lynn 29-32 The Structure of The Hobbit John A. Ellison 33-35 Green Rocks, White Ship: Oilima Markirya (The Last Patricia Reynolds Ark) 40 A Note on the Geography of the First Age [Rpt. from Charles Noad Amon Hen 5 (1979), 38] 28 Sept. 2-6 Celtic Influences on the History of the First Age Marie Barnfield 1991 7-11 Frithuwold and the Farmer: Farmer Giles of Ham and Patricia Reynolds His Place in History 12-14 The Quest for Imladris Madawc Williams 15-18 Sordid Suburbia Alex Lewis 19-21 The Hobbit and A Midsummer Night's Dream Lisa Hopkins 23-28 Sublime Scenes and Horrid Novels: Milestones along John A. Ellison the Road to Middle-Earth 29-35 Valaquanta and the Energy of the Valar Jenny Coombs, Marc Read 29 August 3-5 The Geology of the Northern Kingdom and Its Neil Holford 1992 Implications for Its People 6-13 More Celtic Influences: Númenor and the Second Age Marie Barnfield 15-16 Endogamy and Exogamy in the Works of Tolkien Lisa Hopkins 17-20 Sauron’s Darkness Alex Lewis 20 Before and After Lucy Bray 21-24 Dressed to Kill Helen Armstrong 26-30 Tolkien and Beethoven John A. Ellison 33-38 The Secret War and the End of the First Age: Tolkien in Maria the (former) USSR Kamenkovkh 39-40 Reflections on the Tolkien Bibliography Wayne G. Hammond 41-42 Publishing Tolkien Rayner Unwin 44-53 The Genesis of Arda Donald O’Brien Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's Sauron Defeated: The End of the Third Age; The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four; The Notion Club Papers; and,The Drowning of Anadûnê (The History of Middle-earth) Review of the Tolkien Collection Review of The Tolkien Family Album 30 Sept. 5-9 Elvish and Welsh David Doughan 1993 10-13 The Earliest Days of Gondor: An Experiment in Middle- Ruth Lacon Earth Historiography 14-20 The Hobbit and Tolkien's Other Pre-War Writings, II John Rateliff, Christina Scull 21-28 Tolkien’s Art John A. Ellison 29-31 It Bore Me Away: Tolkien as Horseman Helen Armstrong 46-49 The Dream of Getting Lost (review of the Faeroese Hanus translation of The Hobbit) Andreassen Review of Rosebury, Tolkien A Critical Assessment Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's Morgoth's Ring (The History of Middle-earth) 31 Dec. 5 Editorial John A. Ellison 1994 7-14 Reappraising Gawain: Pagan Champion or Christian John Matthews Knight 15-19 Bells and Bell-Ringing in Middle-Earth Martin Hardgrave 20-28 Before Defended Walls: Hill-Forts and Fortified Sites in John A. Ellison Northern Eriador in the Second and Third Ages 29-36 Túrin Turambar and the Tale of the Fosterling Marie Barnfield 37-44 The Economy and Economic History of Gondor Ruth Lacon 54-56 J.I.M. Stewart, J.B. Timbermill and J.R.R. Tolkien Jessica Yates Review of A Tribute to JRR Tolkien Review of David Day's Tolkien's Ring Review of Scholarship and Fantasy Review of The Inklings Vol. 10 Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-earth) 32 1995 5-14 And the Word Was Made Flesh Clive Tolley 15-20 The Fall From Grace - Decline and Fall in Middle- Len Sanford Earth: Metaphors for Nordic and Christian Theology in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion 21-24 An Ethnically Cleansed Faery? Tolkien and the Matter David Doughan of Britain 28-35 Notes toward a History of the Easterlings Ruth Lacon 33* 1995 Unpublished contributions Editorial Opening Address

Section 1: Recollection and Remembrance Reminiscences: Oxford in 1920, Meeting Tolkien and Vera Chapman Becoming an Author at 77. Tolkien Centenary Banquet Address. Glenn H. Goodknight Sermon at Thanksgiving Service, Keble College Chapel, Fr. Robert 23rd August 1992. Murray Recollections of J.R.R. Tolkien. George Sayer Publishing Tolkien. Rayner Unwin

Section 2: Sources and Influences Quid Hinieldus cum Christo? - New Perspectives on Nils Ivar Agøy Tolkien's Theological Dilemma and his Sub-Creation Theory Tolkien's Experiment with Time: The Lost Road, "The Verlyn Flieger Notion Club Papers" and J.W.Dunne. Higher Argument: Tolkien and the tradition of Vision, Deirdre Greene Epic and Prophecy An Anthropologist in Middle-earth Virginia Luling Frodo and his Spectre: Blakean Resonances in Tolkien. Charles E. Noad An Overview of the Northern Influences on Tolkien's Gloriana St. Clair Works Volsunga Saga and Narn: Some Analogies. Gloriana St. Clair Tolkien's Revision of the Romantic Tradition. Chris Seeman Tolkien as a Post-War Writer Tom Shippey Where do Elves go to? Tolkien and a Fantasy Tradition Norman Talbot

Section 3: The Lord of the Rings Eating, Devouring, Sacrifice and Ultimate Just Desserts Marjorie Burns Power and Knowledge in Tolkien: The Problem of Jane Chance Difference in "The Birthday Party" The Moral Epiphanies in The Lord of the Rings Joe R. Christopher "Less Noise and More Green": Tolkien's Ideology for Patrick Curry England The Earthly Paradise in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Gwenyth Hood Tolkien as Reviser: A Case Study Gloriana St. Clair Open Minds, Closed Minds in The Lord of the Rings Christina Scull

Section 4: The Silmarillion Historical Bias in the Making of The Silmarillion Alex Lewis Aspects of the Fall in The Silmarillion Eric Schweicher

Section 5: Linguistics and Lexicography At the Wordface: J.R.R. Tolkien's Work on the Oxford Peter M. Gilliver English Dictionary The Growth of Grammar in the Elven Tongues Christopher Gilson, Patrick Wynne Tolkien's Dictionary Poetics: The Influence of the Deirdre Greene OED's Defining Style on Tolkien's Fiction Problems of Translating into Russian Natalia Grigorieva J.R.R. Tolkien and Old English Studies: An Bruce Mitchell Appreciation Tolkien and the Gawain-poet Tom Shippey

Section 6: Response and Reaction How Russians See Tolkien Vladimir Grushetskiy The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction Wayne G. Hammond Tolkien the Anti-totalitarian Jessica Yates

Section 7: Tolkien Studies Good Guys, Bad Guys, Fantasy and Reality Helen Armstrong The Realm of Faërie Christine Barkley Point of View in Tolkien Christine Barkley J.R.R. Tolkien and the Clerihew Joe R. Christopher Power in Arda: Sources, Uses and Misuses Edith L. Crowe Tolkien and Englishness Chris Hopkins A Mythology for England Carl F. Hostetter, Arden R. Smith A Tolkien Chronology Nancy Martsch Evil and the Evil One in Tolkien's Theology Tadeusz Andrzej Olszanski Tolkien's Exceptional Visit to Holland: A René van Reconstruction Rossenberg A Mythology? For England? Anders Stenström Tolkien's Elvish Craft Dwayne Thorpe

Section 8: Middle-earth Studies A Physics of Middle-earth. Jenny Coombs, Marc Read Explorations into the Psyche of Dwarves David A. Funk The Geology of Middle-earth William Antony Swithin Sarjeant Writing and Allied Technologies in Middle-earth Lester E. Simons

Section 9: The Inklings Hermetic Imagination: The Effect of The Golden Dawn Charles A. on Fantasy Literature. Coulombe Tolkien, Sayers, Sex and Gender David Doughan Tolkien and the Other Inklings. Colin Duriez Female Authority Figures in the Works of Tolkien, C.S. Lisa Hopkins Lewis and Charles Williams More than a Bandersnatch: Tolkien as a Collaborative Diana Lynne Writer Pavlac “A Pattern Which Our Nature Cries Out For”: The Stephen Yandell Mediæval Tradition of the Ordered Four in the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien

Section 10: Flights of Fancy Baggins Remembered John Ellison A Short History of the Territorial Development of the Hubert Sawa Dwarves' Kingdoms in the Second and Third Ages Of Middle-earth The Mechanics of Dragons.. An Introduction to The Angela Surtees, Study of their 'Ologies Steve Gardner

Section 11: Other Writers Tales of Wonder - Science Fiction and Fantasy in the Madawc Age of Jane Austen Williams Natural Mysticism in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in J.R. Wytenbroek the Willows Cetacean Consciousness in Katz's Whalesinger and J.R. Wytenbroek L'Engle's A Ring of Endless Light 34 1996 7-11 J. R. R. Tolkien’s Genealogies: The Roots of His ‘Sub- Daniel Patrick Creation’ Timmons 13-19 Power, Domination and Egocentrism in Tolkien and John Flood Orwell 21-24 Tolkien and Space Travel Mark (Anothony?) Appleyard 25-32 Gandalf, Frodo, and Sherlock Holmes: Myth and Reality John A. Ellison Compared in the Works of Tolkien and Conan Doyle Review of J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator John Ellison Review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Peoples of Middle- Earth (The History of Middle-earth) 35 1997 The Balrog Report 15-19 Problems of Good and Evil in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Craig Clark Rings 20-24 ‘The Hill at Hobbiton’: Vernacular Architecture in the Pat Reynolds Shire 25-32 Eucatastrophe and the Gift of Iluvatar in Middle-earth Christopher Garbowski 37-44 Tolkien's Trees Claudia Riiff Finseth 45-53 The Shire and Notting Hill Michael Foster 54-59 What Have We Brought on Ourselves? Tolkien and Mark (Anthony?) Space Travel, II Appleyard Review of J.R.R. Tolkien (Series: "Writers and their John Ellison Work") by Charles Moseley Review of Defending Middle-Earth - Tolkien: Myth & Sarah Wells Modernity by Patrick Curry 36 Nov. 5-12 There Are Two People in This Marriage Helen Armstrong 1998 13-15 The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck: Not Necessarily Charlie Betz Middle-earth 11-18 Queer Lodgings: Gender and Sexuality in The Lord of David M. Craig the Rings 17-23 Too Deeply Hurt: Understanding Frodo’s Decision to Karyn Milos Depart 25-27 A Pre-History of Hobbits Ruth Lacon 28-34 A Fiftieth Anniversary Walk (Or There and Back Again, Alex Lewis an Academic’s Day Out) 31-34 Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien 35-42 Tolkien’s World and Wagner’s: The Music of Language John A. Ellison and the Language of Music 43-50 Fanfare for the Common Man Len Sanford 51-57 The Lord of the Rings: A Myth for Modern Englishmen Margarita Gonzalez Carretero Review of A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to John Ellison Faërie by Verlyn Flieger 37 Dec. 5-13 In Search of the Shire: Tolkien and the Counties of David Bratman 1999 England 15-18 Tom Bombadil’s Biblical Connections Ron Pirson 21-27 The History of Middle-earth: from a Mythology for Christopher England to a Recovery of the Real Earth Garbowski 21-27 The Virtual History of Middle-earth John A. Ellison 35-39 The Invisible Shire Ruth Lacon Review of Tolkien: Man and Myth. A Literary Life by Michael Tolkien Joseph Pearce 38 Jan. 2001 5-10 Magic vs. Enchantment Patrick Curry 11-18 “Queer Lodgings”: Gender and Sexuality in The Lord of David M. Craig the Rings 21-29 Images of Evil in Tolkien’s World John A. Ellison 31-35 Realistic Fantasy: the Example of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Nicholaos Lord of the Rings Koravos 39 Sept. 3-6 Legendary and Historical Time in The Lord of the Rings Allan Turner 2001 15-22 Coming of Age: Changes of Heart: Growth and Christine Enlightenment in The Lord of the Rings Davidson 23-29 An Orc’s-eye View of the History of Middle-earth John A. Ellison 30-32 Icons of Jesus Christ in The Lord of the Rings Jean Chausse 33-37 The Shire: Its Bounds, Food and Farming William A.S. Sarjeant 38-40 Tolkien – Why Is He Important Today? Valerie Anand, Dale Nelson Short story: 'Ytenelinga saga' Lynn Forest-Hill 40 Nov. Reviews of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 7-12 J.R.R. Tolkien’s Moral Imagination Gary L. Willhite, John R.D. Bell. 13-14 Tolkien's Marian Vision of Middle-earth Donald P. Richmond 15-21 The Hamletian Hobbit Laura Marples 28 Treebeard’s Voice John A. Ellison 29-31 The Lord of the Rings and the Four Loves Dale Nelson 32-38 Binary Issues and Feminist Issues in LOTR David Pretorius 39-44 J.R.R. Tolkien's Use of an Old English Charm Edward Pettit The Ring (an essay on Tolkien’s mythology) 41 July 2003 Reviews of Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers 9-11 Tolkien's Middle-earth and the Catholic Imagination Christopher Garbowski 26-33 ‘Reading Lord of the Rings: The Final Attempt’: An Janet Brennan Analysis of a Web Community Croft, Jay Shorten 42-43 Coinage in middle-earth Kenneth Fraser Re-writing the Past: The Pillars of Middle-earth Short story: ‘The Nine Herbs Charm' Lynn Forest-Hill 42 Aug. The Road goes ever on ... The 'Journey' motive in LOR 2004 Reviews of Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King 5-10 Reasons for Not Liking Tolkien Caroline Galwey 11-18 Treebeard's Roots in Medieval European Tradition Edward Pettit 23-28 ‘And One White Tree’: The Cosmological Cross and the Christopher T. Arbor Vitae in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Vaccaro and The Silmarillion 35-42 Warm Beds Are Good: Sex and Libido in Tolkien's Ty Rosenthal Writing 43-46 The Chronology of Middle-earth Tony Steele 47-50 The Morality of Military Leadership Janet Brennan Croft 51-59 Perspectives on Reality in The Lord of the Rings, part 1 Gerardo Barajas Garrido Short story: ‘Seeing things’ Lynn Forest-Hill Illustration: “At the Grey Havens” Jef Murray 43 July 2005 front illustration Pauline Baynes cover inside illustration Kay Woollard front cover 1 illustration Kay Woollard About the Tolkien Society Editorial 3-10 Arnor: The Númenórean Inheritance Marjorie Willetts 5 illustration Jef Murray 9 illustration Lorenzo Daniele 11-14 Traitors and translators: three German versions of The Susanne Stopfel Lord of the Rings 13 illustration Jef Murray 15-19 The Road Goes Ever On: Tolkien’s Use of the ‘Journey’ John Ellison Motive in Constructing The Lord of the Rings 17 illustration John Ellison 20-22 Botanical Notes on the Mallorn Beth Russell 23-26 Arthur and Aragorn: Arthurian influence in The Lord of Richard J. Finn the Rings 27-29 A History of Song: Transmission of Memory in Middle- Michael earth Cunningham 30-37 Tolkien's women (and men): the film and the book Jane Chance 32 illustration Jill Thwaites 33 illustration Jill Thwaites 38-42 Gandalf as Torturer: The Ticking Bomb Terrorist and Adam Rosman Due Process in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings 41 illustration Jef Murray 43-48 Merry in Focus: On Ring Fever, Having Adventure, Hilary Longstaff Being Overlooked, and Not Getting Left Behind 45 illustration Lorenzo Daniele 49-52 Tolkien's Burning Briar: An Astronomical Explanation Kristine Larsen 50 illustration John Ellison 53-59 Perspectives on reality in Lord of the Rings, part 2 Gerardo Barajos Garrido 55 illustration Katrin Kunde About the authors back illustration John Ellison cover 44 Aug. In the Shadow of the Tree: A study of the motif of the Michael 2006 White Tree in the context of JRR Tolkien’s Middle- Cunningham earth Jewish influences in Middle-earth Zak Cramer Tolkien-on-sea: The view from the shores of Middle- John Ellison earth Swords and sky stones: Meteoric iron in The Kristine Larsen Silmarillion Frodo as Beowulf: Tolkien reshapes the Anglo-Saxon Robert Goldberg Heroic Ideal On Tom Bombadil: The function of Tom Bombadil Klaus Jensen, Ruairidh MacDonald ‘I have looked the last on that which is fairest’: Elegy in Leigh Smith Beowulf and Tolkien’s Lothlorien Aragorn: Tales of the heir of Isildur: Part I – the Håkan Arvidsson evolution of the man 45 Spring front illustration Jef Murray 2008 cover 3 Guest Editorial: An Encyclopedia of Ignorance Tom Shippey 5 Letters to the Editor: Please, No – Not the Comfy Chair Jef Stevenson, Virginia Luling 8 Review of Tolkien Studies: an Annual Scholarly Review, David Doughan Vol. IV 9-10 Review of Beowulf Henry Gee 10-11 Review of The Lord of the Rings: the Stage Musical Laura Marples 11-12 Review of Explore Fairy Traditions Pat Reynolds 12-13 Review of The Golden Compass Pat Reynolds 13-14 Review of The Children of Húrin Mike Foster 14-15 Review of The Keys of Middle-earth John Damon 15-16 Review of Roots and Branches Maggie Burns 16-20 Women, Oxford and Tolkien David Doughan 20-23 Demons, Choices, and Grace in The Lord of the Rings Chad Chisholm 24-27 Tolkien’s Birmingham Bob Blackham 27-31 John Ronald’s Schooldays Maggie Burns 31-36 (V)Arda Marred – The Evolution of the Queen of the Kristine Larsen Stars 37-44 Fiction: White Annays Lynn Forest-Hill 44-45 Fiction: Mayan Wayfinding Brenda Cooper 45-49 Fiction: Across The Sea of No Return Gareth Caradoc Owens 50 Word Magic Cecilia Dart- Thornton back illustration Colleen Doran cover

* Proceedings of the Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992