The Catholic Herald reviewed J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit about a month after it appeared. The review in the "Children's Catholic Herald" section was headed by a picture of Tolkien, much younger than the pictures of him we usually see. The caption read: "Professor Tolkien discovered the Hobbit. He is not really a professor of elf-language, but of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford."The article appeared with the title "What is a hobbit? You'll learn if you read this." It was published in the 8 October 1937 issue.
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The Catholic Herald reviews The Hobbit
the catholic herald reviewed j. r. r. tolkien's the hobbit about a month after it appeared. the review in the "children's catholic her...
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