Tree and Leaf

A new edition of Tolkien’s Tree and Leaf, illustrated for the first time by Pauline Baynes, which includes his famous essay, "On Fairy-stories," and the story that exemplifies this, "Leaf by Niggle," together with the poem "Mythopoeia" and the verse drama, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth," which tells of events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon.

Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay "On Fairy-stories," Tolkien discusses the natu...