Tree and Leaf
{{short description|1964 book by J. R. R. Tolkien}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Tree and Leaf
| image = TreeAndLeaf.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = J. R. R. Tolkien
| illustrator = Pauline Baynes
| country = United Kingdom
| genre = Essay
| publisher = George Allen and Unwin
| release_date = 28 May 1964
| preceded_by = The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
| followed_by = The Tolkien Reader
}}
Tree and Leaf is a small anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien published in 1964Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, HarperCollins, 'Chronology' volume, p.618; {{ISBN|9780618391028}} and originally illustrated by Pauline Baynes which consisted of:
- a revised version of an essay called "On Fairy-Stories" (originally published in 1947 in Essays Presented to Charles Williams)
- an allegorical short story called "Leaf by Niggle" (originally published in the Dublin Review in 1945).
Both pieces were re-issued in the collection The Tolkien Reader (1966), and have also appeared in various subsequent collections.
Tolkien's poem "Mythopoeia" was added to the 1988 second edition ({{ISBN|0395502322}}), and his poem "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" was added in the 2001 third edition ({{ISBN|9780007105045}}).{{cite web |title=Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien |url=https://tolkienlibrary.com/booksbytolkien/treeandleaf/description.php |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Tolkien Library}}
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External links
- [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/booksbytolkien/treeandleaf/description.htm Tolkien Library]
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Category:Collections of works by J. R. R. Tolkien
Category:Fantasy short stories