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[citation]14 May 1955
Dear Mrs Frost,
Thank you very much for your most kind letter, which arrived with great speed this morning, in spite of having to be forwarded.
I have received some letters, but not enough to make me unappreciative! It is in any case a considerable encouragement, after so much labour (and so much difficulty in getting the book published) to find that it is welcomed even by those who are widely and deeply read
The story was of course finished many years ago. The delay with Vol. III has been due to the difficulty of fulfilling (by compression and selection) the rash promises made in the First Volume concerning subsidiary matter. I have unfortunately been heavily weighted with other duties. But everything is now at press. I hope you will not be disappointed with the result. Which — if I may dare to accept the high comparisons that you make — is as if Homer had left not only poems, but an extensive commentary on them as well!
Yours Sincerly
J.R.R. Tolkien[/citation]
[citation]14 May 1955
Dear Mrs Frost,
Thank you very much for your most kind letter, which arrived with great speed this morning, in spite of having to be forwarded.
I have received some letters, but not enough to make me unappreciative! It is in any case a considerable encouragement, after so much labour (and so much difficulty in getting the book published) to find that it is welcomed even by those who are widely and deeply read
The story was of course finished many years ago. The delay with Vol. III has been due to the difficulty of fulfilling (by compression and selection) the rash promises made in the First Volume concerning subsidiary matter. I have unfortunately been heavily weighted with other duties. But everything is now at press. I hope you will not be disappointed with the result. Which — if I may dare to accept the high comparisons that you make — is as if Homer had left not only poems, but an extensive commentary on them as well!
Yours Sincerly
J.R.R. Tolkien[/citation]