''Tree and Leaf'' is a small anthology of works by

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...

published in 1964 and originally illustrated by

Pauline Baynes Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator ...

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 As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory throughou ...

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 "

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" was added to the 1988 second edition (), and his poem " The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" was added in the 2001 third edition ().

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Tolkien Library
{{J. R. R. Tolkien Collections of works by J. R. R. Tolkien 1964 books Fantasy short stories 1964 short stories British novellas Books of literary criticism Allen & Unwin books