 First edition | |
| Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pauline Baynes |
| Genre | Essay |
| Publisher | George Allen and Unwin |
Publication date | 28 May 1964 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| 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 1964 [1] 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). [2]
