Letter 4

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 4
Recipient	Edith Bratt
Date	2 March 1916
Subject(s)	Quenya

Letter 4 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Summary

After a miserable drizzling afternoon, bored with old military lecture-notes, Tolkien stated he has been working on his "nonsense fairy language". He told Edith he longs to work on it but he holds himself back because he believes it "such a mad hobby".