''Tree and Leaf'' is a small book published in 1964, containing two works by J. R. R. Tolkien: * 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). ''Tree and Leaf'' was the first publication in which ''On Fairy-Stories'' and ''Leaf by Niggle'' became readily available to the general public. The book was 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 illustrat ...

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Mythopoeia Mythopoeia ( grc, , , myth-making), or mythopoesis, is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where an artificial or fictionalized mythology is created by the writer of prose, poetry, or other literary forms. This meaning of the word fo ...

" was added to the 1988 edition (). Later versions also include " The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son". Both pieces were re-issued in the collection ''

The Tolkien Reader ''The Tolkien Reader'' is an anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. It includes a variety of short stories, poems, a play and some non-fiction. It compiles material previously published as three separate shorter books ('' Tree and Leaf, Farme ...

'' (1966), and have also appeared in various subsequent collections.

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