Tales from the Perilous Realm

Tales from the Perilous Realm is a compilation of some of the lesser-known writings of J. R. R. Tolkien released in 1997 by HarperCollins.

Contents

• "Farmer Giles of Ham", a short story about an English farmer who encounters a dragon. Tolkien's title page, written in Latin, is missing from this edition. Garm, previously drawn by Pauline Baynes as a greyhound, is now drawn by Alan Lee as a Mastiff.
• "Smith of Wootton Major", another short story, set partly in Faerie and partly in the area near Oxford.
• "Leaf by Niggle", a highly allegorical short story often (including here) published in tandem with the essay "On Fairy-Stories" as Tree and Leaf.
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, a collection of poems claiming to be "of hobbit origin" (and the only item in the compilation that is directly related to Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings).
• "Roverandom", a novella (longer than the rest, shorter than The Hobbit) which is added as part of the newest edition (illustrated by Alan Lee).

See also

• The Tolkien Reader, a similar collection, containing a slightly different (but overlapping) assortment of material.

References

• J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm (2008). ISBN 9780547154114 - Introduction by Tom Shippey, illustrations and Afterword by Alan Lee