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{{short description|1964 book by J. R. R. Tolkien}}
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| name              = Tree and Leaf
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| image             = TreeAndLeaf.jpg
| caption           = First edition
| author            = [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
| illustrator       = [[Pauline Baynes]]
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| country           = United Kingdom
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| publisher         = [[George Allen and Unwin]]
| release_date      = 28 May 1964
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| preceded_by       = [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]
| followed_by       = [[The Tolkien Reader]]
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'''''Tree and Leaf''''' is a small anthology of works by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] published in 1964<ref>[[Christina Scull]] & [[Wayne G. Hammond]] (2006), ''[[The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'', HarperCollins, 'Chronology' volume, p.618; {{ISBN|9780618391028}}</ref> 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 (Catholic periodical)|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 (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}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien |url=https://tolkienlibrary.com/booksbytolkien/treeandleaf/description.php |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=tolkienlibrary.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/booksbytolkien/treeandleaf/description.htm Tolkien Library]

{{J. R. R. Tolkien}}

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