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Mithalwen · 09-06-2016, 10:56 AM

Maybe as an extension of the hobbitish obsession with genealogies? I think Merry wrote at least a couple of books as well. Many people write without great hope,] or expectation that others will read them. Many diary keepers (including perhaps Tolkien himself who used code at times if I remember rightly) go to great lengths to ensure their diaries are kept private. Some go as far as to want them destroyed after their own deaths.

09-06-2016, 10:56 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Maybe as an extension of the hobbitish obsession with genealogies? I think Merry wrote at least a couple of books as well. Many people write without great hope,] or expectation that others will read them. Many diary keepers (including perhaps Tolkien himself who used code at times if I remember rightly) go to great lengths to ensure their diaries are kept private. Some go as far as to want them destroyed after their own deaths. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace