The Hobbits

In 19 38, the observer published a letter signed habit asking whether hobbits might have been suggested to tolkin by some of julian huxley's work. tulkin was very clear, he certainly has no recollection of any of the things this person talked about. And he says specifically that nor indeed, was he like a rabbit. He was a prosperous, well fed young bachelor of independent means. Calling him a nasty little rabbit was a piece of vulgar trollery and deliberate insults to his size and feet, which he deeply resented. His feet, if conveniently clad and shod by nature, were as elegant as his long, clever fingers.