Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on June 08, 2006 at 23:42:02 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.
In Reply to: question about Ransome and The Hobbit posted by Lyn on June 08, 2006 at 21:12:52:
Makes perfect sense to me. Ransome was one of the leading writers for children; Tolkien was a complete unknown. Allen and Unwin would want to have their new book by an unknown writer checked by someone who knew what he was doing!