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NOTE ON THE TEXT
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters


THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
BOOK ONE
I A Long-expected Party
II The Shadow of the Past
III Three is Company
IV A Short Cut to Mushrooms
V A Conspiracy Unmasked
VI The Old Forest
VII In the House of Tom Bombadil
VIII Fog on the Barrow-downs
IX At the Sign of The Prancing Pony
X Strider
XI A Knife in the Dark
XII Flight to the Ford


BOOK TWO
I Many Meetings
II The Council of Eh-ond
III The Ring Goes South
IV A Journey in the Dark
V The Bridge of Khazad-dum
VI Lothldrien
VII The Mirror of Galadriel
VIII Farewell to Lorien
IX The Great River
X The Breaking of the Fellowship

THE TWO TOWERS
BOOK THREE
I The Departure of Boromir
II The Riders of Rohan
III The Uruk-hai
IV Treebeard
V The White Rider
VI The King of the Golden Hall
VII Helm\'s Deep
VIII The Road to Isengard
IX Flotsam and Jetsam
X The Voice of Saruman
XI ThePalantir

BOOK FOUR
I The Taming of Smeagol
II The Passage of the Marshes
III The Black Gate is Closed
IV Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
V The Window on the West
VI The Forbidden Pool
VII Journey to the Cross-roads
VIII The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
IX Shelob\'sLair
X The Choices of Master Samwise

THE RETURN OF THE KING
BOOK FIVE
I Minas Tirith
11 The Passing of the Grey Company
III The Muster of Rohan
IV The Siege of Condor
V The Ride of the Rohirrim
VI The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
VII The Pyre of Denethor
VIII The Houses of Healing
IX The Last Debate
X The Black Gate Opens

BOOK SIX
I The Tower of Cirith Ungol
II The Land of Shadow
III Mount Doom
IV The Field of Cormallen
V The Steward and the King
VI Many Partings
VII Homeward Bound
VIII The Scouring of the Shire
IX The Grey Havens

APPENDICES
A ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS
I The Niimenorean Kings
II The House of Eorl
III Dunn\'s Folk
B THE TALE OF YEARS
(CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTLANDS)
C FAMILY TREES (HOBBITS)
D CALENDARS
E WRITING AND SPELLING
I Pronunciation of Words and Names
II Writing
F I The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age
II On Translation

INDEXES
I Songs and Verses
II Persons, Beasts and Monsters
III Places
IV Things