TOLKIEN'S BOOKSHELF #10: GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES In his essay 'On Fairy Stories', Tolkien made specific mention of the brothers Grimm. The brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, together travelled rural Germany collecting and publishing old, traditional folktales. They are among the most well-known storytellers of German folklore. Their first collection, 'Children's and Household Tales', was published in 1812. In the nineteenth century Europe, Britain and the British colonies experienced a flowering of Romanticism in the form of art, architecture, poetry, literature, folklore and folk tales. The latter, in particular, played a major role in the development of Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Tolkien mined the folklore of the Grimm brothers for literary gems. In his essay he mentioned his love of a tale in this collection by the name of 'The Juniper Tree' (renamed 'The Almond Tree' for British audiences). The 1882 edition of Household Stories was beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane (1845-1915)...

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