Letter 194a

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 194a
Recipient	Michael Tolkien
Date	6 November 1956
Subject(s)	comments on the Church, Suez Crisis, British politics, and Michael George Tolkien

Letter 194a is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

Tolkien commented on the "vulgar nurses" causing an unspecified strain on Michael. He indicated that he believed the Church was the only place where the Blessed Sacrament could be conducted.

He briefly discussed the Suez Crisis and the political turmoil surrounding then Prime Minister Anthony Eden. He expressed his disdain for the possibility of a socialist government and said "there will be nowhere to go to escape the rising tide of ‘orquerie’". He mentioned a letter that a factory worker interested in Elvish.

He also also tells Michael to not worry about Michael George Tolkien's English (it's unclear what specifically the concern was). He closes the letter with the statement "Beware! All leftists are anti-philology!"