Letter 27 (re The Hobbit):
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There is in the text no mention of (Bilbo's) acquiring boots. There should be! It has dropped out somehow or other in the revisions - the bootings occurred at Rivendell; & he was again bootless after leaving Rivendell on the way home. But since furry feet are a feature of essential Hobbitness, he ought really to appear unbooted, except in special illustrations of episodes.
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Of course, we have to be very careful not to automatically apply this to the Hobbits of the Legendarium
