The  Silmarillion,  foundation  of  the imagined  world of
 J.R.R.  Tolkien,  was  as is  well known  never completed,
 never brought to  a final  form after  the writing  of The
 Lord  of  the  Rings:  the  work  is  known from  the text
 published  posthumously  in  1977,  a   construction  from
 the narratives that existed, not a completion.           
   In   Morgoth's   Ring,  the   first  of   two  companion
 volumes,  Christopher  Tolkien  describes   and  documents
 the later history of The Silmarillion, from the  time when
 his father turned again to 'the Matter of the  Elder Days'
 after  The Lord  of the  Rings was  at last  achieved. The
 text of the Annals of Aman, the 'Blessed Land' in  the far
 West,  is  given  in  full;  while  in  writings  hitherto
 unknown is  seen the  nature of  the problems  that J.R.R.
 Tolkien explored in his  later years,  as new  and radical
 ideas,   portending  upheaval   in  the   old  narratives,
 emerged  at  the  heart  of  the  mythology,  and  as  the
 destinies  of  Men  and  Elves,  mortals   and  immortals,
 became  of  central significance,  together with  a vastly
 enlarged  perception  of  the evil  of Melkor,  the Shadow
 upon  Arda.  Among  these  writings  a  central  place  is
 given to  the Athrabeth  Finrod ah  Andreth, in  which the
 Elvish  King  of  Nargothrond  debates  with   the  'wise-
 woman' Andreth the injustice of human mortality.         
   The   second  part   of  this   history  of   the  later
 Silmarillion will  be concerned  with developments  in the
 legends  of  Beleriand  after the  completion of  The Lord
 of the Rings, and will include  the unpublished  story The
 Wanderings of Hurin.                                     

 THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH.        
                                    
 THE  BOOK  OF  LOST TALES,  PART ONE.
                                    
 THE  BOOK  OF  LOST TALES,  PART TWO.
                  III                
        THE LAYS OF BELERIAND.       
                                    
                  IV                 
     THE SHAPING OF MIDDLE-EARTH.    
                                    
                  V                  
            THE LOST ROAD            
         AND OTHF.R WRITINGS.        
                                    
                  VI                 
       THE RETURN OF THE SHADOW.     
                                    
                 VII                 
       THE TREASON OF ISENGARD.      
                                    
                 VIII                
         THE WAR OF THE RING.        
                                    
                  IX                 
           SAURON DEFEATED.          
                                    
                  X                  
            MORGOTH'S RING.          
                                    
                  XI                 
        THE WAR OF THE JEWELS.       

                             
        J.R.R. TOLKIEN.       
                             
        MORGOTH'S RING.       
                             
    The Later Silmarillion.
           Part One.          
      The Legends of Aman.    
                             
 Edited by Christopher Tolkien.
                             
                           
                             
    HarperCollinsPublishers.

                        CONTENTS.                                     
                                                                     
 Foreword                                                   page ix.
                                                                     
                           PART ONE.                                  
                                                                     
 AINULINDALE                                                      1   
                                                                     
                           PART TWO.                                  
                                                                     
 THE ANNALS OF AMAN                                              45
                                                                     
                           PART THREE.                             
                                                                     
                    THE LATER QUENTA SILMARILLION.                    
                                                                     
 I THE FIRST PHASE.                                               141
          1 Of the Valar.                                         143
          2 Of Valinor and the Two Trees.                         152
          3 Of the Coming of the Elves.                           158
          4 Of Thingol and Melian.                                171
          5 Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalie.            173
          6 Of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor.        184         
          7 Of the Flight of the Noldor.                          193                           
          8 Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor         197         
                                                                     
 II THE SECOND PHASE.                                             199
          The Valaquenta.                                         199
          The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwe and              
           Miriel.                                                205

                                
                                                                
        Laws and Customs among the Eldar.                     207
        Later versions of the Story of Finwe and Miriel.      254
        Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor.               271
        Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor.        273
        Of the Darkening of Valinor.                          282
        Of the Rape of the Silmarils.                         292
        Of the Thieves' Quarrel.                              295
                                                                
                         PART FOUR.                              
                                                                
 ATHRABETH FINROD AH ANDRETH.                                 301
                                                                
                         PART FIVE.                              
                                                                
 MYTHS TRANSFORMED.                                           367
                                                                
 Appendix: Synopsis of the Texts.                             432
                                                                
 Index.                                                       434