Bilbo's Last Song
When it first appeared in 1990, PW called Bilbo's Last Song by  J.R.R. Tolkien, illus. by Pauline Baynes, "a must for all fans  of Tolkien's vast, epic fantasy." The poem, purportedly written  by Bilbo Baggins (hero of The Hobbit) just before he takes ship  from Middle-earth to the Undying Lands at the end of The Lord of  the Rings, gives rise to Bayne's medieval-flavored paintings.  "The effect is stirring, the mood elegiac and the imagery  riveting," said PW. (Sept.)Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.