bewilderland the introduction includes the comment the story is told in the form of an episodic quest and most chapters introduce a specific creature or type of creature of tolkien's wilderland i edited the last bit to middle earth because the introduction to creatures begins with chapter which introduces hobbits and wizards and dwarves and continues with chapter which introduces trolls and chapter which introduces elves these creatures are not limited to tolkien's wilderland and in fact the individuals introduced bilbo gandalf thorin co etc do not live in wilderland wilderland is properly the region east of the misty mountains and bilbo does not reach it until chapter furthermore many of the creatures first encountered in wilderland e g men and dragons are not unique to wilderland in tolkien's middle earth i'm aware that middle earth in not named in the book however most readers of wikipedia would have heard of middle earth and few would have heard of wilderland in any case a link is required but i guess whoever reversed my edit knows better regards