] "A YELLOWING manuscript by J.R.R.Tolkien discovered in an
] Oxford library could become one of the publishing
] sensations of 2003.
]
] The 2000 handwritten pages include Tolkien's translation
] and appraisal of Beowulf, the epic 8th century
] Anglo-Saxon poem of bravery, friendship and
] monster-slaying that is thought to have inspired The Lord
] of the Rings."