Of Hobbits, Pixies, and Gnomes

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Of Hobbits, Pixies, and Gnomes

<img src="http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Pixie.jpg" alt="" title="ipixie0001p1" width="254" height="270" class="size-full wp-image-30193" align="right" />New Zealand director Peter Jackson's <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</em>, which makes its U.S. premiere on December 14, once again breathes visual life into those diminutive humanlike creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Numerous other works of fantasy and fiction have featured small, humanlike creatures. Here, I call attention to two kinds in particular: pixies and gnomes.

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