A collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle Earth to the end of the War of the Ring. The book contains Gandalf's account of how he sent the Dwarves to the party at Bag-End, a description of the military organisation of the Riders of Rohan, and all that is known of the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, the legend of Amroth or the long ages of Numenor.