Reading a hard cover H. Rider Haggard compilation I picked up at a book sale for a buck. Contains the stories "King Solomon's Mines", "She", and "Alan Quatermain". Good old adventure stories, if a bit dated, imperialistic, geographically impossible and politically incorrect.

I am most of the way through the 2nd one, "She", now and it occurs to me to contain bits that Tolkien might have adapted/borrowed. The English gentleman's gentleman Job has an attitude and dialogue that sounds quite a bit like Sam Gamgee. And "She" reminds me of Galadriel in spots, with her longevity, powers, and psychic ability; she also has a container of water that lets her view things clairvoyantly.