From the back cover:
Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface. Intriguing to the uninitiaded, enchanting to the Tolkien enthusiast, The Hobbit Companion can only enhance our enjoyment of his dark, mysterious world.

Table of Contents:
page 10 I. In the Beginning was the WORD
13 II. Dictionary HOCUS-POCUS
15 III. Enter BILBO BAGGINS
1 IV. GOLLUM & the GOBLINS
22 V. HOBBIT Heritage & History
26 VI. ANCESTORS & Founding Fathers
28 VII. Buckland & BRANDY HALL
31 VIII. TOOKLNAD & the Great Smials
34 IX. HOBBITS & the Land
39 X. The Shire & MICHEL DELVING
43 XI. Hometown of HOBBITON
46 XII. BAG END: The Hobbit Home
50 XIII. A Conspiracy of DWARVES
52 XIV. Conjuring GANDALF the WIZARD
55 XV. TROLLS & GIANTS
64 XVI. Naming the DRAGON
73 XVII. SHIRE SOCIETY
82 XVIII. FRODO the Ringbearer
84 XIX. Fellowship of HOBBITS
87 XX. HOBBITS & RINGS
91 BIBLIOGRAPHY