Question

[ringbearer]

Hi...been a while since my last visit! It has been awhile since I have read "There and Back Again"...is Radagast even mentioned in that book?

[Varnafindë]

I doubt it - I don't think Tolkien had invented him yet by the time he wrote the Hobbit.
But I don't mind including him in the expanded version, where you see more of the doings of the White Council and such.
He could have been included differently, though.

[Alcuin]

Radagast was mentioned once in The Hobbit. Gandalf used him as a reference to gain Beorn’s trust when he and Bilbo first met Beorn in this passage from the chapter “Queer Lodgings”:

“I am Gandalf,” said the wizard.
“Never heard of him,” growled [Beorn]…
“I am a wizard,” continued Gandalf. “I have heard of you, if you have not heard of me; but perhaps you have heard of my good cousin Radagast who lives near the southern borders of Mirkwood?”
“Yes; not a bad fellow as wizards go, I believe. I used to see him now and again,” said Beorn.

Of course, that begs the question, how many wizards did Beorn know?

[Butterbeer]

Of course, that begs the question, how many wizards did Beorn know?

Which in turn, begs the Question: How many Lightbulbs does Beorn have? (or would PJ have added..) :D