King Edward's School Chronicle

King Edward's School Chronicle

The King Edward's School Chronicle is a journal of King Edward's School which has been active since the 1840s.

A certain number of issues published in the 1910s contained works by J.R.R. Tolkien, when he was a pupil there. All past issues have been digitized and made available online by the School.

November 1910

Issue: vol. 25, no. 183.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's "Debating Society Report" (pp. 68–71).

December 1910

Issue: vol. 25, no. 184.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's "Debating Society Report" (pp. 94–95).

February 1911

Issue: vol. 26, no. 185.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's "Debating Society Report" (pp. 5–9).

March 1911

Issue: vol. 26, no. 186.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's poem "The Battle of the Eastern Field" (pp. 22–26) and "Acta Senatus" (a debate report in Latin; pp. 26–27).

June 1911

Issue: vol. 26, no. 187.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's "Editorial" (pp. 33–34) and the "Debating Society Report" (pp. 42–45). The issue was also edited by Tolkien himself.

July 1911

Issue: vol. 26, no. 188.  Link to the issue

Contains Tolkien's "Editorial" (pp. 53–54). The issue was also edited by Tolkien himself.

December 1913

Issue: vol. 28, no. 202.  Link to the issue

Contains "Oxford Letter" (pp. 80–81), a letter from Tolkien reporting the activities of former pupils of King Edward's School now at Oxford University. Though signed as "Oxon", Tolkien's authorship was revealed in his papers.

External links

• Online archive of King Edward's School