From the Book - 1st Houghton Mifflin pbk. ed.
1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship
1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture
1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller
1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit"
1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos
1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street
