Chums (paper)

1893 – c. 1907: Ernest Foster 1907 – 1915: Ernest H. Robinson 1915 – 1918: F. Knowles Campling 1918 – 1920: A. Donnelly Aitken 1920 – 1924: Clarence Winchester 1924 – 1927: Arthur L. Hayward 1926 – 1932: Draycot M. Dell Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 by Cassell & Company and later, from 1927, published by Amalgamated Press.

This left a gap which was then filled by short stories, articles and even serials that were not included in the weekly edition.

Chums is one of the most highly sought-after boys' papers by collectors due to its distinctive and attractively illustrated red covers.

Chums launched with a serial "For Glory and Renown" by D. H. Parry and articles on football training, Harrow School, and Julius Caesar in Britain.

Initially Chums had problems gaining readers but two serials, "The Iron Pirate", by first editor Max Pemberton in 1892, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1894, pushed the paper into some success.

In the next issue, the editor indicated more readers had written in about starting a League of Chums Scouts with a reply that they were in discussions with Baden-Powell.

The following issue had an article on the Brownsea Island Camp by Baden-Powell and indicated future news on the proposed 'Chums' League of Scouts.

Chums announced the launch of the British Boy Scouts as a national organisation in the 21 July 1909 issue.

[4] The following list of authors is by no means complete: The following artist represent only some of those who illustrated stories in Chums