Chapter VIII: Part 3

THE GUARDIAN 1908 A CORNER IN LINES 1905 THE AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS 1905 PILLINGSHOT, DETECTIVE 1910

A WODEHOUSE MISCELLANY Articles & Stories By P. G. Wodehouse

CONTENTS ARTICLES SOME ASPECTS OF GAME-CAPTAINCY AN UNFINISHED COLLECTION THE NEW ADVERTISING THE SECRET PLEASURES OF REGINALD MY BATTLE WITH DRINK IN DEFENSE OF ASTIGMATISM PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ME A PLEA FOR INDOOR GOLF THE ALARMING SPREAD OF POETRY MY LIFE AS A DRAMATIC CRITIC THE AGONIES OF WRITING A MUSICAL COMEDY ON THE WRITING OF LYRICS THE PAST THEATRICAL SEASON POEMS DAMON AND PYTHIAS THE HAUNTED TRAM STORIES WHEN PAPA SWORE IN HINDUSTANI 1901 TOM, DICK, AND HARRY 1905 JEEVES TAKES CHARGE 1916 DISENTANGLING OLD DUGGIE 1912

A MAN OF MEANS A SERIES OF SIX STORIES

CONTENTS THE EPISODE OF THE LANDLADY'S DAUGHTER THE EPISODE OF THE FINANCIAL NAPOLEON THE EPISODE OF THE THEATRICAL VENTURE THE EPISODE OF THE LIVE WEEKLY THE DIVERTING EPISODE OF THE EXILED MONARCH THE EPISODE OF THE HIRED PAST

MIKE AND PSMITH By P.G. Wodehouse 1909

CONTENTS PREFACE 1 MR. JACKSON MAKES UP HIS MIND 2 SEDLEIGH 3 PSMITH 4 STAKING OUT A CLAIM 5 GUERRILLA WARFARE 6 UNPLEASANTNESS IN THE SMALL HOURS 7 ADAIR 8 MIKE FINDS OCCUPATION 9 THE FIRE BRIGADE MEETING 10 ACHILLES LEAVES HIS TENT 11 THE MATCH WITH DOWNING'S 12 THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOR OF JELLICOE 13 JELLICOE GOES ON THE SICK LIST 14 MIKE RECEIVES A COMMISSION 15 ... AND FULFILLS IT 16 PURSUIT 17 THE DECORATION OF SAMMY 18 MR. DOWNING ON THE SCENT 19 THE SLEUTH-HOUND 20 A CHECK 21 THE DESTROYER OF EVIDENCE 22 MAINLY ABOUT SHOES 23 ON THE TRAIL AGAIN 24 THE ADAIR METHOD 25 ADAIR HAS A WORD WITH MIKE 26 CLEARING THE AIR 27 IN WHICH PEACE IS DECLARED 28 MR. DOWNING MOVES 29 THE ARTIST CLAIMS HIS WORK 30 SEDLEIGH V. WRYKYN

LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS A STORY OF THE HAPS AND MISHAPS ON AN ENGLISH CHICKEN FARM By P. G. Wodehouse Illustrated By Armand Both 1909 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. �A Letter with a Postscript 1 II. �Ukridge's Scheme 17 III. �Waterloo, Some Fellow-travelers, and a Girl with Brown Hair 33 IV. �The Arrival 48 V. �Buckling to 65 VI. �Mr. Garnet's Narrative. Has to do with a Reunion 80 VII. �The Entente Cordiale is Sealed 93 VIII. �A Little Dinner at Ukridge's 110 IX. �Dies Ir� 127 X. �I Enlist the Services of a Minion 137 XI. �The Brave Preserver 155 XII. �Some Emotions and Yellow Lubin 169 XIII. �Tea and Tennis 185 XIV. �A Council of War 200 XV. �The Arrival of Nemesis 215 XVI. �A Chance Meeting 231 XVII. �Of a Sentimental Nature 245 XVIII. �Ukridge Gives Me Advice 256 XIX. �I Ask Papa 273 XX. �Scientific Golf 284 XXI. �The Calm Before the Storm 301 XXII. �The Storm Breaks 313 XXIII. �After the Storm 330 EPILOGUE 341 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page "Never mind the ink, old horse. It'll soak in" Frontispiece They had a momentary vision of an excited dog, framed in the doorway 56 "I've only bin and drove 'im further up," said Mrs. Beale 120 Things were not going very well on our model chicken farm 140 "Mr. Garnet," he said, "we parted recently in anger. I hope that bygones will be bygones" 160 "I did think Mr. Garnet would have fainted when the best man said, 'I can't find it, old horse'" 340

JILL THE RECKLESS By P. G. Wodehouse

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The Family Curse 9 II. The First Night at the Leicester 34 III. Jill and the Unknown Escape 45 IV. The Last of the Rookes Takes a Hand 51 V. Lady Underhill Receives a Shock 68 VI. Uncle Chris Bangs the Table 82 VII. Jill Catches the 10.10 106 VIII. The Dry-Salters Wing Derek 119 IX. Jill in Search of an Uncle 131 X. Jill Ignores Authority 142 XI. Mr. Pilkington's Love Light 151 XII. Uncle Chris Borrows a Flat 168 XIII. The Ambassador Arrives 180 XIV. Mr. Goble Makes the Big Noise 193 XV. Jill Explains 218 XVI. Mr. Goble Plays with Fate 230 XVII. The Cost of a Row 252 XVIII. Jill Receives Notice 260 XIX. Mrs. Peagrim Burns Incense 278 XX. Derek Loses One Bird and Secures Another 287 XXI. Wally Mason Learns a New Exercise 308

THE GIRL ON THE BOAT By P. G. Wodehouse

CONTENTS
WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
ONE MOMENT!
I. A DISTURBING MORNING
II. GALLANT RESCUE BY WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MAN
III. SAM PAVES THE WAY
IV. SAM CLICKS
V. PERSECUTION OF EUSTACE
VI. SCENE AT A SHIP'S CONCERT
VII. SUNDERED HEARTS
VIII. SIR MALLABY OFFERS A SUGGESTION
IX. ROUGH WORK AT A DINNER TABLE
X. TROUBLE AT WINDLES
XI. MR. BENNETT HAS A BAD NIGHT
XII. THE LURID PAST OF JOHN PETERS
XIII. SHOCKS ALL ROUND
XIV. STRONG REMARKS BY A FATHER
XV. DRAMA AT A COUNTRY HOUSE
XVI. WEBSTER, FRIEND IN NEED
XVII. A CROWDED NIGHT