P. G. Wodehouse short stories bibliography

Blandings Castle

The following 10 short stories feature Blandings Castle, its owner Lord Emsworth or members of his family. There are also 11 Blandings novels including an unfinished novel.

The short story "Life with Freddie" is not set in Blandings Castle but contains Lord Emsworth's son, Freddie Threepwood. "The Crime Wave at Blandings" was rewritten from an earlier non-Blandings story.

Title[1][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"The Custody of the Pumpkin" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) December 1924 The Strand Magazine November 1924 The Saturday Evening Post 1 1
"Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) June 1926 The Strand Magazine June 1926 Liberty 2 2
"Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) August 1927 The Strand Magazine July 1927 Liberty 3 3
"Company for Gertrude" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) September 1928 The Strand Magazine October 1928 Cosmopolitan 4 4
"The Go-Getter"
("Sales Resistance") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) August 1931 The Strand Magazine March 1931 Cosmopolitan 5 6
"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) November 1928 The Strand Magazine October 1928 Liberty 6 5
"The Crime Wave at Blandings" Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) January 1937 The Strand Magazine October 1936 The Saturday Evening Post 7 7
"Birth of a Salesman" Nothing Serious (1950) – – March 1950 This Week 8 8
"Sticky Wicket at Blandings"
("First Aid for Freddie") 		Plum Pie (1966) April 1967 Argosy October 1966 Playboy 9 10
"Life with Freddie" Plum Pie (1966) – – – – 10 9

Drones Club

There are 21 short stories in the Drones Club series, many of which star either Bingo Little or Freddie Widgeon. Most of the stories are told at the club amongst the members, who are referred to as Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. The stories are generally told by a Crumpet to an Egg or Bean, though four of the stories have no identified narrator: "The Fat of the Land", "Leave it to Algy", "Bingo Bans the Bomb", and "Stylish Stouts".

The US magazine version of "The Masked Troubadour" is a rewritten version titled "Reggie and the Greasy Bird". "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" was first published (as "Freddie, Oofy and the Beef Trust") in the 1949 omnibus The Best of Wodehouse.

Title[3][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"Fate"
("Compromised!") 		Young Men in Spats (1936) May 1931 The Strand Magazine May 1931 Cosmopolitan 1 1
"Tried in the Furnace" Young Men in Spats (1936) September 1935 The Strand Magazine March 1937 Cosmopolitan 2 8
"Trouble Down at Tudsleigh" Young Men in Spats (1936) May 1935 The Strand Magazine May 1939 Cosmopolitan 3 6
"The Amazing Hat Mystery" Young Men in Spats (1936) June 1934 The Strand Magazine August 1933 Cosmopolitan 4 2
"Goodbye to All Cats" Young Men in Spats (1936) December 1934 The Strand Magazine November 1934 Cosmopolitan 5 5
"The Luck of the Stiffhams" Young Men in Spats (1936) March 1934 The Strand Magazine November 1933 Cosmopolitan 6 3
"Noblesse Oblige" Young Men in Spats (1936) November 1934 The Strand Magazine September 1934 Cosmopolitan 7 4
"Uncle Fred Flits By" Young Men in Spats (1936) December 1935 The Strand Magazine July 1935 Redbook 8 7
"The Masked Troubadour"
("Reggie and the Greasy Bird") 		Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) December 1936 The Strand Magazine November 1936 The Saturday Evening Post 9 9
"All's Well with Bingo" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) April 1937 The Strand Magazine January 1937 The Saturday Evening Post 10 10
"Bingo and the Peke Crisis" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) June 1937 The Strand Magazine May 1937 The Saturday Evening Post 11 11
"The Editor Regrets" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) September 1939 The Strand Magazine July 1939 The Saturday Evening Post 12 12
"Sonny Boy" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) December 1939 The Strand Magazine September 1939 The Saturday Evening Post 13 13
"The Shadow Passes" Nothing Serious (1950) – – – – 14 17
"Bramley Is So Bracing" Nothing Serious (1950) December 1940 The Strand Magazine October 1939 The Saturday Evening Post 15 14
"The Fat of the Land" A Few Quick Ones (1959) – – November 1958 This Week 16 19
"The Word in Season" A Few Quick Ones (1959) August 1940 Punch September 1940 Harper's Bazaar 17 15
"Leave it to Algy"
("The Ordeal of Bingo Little") 		A Few Quick Ones (1959) May 1959 John Bull May 1954 Bluebook 18 18
"Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust"
("Freddie, Oofy and the Beef Trust") 		A Few Quick Ones (1959) – – – – 19 16
"Bingo Bans the Bomb" Plum Pie (1966) August 1965 Argosy January 1965 Playboy 20 20
"Stylish Stouts"
("The Great Fat Uncle Contest") 		Plum Pie (1966) December 1965 London Evening Standard April 1965 Playboy 21 21

Golf stories

Featuring 31 short stories, most narrated by a golf club's Oldest Member, usually from his seat on the terrace overlooking part of the golf course. One of the golf stories, "Those in Peril on the Tee", is also a Mr Mulliner story.

The UK magazine version of "Archibald's Benefit" is a cricket story titled "Reginald's Record Knock". "Rodney Has a Relapse" was first published (as "Rupert Has a Relapse") in the Canadian magazine National Home Monthly in 1949.

Title[1][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"Archibald's Benefit"
("Reginald's Record Knock") 		The Man Upstairs (1914) July 1909 Pearson's Magazine March 1910 Collier's 1 1
"The Clicking of Cuthbert"
("The Unexpected Clicking of Cuthbert")
("Cuthbert Unexpectedly Clicks") 		The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) October 1921 The Strand Magazine July 1922 Elks Magazine 2 10
"A Woman is Only a Woman" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) October 1919 The Strand Magazine June 1919 The Saturday Evening Post 3 2
"A Mixed Threesome" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) March 1921 The Strand Magazine June 1920 McClure's 4 4
"Sundered Hearts" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) December 1920 The Strand Magazine December 1920 McClure's 5 6
"The Salvation of George Mackintosh" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) June 1921 The Strand Magazine September 1921 McClure's 6 8
"Ordeal by Golf"
("A Kink in His Character") 		The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) February 1920 The Strand Magazine December 1919 Collier's 7 3
"The Long Hole" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) August 1921 The Strand Magazine March 1922 McClure's 8 9
"The Heel of Achilles" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) November 1921 The Strand Magazine June 1922 Chicago Tribune 9 11
"The Rough Stuff" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) April 1921 The Strand Magazine October 1920 Chicago Tribune 10 5
"The Coming of Gowf" The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) May 1921 The Strand Magazine June 1921 McClure's 11 7
"The Heart of a Goof" The Heart of a Goof (1926) April 1924 The Strand Magazine September 1923 Red Book 12 15
"High Stakes" The Heart of a Goof (1926) October 1925 The Strand Magazine September 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 13 19
"Keeping in with Vosper" The Heart of a Goof (1926) March 1926 The Strand Magazine March 1926 Liberty 14 20
"Chester Forgets Himself" The Heart of a Goof (1926) May 1924 The Strand Magazine July 1923 The Saturday Evening Post 15 14
"The Magic Plus Fours"
("The Plus Fours") 		The Heart of a Goof (1926) December 1922 The Strand Magazine January 1923 Red Book 16 12
"The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh"
("Rollo Podmarsh Comes To") 		The Heart of a Goof (1926) January 1923 The Strand Magazine March 1923 Red Book 17 13
"Rodney Fails to Qualify" The Heart of a Goof (1926) March 1924 The Strand Magazine February 1924 The Saturday Evening Post 18 16
"Jane Gets off the Fairway" The Heart of a Goof (1926) November 1924 The Strand Magazine October 1924 The Saturday Evening Post 19 17
"The Purification of Rodney Spelvin" The Heart of a Goof (1926) September 1925 The Strand Magazine August 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 20 18
"Those in Peril on the Tee" Mr Mulliner Speaking (1929) June 1927 The Strand Magazine May 1927 Liberty 21 21
"The Letter of the Law"
("Not Out of Distance") 		Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) April 1936 The Strand Magazine April 1936 Redbook 22 24
"Farewell to Legs" Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) May 1936 The Strand Magazine July 1935 This Week 23 22
"There's Always Golf"
("A Triple Threat Man") 		Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) March 1936 The Strand Magazine February 1936 Redbook 24 23
"Up from the Depths" Nothing Serious (1950) – – – – 25 30
"Feet of Clay"
("A Slightly Broken Romance") 		Nothing Serious (1950) – – June 1950 This Week 26 29
"Excelsior"
("The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge") 		Nothing Serious (1950) – – July 1948 Argosy 27 26
"Rodney Has a Relapse"
("Rupert Has a Relapse") 		Nothing Serious (1950) – – – – 28 28
"Tangled Hearts"
("I'll Give You Some Advice") 		Nothing Serious (1950) – – September 1948 Cosmopolitan 29 27
"Scratch Man"
("Tee for Two") 		A Few Quick Ones (1959) September 1940 The Strand Magazine January 1940 The Saturday Evening Post 30 25
"Sleepy Time"
("The Battle of Squashy Hollow") 		Plum Pie (1966) October 1965 Argosy June 1965 The Saturday Evening Post 31 31

Jeeves

The following 35 short stories feature Drones Club member Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. There are also 11 Jeeves novels. Fourteen of the chapters in The Inimitable Jeeves were derived by splitting seven previously-published short stories.

Four of the stories in Carry On, Jeeves (1925) are slightly revised versions of Jeeves stories originally published in the UK-only collection My Man Jeeves (1919). "Fixing it for Freddie" and "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" are rewritten versions of Reggie Pepper stories published in My Man Jeeves.

Title[1][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"Extricating Young Gussie" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) January 1916 The Strand Magazine September 1915 The Saturday Evening Post 1 1
"The Artistic Career of Corky"
("Leave it to Jeeves") 		My Man Jeeves (1919)
Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
 June 1916 The Strand Magazine February 1916 The Saturday Evening Post 2 2
"Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" My Man Jeeves (1919)
Carry On, Jeeves (1925) 		March 1917 The Strand Magazine December 1916 The Saturday Evening Post 3 5
"Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" My Man Jeeves (1919)
Carry On, Jeeves (1925) 		August 1917 The Strand Magazine March 1917 The Saturday Evening Post 4 6
"The Aunt and the Sluggard" My Man Jeeves (1919)
Carry On, Jeeves (1925) 		August 1916 The Strand Magazine April 1916 The Saturday Evening Post 5 3
"Jeeves in the Springtime" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) December 1921 The Strand Magazine December 1921 Cosmopolitan 6 8
"Aunt Agatha Takes the Count"
("Aunt Agatha Makes a Bloomer") 		The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) April 1922 The Strand Magazine October 1922 Cosmopolitan 7 11
"Scoring off Jeeves"
("Bertie Gets Even") 		The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) February 1922 The Strand Magazine March 1922 Cosmopolitan 8 9
"Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch"
("Jeeves the Blighter") 		The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) March 1922 The Strand Magazine April 1922 Cosmopolitan 9 10
"Jeeves and the Chump Cyril" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) August 1918 The Strand Magazine June 1918 The Saturday Evening Post 10 7
"Comrade Bingo" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) May 1922 The Strand Magazine May 1922 Cosmopolitan 11 12
"The Great Sermon Handicap" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) June 1922 The Strand Magazine June 1922 Cosmopolitan 12 13
"The Purity of the Turf" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) July 1922 The Strand Magazine July 1922 Cosmopolitan 13 14
"The Metropolitan Touch" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) September 1922 The Strand Magazine September 1922 Cosmopolitan 14 16
"The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) October 1922 The Strand Magazine November 1922 Cosmopolitan 15 17
"Bingo and the Little Woman" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) November 1922 The Strand Magazine December 1922 Cosmopolitan 16 18
"Jeeves Takes Charge" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) April 1923 The Strand Magazine November 1916 The Saturday Evening Post 17 4
"The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) October 1924 The Strand Magazine September 1924 The Saturday Evening Post 18 19
"Without the Option" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) July 1925 The Strand Magazine June 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 19 21
"Fixing it for Freddie" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) – – – – 20 22
"Clustering Round Young Bingo" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) April 1925 The Strand Magazine February 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 21 20
"Bertie Changes His Mind" Carry On, Jeeves (1925) August 1922 The Strand Magazine August 1922 Cosmopolitan 22 15
"Jeeves and the Impending Doom" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) December 1926 The Strand Magazine January 1927 Liberty 23 24
"The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) April 1926 The Strand Magazine April 1926 Liberty 24 23
"Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) December 1927 The Strand Magazine December 1927 Liberty 25 25
"Jeeves and the Song of Songs"
("The Song of Songs") 		Very Good, Jeeves (1930) September 1929 The Strand Magazine September 1929 Cosmopolitan 26 26
"Episode of the Dog McIntosh"
("Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh")
("The Borrowed Dog") 		Very Good, Jeeves (1930) October 1929 The Strand Magazine October 1929 Cosmopolitan 27 27
"The Spot of Art"
("Jeeves and the Spot of Art") 		Very Good, Jeeves (1930) December 1929 The Strand Magazine December 1929 Cosmopolitan 28 29
"Jeeves and the Kid Clementina" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) January 1930 The Strand Magazine January 1930 Cosmopolitan 29 30
"The Love That Purifies"
("Jeeves and the Love That Purifies") 		Very Good, Jeeves (1930) November 1929 The Strand Magazine November 1929 Cosmopolitan 30 28
"Jeeves and the Old School Chum" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) February 1930 The Strand Magazine February 1930 Cosmopolitan 31 31
"Indian Summer of an Uncle" Very Good, Jeeves (1930) March 1930 The Strand Magazine March 1930 Cosmopolitan 32 32
"The Ordeal of Young Tuppy"
("Tuppy Changes His Mind") 		Very Good, Jeeves (1930) April 1930 The Strand Magazine April 1930 Cosmopolitan 33 33
"Jeeves Makes an Omelette"
("Jeeves and the Stolen Venus") 		A Few Quick Ones (1959) February 1959 Lilliput August 1959 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 34 34
"Jeeves and the Greasy Bird" Plum Pie (1966) January 1967 Argosy December 1965 Playboy 35 35

Mr. Mulliner

The following 40 short stories are narrated by raconteur Mr. Mulliner, a fisherman who tells all the stories at a pub called the Angler's Rest. One of the stories, "Those in Peril on the Tee", is also a golf story. "George and Alfred" was rewritten from an earlier Reggie Pepper story. Multiple stories in this list were originally not told by Mr. Mulliner in their magazine versions, but were revised to have a Mr. Mulliner frame when published in a short story collection.

Title[4][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"The Truth About George" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) July 1926 The Strand Magazine July 1926 Liberty 1 4
"A Slice of Life" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) August 1926 The Strand Magazine August 1926 Liberty 2 5
"Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) November 1926 The Strand Magazine September 1926 Liberty 3 6
"The Bishop's Move" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) September 1927 The Strand Magazine August 1927 Liberty 4 11
"Came the Dawn" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) July 1927 The Strand Magazine June 1927 Liberty 5 10
"The Story of William"
("It Was Only a Fire") 		Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) May 1927 The Strand Magazine April 1927 Liberty 6 8
"Portrait of a Disciplinarian" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) October 1927 The Strand Magazine September 1927 Liberty 7 12
"The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) March 1927 The Strand Magazine March 1927 Liberty 8 7
"Honeysuckle Cottage" Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927) February 1925 The Strand Magazine January 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 9 2
"The Reverent Wooing of Archibald" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) August 1928 The Strand Magazine September 1928 Cosmopolitan 10 14
"The Man Who Gave Up Smoking" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) March 1929 The Strand Magazine March 1929 Liberty 11 17
"The Story of Cedric" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) May 1929 The Strand Magazine May 1929 Liberty 12 18
"The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) December 1928 The Strand Magazine November 1928 Liberty 13 15
"Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) February 1929 The Strand Magazine February 1929 Liberty 14 16
"Those in Peril on the Tee" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) June 1927 The Strand Magazine May 1927 Liberty 15 9
"Something Squishy" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) January 1925 The Strand Magazine December 1924 The Saturday Evening Post 16 1
"The Awful Gladness of the Mater" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) May 1925 The Strand Magazine March 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 17 3
"The Passing of Ambrose" Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) July 1928 The Strand Magazine August 1928 Cosmopolitan 18 13
"The Smile That Wins" Mulliner Nights (1933) February 1932 The Strand Magazine October 1931 The American Magazine 19 22
"The Story of Webster"
("The Bishop's Cat") 		Mulliner Nights (1933) May 1932 The Strand Magazine February 1932 The American Magazine 20 25
"Cats will be Cats"
("The Bishop's Folly") 		Mulliner Nights (1933) June 1932 The Strand Magazine March 1932 The American Magazine 21 26
"The Knightly Quest of Mervyn"
("Quest") 		Mulliner Nights (1933) July 1931 The Strand Magazine April 1931 Cosmopolitan 22 21
"The Voice from the Past" Mulliner Nights (1933) December 1931 The Strand Magazine November 1931 The American Magazine 23 23
"Open House" Mulliner Nights (1933) April 1932 The Strand Magazine April 1932 The American Magazine 24 27
"Best Seller" Mulliner Nights (1933) July 1930 The Strand Magazine June 1930 Cosmopolitan 25 20
"Strychnine in the Soup"
("The Missing Mystery") 		Mulliner Nights (1933) March 1932 The Strand Magazine December 1931 The American Magazine 26 24
"Gala Night" Mulliner Nights (1933) June 1930 The Strand Magazine May 1930 Cosmopolitan 27 19
"Monkey Business"
("A Cagey Gorilla") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) December 1932 The Strand Magazine December 1932 The American Magazine 28 28
"The Nodder"
("Love Birds") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) January 1933 The Strand Magazine January 1933 The American Magazine 29 29
"The Juice of an Orange"
("Love on a Diet") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) February 1933 The Strand Magazine February 1933 The American Magazine 30 30
"The Rise of Minna Nordstrom"
("A Star is Born") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) April 1933 The Strand Magazine March 1933 The American Magazine 31 31
"The Castaways" Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) June 1933 The Strand Magazine – – 32 32
"Archibald and the Masses" Young Men in Spats (1936) February 1936 The Strand Magazine August 1935 Cosmopolitan 33 35
"The Code of the Mulliners" Young Men in Spats (1936) April 1935 The Strand Magazine February 1935 Cosmopolitan 34 34
"The Fiery Wooing of Mordred" Young Men in Spats (1936) February 1935 The Strand Magazine December 1934 Cosmopolitan 35 33
"Buried Treasure"
("Hidden Treasure") 		Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) September 1936 The Strand Magazine September 1936 This Week 36 36
"Anselm Gets His Chance" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) July 1937 The Strand Magazine July 1937 The Saturday Evening Post 37 37
"The Right Approach" A Few Quick Ones (1959) September 1958 Lilliput January 1959 Playboy 38 39
"Big Business" A Few Quick Ones (1959) March 1953 Lilliput December 1952 Collier's 39 38
"George and Alfred" Plum Pie (1966) – – January 1967 Playboy 40 40

School stories

The following list includes 37 school stories written by Wodehouse. Most of the stories were not published in US periodicals. The fictional school at which each story takes place is noted. Some stories seem to have been rewritten with a different location for later republication. Several of Wodehouse's early novels are also set at schools, and multiple characters in the short stories also appear in one or two of the novels. The Pothunters is set at St Austin's, A Prefect's Uncle at Beckford, The Gold Bat and The White Feather at Wrykyn, The Head of Kay's at Eckleton, and Mike at Wrykyn and Sedleigh.

Each of the stories was published either in Tales of St. Austin's (1903) or later in the book Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997). Some of the short stories in Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere had previously been published in The Uncollected Wodehouse (US, 1976), The Swoop! and Other Stories (US, 1979), or Plum Stones (UK, 1993).

Title[5][6] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine School Collection publication order Original publication order
"How Pillingshot Scored" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) May 1903 The Captain St. Austin's 1 13
"The Odd Trick" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) August 1902 The Captain St. Austin's 2 9
"L'Affaire Uncle John" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) August 1901 Public School Magazine St. Austin's 3 2
"Harrison's Slight Error" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) January 1903 The Captain St. Austin's 4 12
"Bradshaw's Little Story" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) July 1902 The Captain St. Austin's 5 8
"A Shocking Affair" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) – – St. Austin's 6 15
"The Babe and the Dragon" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) February 1902 The Captain St. Austin's 7 5
"The Manoeuvres of Charteris" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) August 1903 The Captain St. Austin's 8 14
"How Payne Bucked Up" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) October 1902 The Captain St. Austin's 9 10
"Author!" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) October 1901 Public School Magazine St. Austin's 10 3
"The Tabby Terror" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) February 1902 Public School Magazine St. Austin's 11 6
"The Prize Poem" Tales of St. Austin's (1903) July 1901 Public School Magazine St. Austin's 12 1
"Jackson's Extra" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) June 1904 The Royal Magazine Wrykyn 13 16
"Homœopathic Treatment" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) August 1904 The Royal Magazine Wrykyn 14 17
"The Reformation of Study Sixteen" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) November 1904 The Royal Magazine Wrykyn 15 20
"Ruthless Reginald" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) April 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 16 23
"The Politeness of Princes" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) May 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 17 24
"Shields' and the Cricket Cup" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) June 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 18 25
"An Affair of Boats" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) July 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 19 26
"The Last Place" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) August 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 20 27
"An International Affair" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) September 1905 The Captain Wrykyn 21 29
"The Deserter" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) August 1905 The Royal Magazine Wrykyn 22 28
"A Division of Spoil" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) September 1906 The Captain Wrykyn 23 31
"Educating Aubrey" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) May 1911 The London Magazine Wrykyn 24 37
"The Strange Disappearance of Mr Buxton-Smythe" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) December 1901 Public School Magazine St. Asterisk's 25 4
"The Adventure of the Split Infinitive" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) March 1902 Public School Magazine St. Asterisk's 26 7
"Welch's Mile Record" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) November 1902 The Captain St. Austin's 27 11
"Pillingshot, Detective" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) September 1910 The Captain St. Austin's 28 35
"Pillingshot's Paper" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) February 1911 The Captain St. Austin's 29 36
"An Afternoon Dip" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) September 1904 Pearson's Magazine Locksley 30 19
"A Corner in Lines" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) January 1905 Pearson's Magazine Locksley 31 21
"The Autograph Hunters" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) February 1905 Pearson's Magazine St. Austin's/Locksley 32 22
"Playing the Game" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) May 1906 Pearson's Magazine Locksley 33 30
"Blenkinsop's Benefit" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) August 1904 The Captain Beckford/Locksley 34 18
"Personally Conducted" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) July 1907 Cassell's Magazine Beckford/Locksley 35 32
"The Guardian" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) September 1908 The Windsor Magazine Eckleton 36 33
"Stone and the Weed" Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) May 1910 The Captain Sedleigh 37 34

Ukridge

In addition to the following 19 short stories, Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge also appears in a single full-length novel, Love Among the Chickens (1906).

Title[7][2] Short story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Collection publication order Original publication order
"Ukridge's Dog College" Ukridge (1924) May 1923 The Strand Magazine April 1923 Cosmopolitan 1 1
"Ukridge's Accident Syndicate"
("Ukridge, Teddy Weeks and the Tomato") 		Ukridge (1924) June 1923 The Strand Magazine May 1923 Cosmopolitan 2 2
"The Debut of Battling Billson" Ukridge (1924) July 1923 The Strand Magazine June 1923 Cosmopolitan 3 3
"First Aid for Dora" Ukridge (1924) August 1923 The Strand Magazine July 1923 Cosmopolitan 4 4
"The Return of Battling Billson" Ukridge (1924) September 1923 The Strand Magazine August 1923 Cosmopolitan 5 5
"Ukridge Sees Her Through" Ukridge (1924) October 1923 The Strand Magazine September 1923 Cosmopolitan 6 6
"No Wedding Bells for Him" Ukridge (1924) November 1923 The Strand Magazine October 1923 Cosmopolitan 7 7
"The Long Arm of Looney Coote" Ukridge (1924) December 1923 The Strand Magazine November 1923 Cosmopolitan 8 8
"The Exit of Battling Billson" Ukridge (1924) January 1924 The Strand Magazine December 1923 Cosmopolitan 9 9
"Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner" Ukridge (1924) February 1924 The Strand Magazine January 1924 Cosmopolitan 10 10
"Ukridge and the Home from Home" Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) June 1931 The Strand Magazine February 1931 Cosmopolitan 11 15
"The Come-back of Battling Billson" Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) July 1935 The Strand Magazine June 1935 Cosmopolitan 12 16
"The Level Business Head" Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) May 1926 The Strand Magazine May 1926 Liberty 13 13
"A Bit of Luck for Mabel" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) January 1926 The Strand Magazine December 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 14 12
"Buttercup Day" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) December 1925 The Strand Magazine November 1925 The Saturday Evening Post 15 11
"Ukridge and the Old Stepper" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) June 1928 The Strand Magazine June 1928 Liberty 16 14
"Success Story"
("Ukie Invests in Human Nature") 		Nothing Serious (1950) – – March 1947 Argosy 17 17
"A Tithe for Charity" A Few Quick Ones (1959) – – April 1955 Playboy 18 18
"Ukridge Starts a Bank Account" Plum Pie (1966) – – July 1967 Playboy 19 19

Miscellaneous stories

The following is a list of short stories by Wodehouse that are not part of one of the main series but were published in a collection of short stories by Wodehouse. Several of these stories were to some extent rewritten from or into other Wodehouse stories, as noted in the list. Wodehouse also wrote other stories that were only published in magazines.

Some of the books listed below, such as The Man Upstairs and A Man of Means, were originally only published in the UK, while others such as The Uncollected Wodehouse and The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories were originally only published in the US. Some stories were published in more than one of these collections. The stories are listed below with the first short story collection they were published in.

The six stories collected in A Man of Means were written in collaboration by Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill.

Title[8][9] Earliest story collection UK magazine publication month UK magazine US magazine publication month US magazine Series Collection publication order Original publication order
"The Man Upstairs" The Man Upstairs (1914) March 1910 The Strand Magazine March 1910 Cosmopolitan – 1 18
"Something to Worry About" The Man Upstairs (1914) February 1913 The Strand Magazine March 1913 Metropolitan Magazine – 2 39
"Deep Waters" The Man Upstairs (1914) June 1910 The Strand Magazine May 1910 Collier's – 3 20
"When Doctors Disagree" The Man Upstairs (1914) December 1910 The Strand Magazine March 1911 Success – 4 26
"By Advice of Counsel" The Man Upstairs (1914) July 1910 The Strand Magazine September 1910 Pictorial Review – 5 22
"Rough-Hew Them How We Will" The Man Upstairs (1914) April 1910 The Strand Magazine August 1910 Cosmopolitan – 6 19
"The Man Who Disliked Cats"
("The Fatal Kink in Algernon") 		The Man Upstairs (1914) May 1912 The Strand Magazine January 1916 Ladies' Home Journal – 7 33
"Ruth in Exile" The Man Upstairs (1914) July 1912 The Strand Magazine August 1912 Ainslee's Magazine – 8 35
"The Man, the Maid and the Miasma" The Man Upstairs (1914) February 1910 The Grand Magazine June 1910 Cosmopolitan – 9 16
"The Good Angel"
("The Matrimonial Sweepstakes") 		The Man Upstairs (1914) February 1910 The Strand Magazine February 1910 Cosmopolitan Keggs 10 17
"Pots o' Money" The Man Upstairs (1914) December 1911 The Strand Magazine February 1912 Metropolitan Magazine – 11 31
"Out of School" The Man Upstairs (1914) October 1910 The Strand Magazine September 1909 Ainslee's Magazine – 12 14
"Three From Dunsterville" The Man Upstairs (1914) August 1911 The Strand Magazine August 1912 Pictorial Review – 13 29
"The Tuppenny Millionaire" The Man Upstairs (1914) October 1912 The Strand Magazine – – – 14 36
"Ahead of Schedule" The Man Upstairs (1914) November 1910 The Grand Magazine January 1911 Collier's – 15 25
"Sir Agravaine" The Man Upstairs (1914) December 1912 Pearson's Magazine June 1912 Collier's – 16 34
"The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat"
("The Pitcher and the Plutocrat") 		The Man Upstairs (1914) January 1912 The Strand Magazine September 1910 Collier's – 17 24
"In Alcala" The Man Upstairs (1914) December 1911 The London Magazine November 1909 People's Magazine – 18 15
"Bill the Bloodhound" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) April 1915 The Strand Magazine February 1915 The Century Magazine – 19 53
"Wilton's Holiday"
("Wilton's Vacation") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) July 1915 The Strand Magazine March 1916 Illustrated Sunday Magazine – 20 58
"The Mixer: He Meets a Shy Gentleman"
("A Very Shy Gentleman") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) November 1915 The Strand Magazine June 1916 The Red Book Magazine – 21 60
"The Mixer: He Moves in Society"
("Breaking into Society") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) December 1915 The Strand Magazine July 1916 The Red Book Magazine – 22 61
"Crowned Heads" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) April 1915 Pearson's Magazine June 1914 The Argosy – 23 43
"At Geisenheimer's"
("The Love-r-ly Silver Cup") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) October 1915 The Strand Magazine August 1915 The Saturday Evening Post – 24 59
"The Making of Mac's"
("The Romance of 'Mac's'") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) May 1915 The Strand Magazine May 1916 The Red Book Magazine – 25 56
"One Touch of Nature"
("Brother Fans") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) – – August 1914 McClure's – 26 46
"Black for Luck"
("A Black Cat for Luck") 		The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) June 1915 The Strand Magazine July 1915 The Red Book Magazine – 27 57
"The Romance of an Ugly Policeman" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) January 1915 The Strand Magazine April 1915 Ainslee's Magazine – 28 52
"A Sea of Troubles" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) June 1915 Pearson's Magazine September 1914 McClure's – 29 48
"The Man with Two Left Feet" The Man with Two Left Feet (1917) May 1916 The Strand Magazine March 1916 The Saturday Evening Post – 30 63
"Absent Treatment" My Man Jeeves (1919) March 1911 The Strand Magazine August 1911 Collier's Reggie Pepper 31 27
"Helping Freddie"
("Lines and Business")
(rewritten as "Fixing it for Freddie") 		My Man Jeeves (1919) September 1911 The Strand Magazine March 1912 Pictorial Review Reggie Pepper 32 30
"Rallying Round Old George"
("Brother Alfred")
(rewritten as "George and Alfred") 		My Man Jeeves (1919) December 1912 The Strand Magazine September 1913 Collier's Reggie Pepper 33 37
"Doing Clarence a Bit of Good"
("Rallying Round Clarence")
(rewritten as "Jeeves Makes an Omelette") 		My Man Jeeves (1919) May 1913 The Strand Magazine April 1914 Pictorial Review Reggie Pepper 34 40
"The Man Who Married an Hotel" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) March 1920 The Strand Magazine May 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 35 64
"Archie and the Sausage Chappie" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) April 1920 The Strand Magazine June 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 36 66
"Dear Old Squiffy" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) May 1920 The Strand Magazine July 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 37 67
"Doing Father a Bit of Good" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) June 1920 The Strand Magazine August 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 38 68
"Paving the Way for Mabel" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) July 1920 The Strand Magazine September 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 39 69
"Washy Makes His Presence Felt" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) August 1920 The Strand Magazine October 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 40 70
"A Room at the Hermitage"
("A Bit of All Right") 		Indiscretions of Archie (1921) September 1920 The Strand Magazine November 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 41 71
"First Aid For Looney Biddle" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) October 1920 The Strand Magazine December 1920 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 42 72
"Mother's Knee" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) November 1920 The Strand Magazine January 1921 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 43 73
"Strange Experience of an Artist's Model" Indiscretions of Archie (1921) January 1921 The Strand Magazine – – Archie Moffam 44 74
"The Wigmore Venus"
(rewrite of "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good") 		Indiscretions of Archie (1921) February 1921 The Strand Magazine February 1921 Cosmopolitan Archie Moffam 45 75
"Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure"
("The Rest Cure") 		Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) February 1926 The Strand Magazine January 1926 Liberty Bobbie Wickham 46 76
"Romance at Droitgate Spa" Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940) August 1937 The Strand Magazine February 1937 The Saturday Evening Post – 47 78
"How's That, Umpire?" Nothing Serious (1950) – – – – – 48 81
"Joy Bells for Walter"
("Keep Your Temper, Walter")
(rewrite of "Excelsior") 		A Few Quick Ones (1959) February 1957 John Bull October 1956 This Week – 49 83
"Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot"
(rewrite of "Fixing it for Freddie") 		A Few Quick Ones (US, 1959) – – – – – 50 85
"A Good Cigar Is a Smoke" Plum Pie (1966) – – December 1967 Playboy – 51 87
"Another Christmas Carol"[10] The World of Mr Mulliner (1972)[11] – – December 1970 Playboy – 52 88
"From a Detective's Notebook"[10] The World of Mr Mulliner (1972) May 1959 Punch February 1960 Escapade – 53 86
"When Papa Swore in Hindustani" The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) August 1901 Answers – – – 54 1
"Tom, Dick–and Harry" The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) June 1905 The Grand Magazine – – – 55 2
"Misunderstood" The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) May 1910 Nash's Magazine May 1910 Burr McIntosh Monthly – 56 21
"The Best Sauce"
("The Dinner of Herbs") 		The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) July 1911 The Strand Magazine February 1913 Pictorial Review – 57 28
"Death at the Excelsior"
("The Education of Detective Oakes")
("The Harmonica Mystery") 		The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) December 1914 Pearson's Magazine March 1915 All-Story Cavalier Weekly – 58 51
"The Test Case" The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) December 1915 Pearson's Magazine December 1915 Illustrated Sunday Magazine Reggie Pepper 59 62
"The Wire-Pullers" The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories (1980) July 1905 The Strand Magazine August 1905 The Strand Magazine (US) Joan Romney 60 3
"The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter" A Man of Means (1991) April 1914 The Strand Magazine May 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 61 41
"The Episode of the Financial Napoleon"
("The Bolt From the Blue") 		A Man of Means (1991) May 1914 The Strand Magazine June 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 62 42
"The Episode of the Theatrical Venture" A Man of Means (1991) June 1914 The Strand Magazine July 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 63 44
"The Episode of the Live Weekly" A Man of Means (1991) July 1914 The Strand Magazine August 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 64 45
"The Episode of the Exiled Monarch" A Man of Means (1991) August 1914 The Strand Magazine September 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 65 47
"The Episode of the Hired Past" A Man of Means (1991) September 1914 The Strand Magazine October 1916 Pictorial Review Roland Bleke 66 49
"Mr McGee's Big Day" Plum Stones (1993) – – November 1950 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine – 67 82
"Disentangling Old Percy"
("Disentangling Old Duggie") 		Plum Stones (1993) August 1912 The Strand Magazine March 1912 Collier's Reggie Pepper 68 32
"Concealed Art" Plum Stones (1993) February 1915 The Strand Magazine July 1915 Pictorial Review Reggie Pepper 69 54
"The Colour Line"
("The Golden Flaw") 		Plum Stones (1993) March 1920 The Grand Magazine April 1920 McClure's – 70 65
"Back to the Garage"
("Franklin's Favorite Daughter") 		Plum Stones (1993) July 1929 The Strand Magazine July 1929 Cosmopolitan – 71 77
"Love Me, Love My Dog"
("The Watch Dog") 		Plum Stones (1993) August 1910 The Strand Magazine July 1920 Hampton's Keggs 72 23
"A Job of Work" Plum Stones (1993) January 1913 The Strand Magazine September 1913 Collier's – 73 38
"Ways to Get a Gal"
(rewrite of "Ahead of Schedule") 		Plum Stones (1993) – – February 1957 Dream World – 74 84
"Creatures of Impulse"
(rewritten as "The Crime Wave at Blandings") 		Plum Stones (1993) October 1914 The Strand Magazine October 1914 McClure's – 75 50
"Joy Bells for Barmy"
("A Wedding Has Been Arranged")
(rewritten as "The Right Approach") 		Plum Stones (1993) November 1946 Carnival October 1947 Cosmopolitan – 76 80
"Dudley is Back to Normal"
(rewritten as "Joy Bells for Barmy") 		Plum Stones (1993) July 1940 The Strand Magazine – – Bobbie Wickham 77 79
"A Prisoner of War" Plum Stones (1993) March 1915 The Strand Magazine February 1916 Illustrated Sunday Magazine – 78 55
"The Pro"
(rewritten as "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat") 		Plum Stones (1993) August 1906 The Strand Magazine – – – 79 11
"Ladies and Gentlemen v. Players"[12] Wodehouse at the Wicket (1997)[13] August 1908 The Windsor Magazine – – Joan Romney 80 13
"Between the Innings"[14] Wodehouse at the Wicket (1997) July 1905 The Novel Magazine – – – 81 4
"Kid Brady, Light-Weight"[15] Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013)[16] – – September 1905 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 82 5
"How Kid Brady Broke Training" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – November 1905 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 83 6
"How Kid Brady Won the Championship" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – January 1906 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 84 7
"How Kid Brady Assisted a Damsel in Distress" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – March 1906 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 85 8
"How Kid Brady Joined the Press" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – May 1906 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 86 9
"How Kid Brady Fought for His Eyes" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – July 1906 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 87 10
"How Kid Brady Took a Sea Voyage" Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means (2013) – – March 1907 Pearson's (US) Kid Brady 88 12

References

  1. ^ a b c Jasen (2002), pp. 268–275.
  2. ^ a b c d e f McIlvaine (1990), Section D, pp. 144–190, "Periodicals". For the contents of the short story collections, see Section A, pp. 9–108.
  3. ^ Jasen (2002), pp. 273–275.
  4. ^ Jasen (2002), pp. 271–275.
  5. ^ Jasen (2002), p. 268. (Only for stories collected in Tales of St. Austin's.)
  6. ^ McIlvaine (1990), Section D, pp. 144–190, "Periodicals". For information about the contents of Tales of St. Austin's, see pp. 12–13, A3.
  7. ^ Jasen (2002), pp. 271–275.
  8. ^ Jasen (2002), pp. 268–275. (For stories published in collections before 1974).
  9. ^ McIlvaine (1990), Section D, pp. 144–190, "Periodicals". For information about the contents of story collections published before 1990, see Section A, pp. 9–108.
  10. ^ a b Jason (2002), p. 275.
  11. ^ McIlvaine (1990), p. 115–116, B5b.
  12. ^ McIlvaine (1990), p. 189, D142.4.
  13. ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (2011) [1997]. Wodehouse at the Wicket (Reprinted ed.). Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099551362.
  14. ^ McIlvaine (1990), p. 174, D112.1.
  15. ^ McIlvaine (1990), p. 153, D48.1–7.
  16. ^ Kid Brady stories, and a Man of means. OCLC 852221554. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via WorldCat.
Sources consulted
  • Jasen, David A. (2002) [1974]. "Appendix II". P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master (5th ed.). New York: Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 978-0825672750. – Contains a bibliography of short stories issued in collections published before 1974
  • Kuzmenko, Michel (The Russian Wodehouse Society) (21 October 2006). "Wodehouse short stories". Bibliography. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. – Chronological list, with first publications
  • McIlvaine, Eileen; Sherby, Louise S.; Heineman, James H. (1990). P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist. New York: James H. Heineman Inc. ISBN 978-0-87008-125-5. – Contains information about short story collections published before 1990, and a list of the short stories grouped by the periodical in which they were published
  • Midkiff, Neil (January 2019). "The Wodehouse short stories". – Alphabetical list, with first publications and appearances in collections
  • The P. G. Wodehouse Society (UK) (June 2000). "Wodehouse 'Series' Short Stories". Wodehouse Information Sheets. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. – Categorised list, with main series