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The Order of First Publication of
‘Series’ Short Stories
A number of members have asked if there is a
chronological list of the short stories of the main series so that they
can be read ‘in order’. The simple answer is ‘no’, and in some
cases the stories were published in a different order in the
UK from the US. What is possible, however, is to list with 99%
confidence the short stories in order of their first publication
anywhere. This does not mean, of course, that stories published later
may not precede in fictional date those of an earlier real date. One
classic example of this is the Ukridge series, which started with a
novel, Love Among the Chickens, in which Ukridge was married, and
then reverted to short stories in which his wife was never mentioned.
Another is Jeeves Takes Charge, when Jeeves starts his employment
with Bertie only after three earlier stories had been written.
Reggie Pepper stories
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1911 |
March |
Absent Treatment |
Strand |
|
1911 |
September |
Helping Freddie |
Strand |
|
1912 |
April |
Disentangling Old Duggie |
Colliers |
|
1912 |
December |
Rallying Round Old George |
Strand |
|
1913 |
May |
Doing Clarence a Bit of Good |
Strand |
|
1915 |
February |
Concealed Art |
Strand |
|
1915 |
December |
The Test Case |
Pearsons |
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories
This listing is complicated by three factors. First,
many of the stories listed do not coincide with the chapter headings in
the books, particularly The Inimitable Jeeves. Secondly,
many of them were split into two chapters and thirdly, some of the
stories were rewritten after appearing in My Man Jeeves but
before reappearing in Carry on, Jeeves. We have indicated in
which book each story can be found, therefore, and where necessary, have
added its chapter number(s).
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1911 |
September |
Helping Freddie
(Although this story appeared in My Man Jeeves, Jeeves
did not appear in it; it was rewritten as Fixing it for Freddie
for Carry On, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1915 |
September 18 |
Extricating Young Gussie
(The Man with Two Left Feet) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916 |
February 5 |
Leave It To Jeeves
(My Man Jeeves; rewritten as The Artistic Career of
Corky for Carry On, Jeeves)
|
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916 |
April 22 |
The Aunt and the Sluggard
(My Man Jeeves; rewritten for Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916 |
November 18 |
Jeeves Takes Charge
(Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916 |
December 9 |
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
(My Man Jeeves; rewritten for Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1917 |
March 3 |
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg
(My Man Jeeves; rewritten for Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1918 |
June 8 |
Jeeves and the Chump Cyril
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 9,10) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1921 |
December |
Jeeves in the Springtime
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 1,2) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
February |
Scoring Off Jeeves
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 5,6) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
March |
Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 7,8) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
April |
Aunt Agatha Takes the Count
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 3,4) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
May |
Comrade Bingo
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 11,12) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
June |
The Great Sermon Handicap
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 13) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
July |
The Purity of the Turf
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch14) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
August |
Bertie Changes His Mind
(Carry On, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
September |
The Metropolitan Touch
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 15) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
October |
The Delayed Exit of Claud and Eustace
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 16) |
Strand |
|
1922 |
November |
Bingo and the Little Woman
(The Inimitable Jeeves, ch 17,18) |
Strand |
|
1924 |
September 27 |
The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy
(Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
February 21 |
Clustering Round Young Bingo
(Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
June 27 |
Without The Option
(Carry On, Jeeves) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1926 |
April |
The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1926 |
December |
Jeeves and the Impending Doom
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1927 |
December |
Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1929 |
September |
Jeeves and the Song of Songs
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1929 |
October |
Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1929 |
November |
Jeeves and the Love That Purifies
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1929 |
December |
Jeeves and the Spot of Art
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1930 |
January |
Jeeves and the Kid Clementina
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1930 |
February |
Jeeves and the Old School Chum
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1930 |
March |
Indian Summer of an Uncle
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1930 |
April |
The Ordeal of Young Tuppy
(Very Good, Jeeves) |
Strand |
|
1959 |
February |
Jeeves Makes an Omelette
(A Few Quick Ones) |
Lilliput |
|
1965 |
December |
Jeeves and the Greasy Bird
(Plum Pie) |
Playboy |
Blandings Castle Stories
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1924 |
November 29 |
The Custody of the Pumpkin |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1926 |
June |
Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best |
Strand |
|
1927 |
July 9 |
Pig-Hooo-o-o-o-ey |
Liberty |
|
1928 |
September |
Company for Gertrude |
Strand |
|
1928 |
October 6 |
Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend |
Liberty |
|
1931 |
March |
The Go-Getter |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1936 |
October 10, 17 |
Crimewave at Blandings |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1950 |
March 26 |
The Birth of a Salesman |
This Week |
|
1966 |
October |
First Aid for Freddie |
Playboy |
|
1967 |
December |
Life with Freddie |
Playboy |
Mr Mulliner Stories
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1926 |
July |
The Truth about George |
Strand |
|
1926 |
August |
A Slice of Life |
Strand |
|
1926 |
September 4 |
Mulliner’s Buck-U-Uppo |
Liberty |
|
1927 |
March |
The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer |
Strand |
|
1927 |
April 9 |
It was Only a Fire |
Liberty |
|
1927 |
June 11 |
Came the Dawn |
Liberty |
|
1927 |
August 20 |
The Bishop’s Move |
Liberty |
|
1927 |
September 24 |
Portrait of a Disciplinarian |
Liberty |
|
1928 |
July |
The Passing of Ambrose |
Strand |
|
1928 |
August |
The Reverent Wooing of Archibald |
Strand |
|
1928 |
November 24 |
The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner |
Liberty |
|
1929 |
February |
Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court |
Strand |
|
1929 |
February 23 |
The Man Who Gave Up Smoking |
Liberty |
|
1929 |
May |
The Story of Cedric |
Strand |
|
1930 |
May |
Gala Night |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1931 |
October |
The Smile That Wins |
American |
|
1931 |
November |
A Voice from the Past |
American |
|
1931 |
December |
The Missing Mystery |
American |
|
1932 |
February |
The Bishop’s Cat |
American |
|
1932 |
March |
The Bishop’s Folly |
American |
|
1932 |
April |
Open House |
Strand |
|
1932 |
December |
Monkey Business |
Strand |
|
1933 |
January |
The Nodder |
Strand |
|
1933 |
February |
The Juice of an Orange |
Strand |
|
1933 |
June |
The Castaways |
Strand |
|
1934 |
December |
The Fiery Wooing of Mordred |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1935 |
February |
The Code of the Mulliners |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1935 |
August |
Archibald and the Masses |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1936 |
September |
Buried Treasure |
Strand |
|
1937 |
July |
Anselm Gets His Chance |
Strand |
|
1940 |
February 14 |
Shock Dogs |
Punch |
|
1952 |
December 13 |
Big Business |
Colliers |
|
1958 |
September |
The Right Approach |
Lilliput |
|
1960 |
February |
From a Detective’s Notebook |
Escapade |
|
1967 |
January |
George and Alfred |
Playboy |
|
1970 |
December |
A Christmas Carol |
Playboy |
In addition, the following eight stories appeared in
Mulliner book collections, but were not Mulliner stories when they first
appeared:
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1924 |
December 20 |
Something Squishy |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
January 24 |
Honeysuckle Cottage |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
March 21 |
The Awful Gladness of the Mater |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1926 |
January 23 |
Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure |
Liberty |
|
1927 |
May 21 |
Those in Peril on the Tee |
Liberty |
|
1930 |
June |
Best Seller |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1931 |
April |
Quest |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1933 |
March |
The Rise of Minna Nordstrom |
American |
Ukridge Stories
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1923 |
April |
Ukridge’s Dog College |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
May |
Ukridge’s Accident Syndicate |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
June |
The Début of Battling Billson |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
July |
First Aid for Dora |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
August |
The Return of Battling Billson |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
September |
Ukridge Sees Her Through |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
October |
No Wedding Bells for Him |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
November |
The Long Arm of Looney Coote |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1923 |
December |
The Exit of Battling Billson |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1924 |
January |
Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1925 |
November 21 |
Buttercup Day |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
December 26 |
A Bit of Luck for Mabel |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1926 |
May |
A Level Business Head |
Strand |
|
1928 |
June |
Ukridge and the Old Stepper |
Strand |
|
1931 |
February |
Ukridge and the Home from Home |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1935 |
June |
The Comeback of Battling Billson |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1948 |
March |
Success Story |
Argosy for Men |
|
1955 |
April |
A Tithe for Charity |
Playboy |
|
1967 |
July |
Ukridge Opens a Bank Account |
Playboy |
The Oldest Member Stories
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1919 |
June 7 |
A Woman is Only a Woman |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1919 |
December 6 |
Ordeal by Golf |
Colliers |
|
1920 |
June |
A Mixed Threesome |
McClure’s |
|
1920 |
October 10 |
The Rough Stuff |
Chicago Tribune |
|
1920 |
December |
Sundered Hearts |
McClure/Strand |
|
1921 |
May |
The Coming of Gowf |
Strand |
|
1921 |
June |
The Salvation of George MacKintosh |
Strand |
|
1921 |
August |
The Long Hole |
Strand |
|
1921 |
October |
The Unexpected Clicking of Cuthbert |
Strand |
|
1921 |
November |
The Heel of Achilles |
Strand |
|
1922 |
December |
The Magic Plus-Fours |
Strand |
|
1923 |
January |
The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh |
Strand |
|
1923 |
July 7 |
Chester Forgets Himself |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1923 |
September |
The Heart of a Goof |
Redbook |
|
1924 |
February 23 |
Rodney Fails to Qualify |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1924 |
October 25 |
Jane Goes Off the Fairway |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
August 22 |
The Purification of Rodney Spelvin |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1925 |
September 19 |
High Stakes |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1926 |
March |
Keeping in with Vosper |
Strand |
|
1927 |
May 21 |
Those in Peril on the Tee |
Liberty |
|
1935 |
July 14 |
Farewell to Legs |
This Week |
|
1936 |
February |
A Triple Threat Man
(The Letter of the Law)
|
Redbook |
|
1936 |
March |
There’s Always Golf |
Strand |
|
1940 |
January 20 |
Tee For Two (Scratch Man) |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1948 |
July 1 |
The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge (Excelsior)
|
Argosy |
|
1948 |
September |
I’ll Give You Some Advice (Tangled Heart)
|
Cosmopolitan |
|
1949 |
February |
Rodney has a Relapse |
NHM |
|
1950 |
June |
Up From the Depths |
Nothing Serious
(No magazine appearance yet discovered)
|
|
1950 |
June 18 |
A Slightly Broken Romance
(Feet of Clay)
|
This Week |
|
1956 |
July 10 |
Joy Bells for Walter |
This Week |
|
1965 |
June 5 |
The Battle of Squashy Hollow |
Saturday Evening Post |
Drones Club Stories — Freddie Widgeon
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1931 |
April |
Quest |
Strand |
|
1931 |
May |
Fate |
Strand |
|
1934 |
September |
Noblesse Oblige |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1934 |
November |
Goodbye to All Cats |
Cosmopolitan |
|
1935 |
May |
Trouble Down at Tudsleigh |
Strand |
|
1936 |
December |
The Masked Troubadour |
Strand |
|
1939 |
October
28 |
Bramley is So Bracing |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1958 |
November |
The Fat of the Land |
This Week |
|
1959 |
June |
Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust |
Star Weekly |
In addition, Freddie Widgeon was the principal character in the novel
Ice In the Bedroom, 1961.
Drones Club Stories — Bingo Little
|
Year |
Date |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1937 |
January 30 |
All’s Well with Bingo |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1937 |
May 29 |
Bingo and the Peke Crisis |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1939 |
July 1 |
The Editor Regrets |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1939 |
September 2 |
Sonny Boy |
Saturday Evening Post |
|
1940 |
August 21 |
The Word in Season |
Punch |
|
1950 |
July 21 |
The Shadow Passes |
Nothing Serious
(No magazine appearance yet discovered) |
|
1954 |
May |
The Ordeal of Bingo Little |
Blue Book |
|
1959 |
May 16 |
Leave it to Algy |
John Bull |
|
1965 |
January |
Bingo Bans the Bomb |
Playboy |
|
1965 |
August |
Stylish Stouts |
Playboy |
|
1965 |
December |
The Great Fat Uncle Contest |
Evening Standard |
School Stories — Wrykyn
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1904 |
June |
Jackson’s Extra |
Royal |
|
1904 |
August |
Homeopathic Treatment |
Royal |
|
1904 |
November |
The Reformation of Study Sixteen |
Royal |
|
1905 |
April |
Ruthless Reginald |
Captain |
|
1905 |
May |
The Politeness of Princes |
Captain |
|
1905 |
June |
Shields and the Cricket Cup |
Captain |
|
1905 |
July |
An Affair of Boats |
Captain |
|
1905 |
August |
The Last Place |
Captain |
|
1905 |
August |
The Deserter |
Royal |
|
1905 |
September |
An International Affair |
Captain |
|
1906 |
September |
A Division of Spoil |
Captain |
|
1911 |
May |
Educating Aubrey |
London |
School Stories — St Austin’s
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1901 |
July |
The Prize Poem |
Public School Magazine |
|
1901 |
August |
L’Affaie Uncle John |
Public School Magazine |
|
1901 |
October |
The Autograph Hunters |
Public School Magazine |
|
1902 |
February |
The Tabby Terror |
Public School Magazine |
|
1902 |
February |
The Babe and the Dragon |
Captain |
|
1902 |
July |
Bradshaw’s Little Story |
Captain |
|
1902 |
August |
The Odd Trick |
Captain |
|
1902 |
October |
How Payne Bucked Up |
Captain |
|
1902 |
November |
Welch’s Mile Record |
Captain |
|
1903 |
January |
Harrison’s Slight Error |
Captain |
|
1903 |
May |
How Pillingshot Scored |
Captain |
|
1903 |
August/
September
|
The Manouevres of Charteris |
Captain |
|
1903 |
|
A Shocking Affair |
Tales of St Austin’s
(No magazine appearance yet discovered)
|
|
1910 |
September |
Pillingshot, Detective |
Captain |
|
1911 |
February |
Pillingshot’s Paper |
Captain |
School Stories — Other
Beckford
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1904 |
August |
Blenkinsop’s Benefit |
Captain |
|
1907 |
July |
Personally Conducted |
Cassells |
Eckleton
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1908 |
August |
The Guardian |
Windsor |
Locksley
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1904 |
September |
Blenkinsop’s Benefit |
Pearsons |
|
1905 |
January |
Personally Conducted |
Pearsons |
|
1905 |
February |
The Autograph Hunters |
Pearsons |
|
1909 |
June |
Against the Clock |
Pearsons |
Sedleigh
|
Year |
Month |
Story |
Appearance |
|
1910 |
May |
Stone and the Weed |
Captain |
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