Eggs, Beans and Crumpets

First UK edition cover

Eggs, Beans and Crumpets is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States on May 10, 1940 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.^[1]

Most of the stories feature regular characters: Drones Club member Bingo Little, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge and, in the US edition, Freddie Widgeon and the Oldest Member.

Contents

1. "All's Well with Bingo" (Drone Bingo Little)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, January 30, 1937
   • UK: Strand, April 1937
2. "Bingo and the Peke Crisis" (Drone Bingo Little)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, May 29, 1937
   • UK: Strand, June 1937
3. "The Editor Regrets" (Drone Bingo Little)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1939
   • UK: Strand, September 1939
4. "Sonny Boy" (Drone Bingo Little)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, September 2, 1939
   • UK: Strand, December 1939
5. "Anselm Gets His Chance" (Mr Mulliner)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, July 3, 1937
   • UK: Strand, July 1937
6. "Romance at Droitgate Spa"
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1937
   • UK: Strand, August 1937
7. "A Bit of Luck for Mabel" (Ukridge)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, December 26, 1925
   • UK: Strand, January 1926
8. "Buttercup Day" (Ukridge)
   • US: Saturday Evening Post, November 21, 1925
   • UK: Strand, December 1925
9. "Ukridge and the Old Stepper" (Ukridge)
   • US: Liberty, June 9, 1928
   • UK: Strand, June 1928

The US edition of the book also included:

• "Ukridge and the Home from Home", "The Come-back of Battling Billson", and "The Level Business Head" (three more Ukridge stories), which in the UK had already been included in Lord Emsworth and Others (1937)
• "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh" (a story featuring Drone Freddie Widgeon) which was in the UK version of Young Men in Spats (1936)
• "Bramley Is So Bracing" (another Drone Freddie Widgeon story), which would appear to UK readers in Nothing Serious (1950)
• "Scratch Man" (an Oldest Member golf story), which would not appear in the UK until A Few Quick Ones (1959)

Missing from the US edition were "Romance at Droitgate Spa" and "All's Well with Bingo", which had been included in The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937).

See also

• List of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, categorised by series

References and sources

References

1. McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 77-78. ISBN 087008125X

Sources

• Midkiff, Neil. "The Wodehouse short stories". P. G. Wodehouse pages. Retrieved 2006-04-24.
• Reggie (2007-03-16). "Eggs, Beans and Crumpets". Blandings, a Companion to the Works of P. G. Wodehouse. Retrieved 2007-07-21.

External links

• The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters in each story
• Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies.