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.

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

References and sources

References

↑ 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.

P. G. Wodehouse

Bibliography Songs

Jeeves and Wooster	The Man with Two Left Feet "Extricating Young Gussie" My Man Jeeves The Inimitable Jeeves "Jeeves in the Springtime" "Comrade Bingo" Carry On, Jeeves "Jeeves Takes Charge" Very Good, Jeeves Thank You, Jeeves Right Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters Joy in the Morning The Mating Season Ring for Jeeves Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit Jeeves in the Offing Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Much Obliged, Jeeves Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

Blandings Castle	Something Fresh Leave It to Psmith Blandings Castle and Elsewhere "The Custody of the Pumpkin" "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" "Company for Gertrude" "The Go-getter" "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" Summer Lightning Heavy Weather Lord Emsworth and Others "The Crime Wave at Blandings" Uncle Fred in the Springtime Full Moon Pigs Have Wings Service with a Smile Galahad at Blandings Plum Pie "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" A Pelican at Blandings Sunset at Blandings

Psmith	Mike Psmith in the City Psmith, Journalist Leave It to Psmith

School stories	The Gold Bat The Head of Kay's Mike The Pothunters A Prefect's Uncle Tales of St. Austin's Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere The White Feather

Autobiographical	Bring on the Girls! Performing Flea Over Seventy

Other books and stories	The Adventures of Sally Bachelors Anonymous Barmy in Wonderland Big Money Bill the Conqueror The Clicking of Cuthbert Cocktail Time The Coming of Bill Company for Henry A Damsel in Distress Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Doctor Sally Eggs, Beans and Crumpets A Few Quick Ones French Leave Frozen Assets A Gentleman of Leisure The Girl in Blue The Girl on the Boat The Globe By the Way Book The Heart of a Goof Hot Water Ice in the Bedroom If I Were You Indiscretions of Archie Jill the Reckless Laughing Gas The Little Nugget Louder and Funnier Love Among the Chickens The Luck of the Bodkins The Luck Stone A Man of Means The Man Upstairs The Man with Two Left Feet Meet Mr Mulliner Money for Nothing Money in the Bank Mr Mulliner Speaking Mulliner Nights Not George Washington Nothing Serious The Old Reliable Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin Piccadilly Jim Plum Pie The Prince and Betty Quick Service Sam the Sudden The Small Bachelor Something Fishy Spring Fever Summer Moonshine The Swoop! Ukridge Uncle Dynamite Uneasy Money William Tell Told Again Young Men in Spats

Radio	What Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters

Stage	The Beauty of Bath (1906) Nuts and Wine (1914) Oh, Boy! (1917) Leave It to Jane (1917) The Riviera Girl (1917) Miss 1917 (1917) Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) The Girl Behind the Gun (1918) Kissing Time (1919) Sally (1920) The Cabaret Girl (1922) The Beauty Prize (1923) Oh, Kay! (1926) Show Boat (1927) Rosalie (1928) The Three Musketeers (1928) Anything Goes (1934) Jeeves (later By Jeeves) (1975/1996) Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2013) A Damsel in Distress (2015)

Films	A Gentleman of Leisure (1915) A Damsel in Distress (1919) Piccadilly Jim (1919) Summer Lightning (1933) Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) Step Lively, Jeeves (1937) Piccadilly Jim (1936) A Damsel in Distress (1937) The Girl on the Boat (1961) By Jeeves (2001) Piccadilly Jim (2004)

Television	The World of Wooster (1965–67) The World of Wodehouse (1967–68) Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78) Jeeves and Wooster (1990–93) Heavy Weather (1995) Blandings (2013)

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