Meet Mr Mulliner

First U.S. edition

Meet Mr. Mulliner is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. First published in the United Kingdom on 27 September 1927 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on 2 March 1928 by Doubleday, Doran.[1] It introduces the irrepressible pub raconteur Mr. Mulliner, who narrates all nine of the book's stories. The last story, "Honeysuckle Cottage", was not originally a Mr. Mulliner story; it was given a Mulliner frame for the book, and is the only one of the stories which is not explicitly narrated from the bar-parlour of the Anglers' Rest public house.

Contents

The original story titles and publication dates were as follows:

  • "The Truth about George"
  • "A Slice of Life"
    • U.K.: Strand, August 1926
    • U.S.: Liberty, 7 August 1926
  • "Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo"
    • U.K.: Strand, November 1926
    • U.S.: Liberty, 4 September 1926
  • "The Bishop's Move"
    • U.K.: Strand, September 1927
    • U.S.: Liberty, 20 August 1927
  • "Came the Dawn"
    • U.K.: Strand, July 1927
    • U.S.: Liberty, 11 June 1927
  • "The Story of William"
    • U.K.: Strand, May 1927
    • U.S.: Liberty, 9 April 1927 (as "It Was Only a Fire")
  • "Portrait of a Disciplinarian"
    • U.K.: Strand, October 1927
    • U.S.: Liberty, 24 September 1927
  • "The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer"
    • U.K.: Strand, March 1927
    • U.S.: Liberty, 12 March 1927
  • "Honeysuckle Cottage"

See also

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. 53-54. ISBN 087008125X
Sources
  • "Meet Mr. Mulliner". The Russian Wodehouse Society. Retrieved July 4, 2005.
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