A Century of Humour ed. P. G. Wodehouse (Hutchinson, December 1934, 7/6d, 1024pp, hc, an)
- 7 · Preface · P. G. Wodehouse · pr
- 17 · The Nutcracker · Ben Travers · ss
- 31 · Bylestones · Arthur Morrison · ss The Strand Magazine August 1912
- 47 · A Slight Mistake · Anthony Hope · ss The Westminster Gazette May 19 1894
- 53 · An Uncounted Hour · Anthony Hope · ss The Westminster Gazette January 27 1894
- 61 · The Shooting of Shinroe · E. Œ. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss Blackwood’s Magazine April 1915
- 79 · The Persecution of British Footmen · W. M. Thackeray · ss Punch April 1 1848, as by Mr. Jeames
- 87 · Spare a Penny · F. E. Baily · ss The Strand Magazine October 1932
- 107 · Family Faces · A. P. Herbert · ss Punch May 24 1927
- 113 · My Gardener’s Grandmother · “Sassenach” · ex from Arms and the Irishman, Heinemann, 1932
- 117 · Three Men in a Boat · Jerome K. Jerome · ex Arrowsmith, 1889
- 153 · Biffin on Acquaintances [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1931
- 165 · The House-Warming · A. A. Milne · ss Punch July 12 1911, as by A. A. M.
- 187 · What Great Events— · W. Pett Ridge · ss 28 Humorous Stories ed. Ernest Rhys & C. A. Dawson-Scott, D. Appleton and Company, 1926
- 195 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 207 · The Hoax · Cuthbert Bede · ss The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede, H. Ingram, 1854
- 217 · Men in Fiction · E. M. Delafield · ar
- 231 · Bed Cases · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 23 1926
- 245 · Kitchen Company · W. W. Jacobs · ss Cosmopolitan February 1924
- 257 · Hugo and the Unnatural Mother · Seldon Truss · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1929
- 269 · Why Herbert Killed His Mother · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934
- 281 · “Well, I’m Blowed!” · Paul Selver · ss The Fortnightly Review May 1 1931
- 293 · The Landlord of “The Love-a-Duck” · Stacy Aumonier · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1919
- 317 · The Gold Cup · W. A. Darlington · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1922
- 335 · The Jonah · Owen Rutter · ss (r)
- 347 · Ephraim’s Undoing · H. F. Ellis · ss Punch July 5 1933, as by H. F. E.
- 359 · Treasure Hunt · Peter Fleming · ss The Evening Standard September 13 1934
- 371 · Wimpole’s Woe · Louis Golding · ss Vanity Fair (US) September 1929
- 379 · The Parish Magazine · A. Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1930
- 391 · The Life of Lord Coodle · Will Scott · ss The 20-Story Magazine #55, January 1927
- 409 · A Splash of Publicity · Michael Joseph · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926
- 421 · Lord Edward and the Tree-Man [Rudder Grange] · Frank R. Stockton · ss Scribner’s Monthly July 1878, as “Pomona Takes the Helm at Rudder Grange”
- 435 · The Diary of a Nobody · George & Weedon Grossmith · ex Arrowsmith, June 1892
- 449 · The Refugees · Barry Pain · nv Punch December 5 1900
- 483 · By Numbers · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · fa The Daily Mail
- 487 · Scene with Harebells · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · ss Welcome to All This by D. B. Wyndham Lewis, Methuen, 1931
- 493 · Quite Out of the Common · Eden Phillpotts · nv Punch April 4 1900
- 523 · Spanish Pride [Mendoza] · William Caine · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1917
- 532 · The Elegant Ethiopium · William Caine · ss (r)
- 545 · Starvation Corner · Denis Mackail · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1934
- 561 · Bradsmith Was Right [Bradsmith] · Denis Mackail · ss The Strand Magazine October 1925
- 581 · Golden Silence · Crosbie Garstin · ss (r)
- 593 · The Grey Underworld · Derwent Miall · gp (r)
- _593 · William’s Old Dog · Derwent Miall · vi Punch September 2 1908
- _595 · The Woman Who Had Done with Smiles · Derwent Miall · vi Punch September 9 1908
- _598 · Seth Latimer’s Wife · Derwent Miall · vi Punch September 16 1908
- _600 · The Plants of Asia · Derwent Miall · ss Punch September 23 1908
- 607 · The Celebrity · Frank Swinnerton · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 4 1925
- 627 · “Don Sam Quixote” · Selwyn Jepson · ss (r)
- 645 · Dinner Party at Fraser’s · F. C. Burnand · ss Punch October 20 1866, uncredited.
- 655 · Ruggles of Red Gap · Harry Leon Wilson · ex Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915
- 667 · The Toy Dogs of War · Walter Emanuel · ss The Sketch October 11 1905, as “An Officer in the Blues”
- 674 · How to Get Yourself Disliked: Some Hints · Walter Emanuel · hu Printers’ Pie 1912
- 681 · The Burglary · Arnold Bennett · ss The Novel Magazine December 1907
- 695 · Soaked in Seaweed · Stephen Leacock · ss Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1911
- 707 · The Exit of Battling Billson [Ukridge] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Cosmopolitan December 1923
- 729 · “The Maternal Instinct” · Inglis Allen · ss Punch July 9 1902, uncredited.
- 733 · “The Whole Truth” · Inglis Allen · ss Punch January 28 1903, uncredited.
- 738 · Time and the Barber · Inglis Allen · ss Punch October 29 1902, uncredited.
- 742 · The Legislators · Inglis Allen · ss (r)
- 747 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 777 · Almost a Hero · Eric Barker · ss The Passing Show August 27 1932
- 791 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1903
- 803 · A Sporting College · Ian Hay · ss The American Magazine May 1910
- 811 · Youth, Youth, Youth! · Ian Hay · ss The Shallow End by Ian Hay, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924
- 817 · Royal Visitors · Edward F. Benson · ss The Babe, B.A. by E. F. Benson, Putnam, 1896
- 823 · College Sunday · Edward F. Benson · ss The Babe, B.A. by E. F. Benson, Putnam, 1896
- 831 · Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son · George Horace Lorimer · ex Small Maynard, October 1902
- 843 · Expeditus · St. John Lucas · nv Blackwood’s Magazine April 1911
- 869 · Colleagues · St. John G. Ervine · ss The Nation August 3 1912
- 877 · Delightful People · Albert Smith · ar The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction May 29 1841 (+1), as by Albert
- 891 · The Dinner-Party · E. V. Lucas · ss from Over Bemerton’s, Methuen, 1908
- 899 · The Murder at the Towers · E. V. Knox · ss This Other Eden by E. V. Knox, Methuen, 1929
- 909 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · “Saki” · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.
- 917 · A Matter of Sentiment [Clovis Sangrail] · “Saki” · ss The Westminster Gazette June 3 1911
- 923 · The Prince Who Hiccupped · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales by Anthony Armstrong, Ernest Benn, 1932
- 933 · On Conversations in Trains · Hilaire Belloc · ar On Nothing & Kindred Subjects by Hilaire Belloc, Methuen, 1913
- 941 · Sentiment · Charles Dickens · ss Bell’s Weekly Magazine June 7 1834, as by Boz
- 955 · Interlude in a Quiet Life · W. Townend · ss The Strand Magazine August 1927
- 971 · The Mistake of the Machine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1913
- 989 · The Red Mark · Israel Zangwill · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1904
- 1005 · A Comedy in Capricorn · Morley Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921, as “The Egregious Goat”
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