• "
Jeeves Takes Charge" — Bertie hires Jeeves for the first time, and Bertie's fiancée Florence Craye wants Bertie to destroy his uncle's memoirs. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 18 November 1916 • UK:
Strand, April 1923 • "
The Artistic Career of Corky" — Corky, a struggling artist who relies on his uncle, is afraid his uncle won't approve of his fiancée. Jeeves suggests a plan involving books about birds. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 5 February 1916 (as "Leave It to Jeeves") • UK:
Strand, June 1916 (as "Leave It to Jeeves") • "
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" — Bertie is told to look after Motty, the sheltered son of a friend of Aunt Agatha's, and keep him out of trouble. Motty, however, wants to make the most of his time in New York. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 9 December 1916 • UK:
Strand, March 1917 • "
Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" — Bicky, one of Bertie's friends, has lied to his uncle about his wealth and is in trouble when his miserly uncle comes to visit. Jeeves suggests a plan involving a convention of gentlemen from Birdsburg, Missouri. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 3 March 1917 • UK:
Strand, August 1917 • "
The Aunt and the Sluggard" — Bertie's friend Rocky, a poet who lives quietly in the country, is troubled when his aunt tells him to go to parties and clubs in New York and write her letters about it. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 22 April 1916 • UK:
Strand, August 1916 • "
The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy" — Biffy, who is forgetful, can't remember the surname or address of the woman he loves. After he ends up unhappily engaged to Honoria Glossop instead, he goes to Bertie for help. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 27 September 1924 • UK:
Strand, October 1924 • "
Without the Option" — Sippy, who is financially dependent on his aunt, is expected to stay with his aunt's ghastly friends. After Bertie inadvertently gets Sippy stuck in prison, Bertie must take Sippy's place. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 27 June 1925 • UK:
Strand, July 1925 • "
Fixing it for Freddie" — After Freddie Bullivant is rejected by his fiancée Elizabeth Vickers, Bertie invites him to Marvis Bay. Bertie gets an idea to reconcile the two when he sees Elizabeth playing with a child on the beach. • First published in this volume • Canada:
Canadian Home Journal, September 1928 • "
Clustering Round Young Bingo" — Bingo Little's wife wants a new housemaid, Aunt Dahlia wants a new cook, and Bingo Little wants his wife's article suppressed. Bertie tries to sort everything out with help from Jeeves. • US:
Saturday Evening Post, 21 February 1925 • UK:
Strand, April 1925 • "
Bertie Changes His Mind" — After Bertie expresses interest in taking in his three nieces, Jeeves, who is against this idea, arranges for Bertie to give a speech to an audience of young girls. • UK:
Strand, August 1922 • US:
Cosmopolitan, August 1922 ==See also==