Herbert George Jenkins

Jenkins' parents came from Norfolk and, according to his obituary in The Times, he was educated at Greyfriars College. He began work as a journalist and then spent some 11 years at The Bodley Head before founding his own publishing house in 1912.{{cite news ==As publisher==

In 1912 Jenkins founded his own publishing company: Herbert Jenkins Limited. Its offices were in a narrow, 19th-century building with five floors in Duke of York Street, just off Jermyn Street in London. • Green Label Novels • Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library • Herbert Jenkins SF (Science Fiction) • How to Catch Them • The Shilling Library • "Reason Why" Series • Splendid Library • To-Day Library ==As a writer==

Although Jenkins is best known for his light fiction, his first book was a biography of George Borrow. He was an admirer of the poet and visual artist William Blake and conducted research into his trial for high treason and the location of his lost grave, • 1912 The Life Of George Borrow • 1916 Bindle: Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindlea.k.a. Bindle: The Story Of A Cheerful Soul • 1917 The Night Club • 1918 Patricia Brent, Spinster • 1919 The Adventures of Bindle • 1919 The Rain-Girl: A Romance Of Today • 1920 John Dene Of Toronto – A Comedy Of Whitehall • 1921 Malcolm Sage, Detective.{{cite web • 1922 The Return of Alfred • 1924 Mrs. Bindle: Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles • 1924 Bindles on the Rocks • 1925 William Blake: Studies of his Life and Personality • 1928 The Stiffsons and other Stories • 1932 Bindles omnibus == Film adaptations==

Jenkins' Bindle books were the inspiration for the 1926 series of two-reeler shorts Bindle Introduced, Bindle at the Party, Bindle in Charge, ''Bindle's Cocktail, Bindle, Millionaire, and Bindle, Matchmaker; and laterThe Temperance Fête (1931) and Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966).'' == References==