Ulysses S. Grant (1822—85), commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President (1869—77) of the United States. The remains of Grant and his wife lie in an elegant classical building in New York City which used to attract more visitors than the Statue of Liberty. The building is owned by the US National Park Service. Much confusion has been caused by this reference. Mark Hodson’s original note is reproduced in smaller type below, but I [NM] find it unconvincing, for reasons noted below it. It seems simplest to assume that George Travers is the brother of Tom Travers, and thus became a courtesy uncle when Tom married Dahlia. The Jeeves version of the story, "Fixing it for Freddie", was adapted as an episode of the BBC television series The World of Wooster. The episode, originally broadcast on 17 November 1967, was titled "Jeeves and the Fixing of Freddie". [9] To object to a proposed marriage. From the custom of “reading the banns,” i.e. announcing the forthcoming marriage on three consecutive Sundays before the wedding, in the church of the parish where the couple live. This custom still exists in the Church of England. A prison was established by New York City on this island in the East River in 1832, soon joined by a workhouse, lunatic asylum and hospital. The prison closed in 1930 and inmates were moved to Rikers Island.

Jeeves and Wooster had first appeared in the short story " Extricating Young Gussie", which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1915, and was included in The Man with Two Left Feet. [2] Contents [ edit ]In 1911, Fairbanks played the title role in a stage adaptation of A Gentleman of Leisure, adapted by John Stapleton and Wodehouse from Wodehouse’s novel (also known as The Intrusion of Jimmy). Beginning in 1921, the Herbert Jenkins reissues of A Gentleman of Leisure were dedicated to Fairbanks. Interesting Llewellyn in Silver River would be pie, but I’d also have to interest her, and she’s not the right woman for that.”

This reference is so vague it’s probably impossible to pin down an exact source. Bertie seems to be talking about the concept of Nemesis, which is one of the leading elements of Greek tragedy. The original SEP appearance of the story used the spelling “Shakspere.” I have never been in the West Indies, but I am in a position to state that in certain of the fundamentals of life they are streets ahead of our European civilisation. The man behind the counter, as kindly a bloke as I ever wish to meet, seemed to guess our requirements the moment we hove in view. Scarcely had our elbows touched the wood before he was leaping to and fro, bringing down a new bottle with each leap. A planter, apparently, does not consider he has had a drink unless it contains at least seven ingredients, and I'm not saying, mind you, that he isn't right. The man behind the bar told us the things were called Green Swizzles; and, if ever I marry and have a son, Green Swizzle Wooster is the name that will go down on the register, in memory of the day his father's life was saved at Wembley.”And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? In the story’s initial appearance Jeeves recommends “the Longacre—as worn by John Drew” while Bertie buys the Country Gentleman, as worn by Jerome D. Kern (Wodehouse’s friend and theatrical collaborator). The 16th of the present month. A formula often used in official reports and business correspondence, it sounds comically pompous if used in speech. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). American painter, closely associated with the French impressionists, and chiefly famous for his portraits. Wodehouse’s cousin Helen Wodehouse (1880–1964), daughter of his father’s oldest brother Rev. Philip John Wodehouse, got her first class degree at Girton in 1902, having studied both mathematics and moral sciences. After receiving a D.Phil. from Birmingham in 1906, she lectured in philosophy there and chaired the department of education at the University of Bristol, before returning to Girton as Mistress of the college in 1931. One wonders if her braininess may have contributed to the portrayals of Honoria Glossop and Heloise Pringle. [NM] eftsoons (obsolete) soon afterwards, forthwith. Commonly used to give an archaic effect, even a century before Wodehouse: Top-dressing is the British gardener’s term for vegetable matter, compost, manure, and the like applied to the surface of soil to enrich it, to control weeds, and to limit evaporation; the American equivalent would be “mulch.”Possibly a reference to the work of Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936) on the conditioned reflex, published in 1903. Pavlov traineddogs to associate the ringing of a bell with feeding, and found that the dogs began to salivatewhen the bell was later rung in the absence of food. The first story in the book, "Jeeves Takes Charge", describes Jeeves' arrival in his master's life, as a replacement for Wooster's previous, thieving valet, and features Lady Florence Craye, as well as a passing mention of Lord Emsworth and Blandings Castle. Intoning is a way of chanting on a single note practiced particularly in the Church of England. In the Anglican liturgy, Responses are the parts of the service which take the form of a scripted dialogue, usually between priest and clerk or between priest and congregation. Urdu) A public reception or levee, usually held with much pomp and ceremony to mark the accession of a ruler to power. The term was adopted by the British when Queen Victoria had herself proclaimed Empress of India at the Delhi Durbar of 1877. Lord Curzon, as Viceroy, stage-managed an even more spectacular Durbar in 1903 to mark the accession of Edward VII, and the last was held for George V in December 1911. It is presumably this one which Lady Malvern attended.