Poems (and an article) from The Daily Chronicle (UK)

 

Wodehouse’s first two items in the newspaper were published on the day before and the day after he noted in his account book Money Received for Literary Work: “Chucked Bank Sept 9, 1902” — the start of his career as a full-time writer.

Items with annotations are flagged with the symbol ✎ below.

 

Spare the Rod — September 8, 1902

Autumn — September 10, 1902

A National Peril — October 13, 1902

✎ To a Policeman Poet — November 24, 1902

✎ An Optimist — December 1, 1902
 (“The Optimist” in Wodehouse’s account book)

✎ A Solitary Triumph — January 12, 1903

✎ Society’s Latest Movements — January 19, 1903

Consolation — January 22, 1903

✎ Necessary Abstinence — January 31, 1903

✎ The New Tonic — February 7, 1903

✎ Paradise — February 9, 1903

The Pessimist — February 16, 1903

✎ An Infallible System — February 27, 1903

✎ A Useless Example — March 2, 1903

To a Constable — March 14, 1903

✎ The Antidote — March 18, 1903

✎ His Subject — March 23, 1903
 (“His Pet Subject” in Wodehouse’s account book)

✎ The New Atkins — March 26, 1903

✎ A Sound Cure — March 28, 1903

The Pariah — March 31, 1903

✎ Active Remedies — April 2, 1903

✎ The Privileged Class — April 11, 1903

✎ Pegasus Complains — April 22, 1903

✎ An Exhibition Tragedy — May 13, 1903

A Word in Season — June 18, 1903

The Barber’s Love Song — June 23, 1903

✎ Modern Improvements — September 23, 1903

✎ My Lady of the Nicotine — September 30, 1903

✎ The Emperor’s Song — October 2, 1903

✎ The Modern Babe — October 3, 1903

✎ The Latest Cure — October 8, 1903

Peace — October 15, 1903

✎ The Art of Conversation — January 21, 1904

✎ Poems for the Pushful — January 27, 1904

✎ The Criminal — February 4, 1904

✎ Painless Dentistry — February 11, 1904

De Tea — February 15, 1904

✎ The Bachelor’s Song — February 20, 1904

✎ Tabloid Love Letters — March 7, 1904

✎ Hard Times — March 12, 1904

✎ Plain Dealing — March 18, 1904

✎ The Barred Dance — March 22, 1904

✎ An Open Letter — March 25, 1904

✎ A Warning — April 2, 1904

✎ The Thin Blue Line — April 8, 1904

Theatrical Invaders (article; review of The Prince of Pilsen) — May 14, 1904

Flannel — June 6, 1904

✎ My Views — July 18, 1904

Lines by a Host — August 8, 1904

Mainly About Ralph — October 14, 1904

✎ Vale! — October 20, 1904

✎ The Doyen — January 2, 1905

✎ The New Order — January 9, 1905

✎ A Defence — January 21, 1905

✎ The Deserter — February 18, 1905

Business Begins — September 28, 1905

✎ Sherlock Holmes’s Lament — October 3, 1905

✎ For the Defence — September 19, 1906