Madame Eulalie’s Rare PlumsStories and serials from the Saturday Evening Post (USA)
Every author’s dream was to write for the Saturday Evening Post during this era, and Wodehouse was no exception to that rule. He was, however, exceptional in his success with the Post; for twenty-two years they published nearly everything he submitted: 14 serialized novels and dozens of short stories and articles.
Here are all the Wodehouse stories and novels that appeared in the Post through the end of 1929, along with an autobiographical sketch from 1918. Items with annotations are flagged with the symbol ✎ below.
Something New - Part 1 — June 26, 1915
Something New - Part 2 — July 3, 1915
Something New - Part 3 — July 10, 1915
Something New - Part 4 — July 17, 1915
Something New - Part 5 — July 24, 1915
Something New - Part 6 — July 31, 1915
Something New - Part 7 — August 7, 1915
Something New - Part 8 — August 14, 1915
At Geisenheimer’s — August 21, 1915
Extricating Young Gussie — September 18, 1915
Uneasy Money - Part 1 — December 4, 1915
Uneasy Money - Part 2 — December 11, 1915
Uneasy Money - Part 3 - December 18, 1915
Uneasy Money - Part 4 - December 25, 1915
Uneasy Money - Part 5 - January 1, 1916
Uneasy Money - Part 6 - January 8, 1916
Uneasy Money - Part 7 - January 15, 1916
✎ Leave It to Jeeves — February 5, 1916
✎ The Man With Two Left Feet — March 18, 1916
The Aunt and the Sluggard - April 22, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 1 — September 16, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 2 — September 23, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 3 — September 30, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 4 — October 7, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 5 — October 14, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 6 — October 21, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 7 — October 28, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 8 — November 04, 1916
Piccadilly Jim - Part 9 — November 11, 1916
Jeeves Takes Charge - November 18, 1916
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest - December 9, 1916
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg - March 3, 1917
Jeeves and the Chump Cyril - June 8, 1918
An autobiographical sketch by Wodehouse - June 22, 1918
A Damsel in Distress - Part 1 - May 10, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 2 - May 17, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 3 - May 24, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 4 - May 31, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 5 - June 7, 1919
✎ A Woman Is Only a Woman - June 7, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 6 - June 14, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 7 - June 21, 1919
A Damsel in Distress - Part 8 - June 28, 1919
The Spring Suit — July 12, 1919
Leave It to Psmith - Part 1 - February 3, 1923
Leave It to Psmith - Part 2 - February 10, 1923
✎ Leave It to Psmith - Part 3 - February 17, 1923
✎ Leave It to Psmith - Part 4 - February 24, 1923
Leave It to Psmith - Part 5 - March 3, 1923
Leave It to Psmith - Part 6 - March 10, 1923
✎ Leave It to Psmith - Part 7 - March 17, 1923
✎ Leave It to Psmith - Part 8 - March 24, 1923
✎ Chester Forgets Himself - July 7, 1923
Rodney Fails to Qualify - February 23, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 1 - May 24, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 2 - May 31, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 3 - June 7, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 4 - June 14, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 5 - June 21, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 6 - June 28, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 7 - July 5, 1924
Bill the Conqueror - Part 8 - July 12, 1924
The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy - September 27, 1924
Jane Gets Off the Fairway - October 25, 1924
The Custody of the Pumpkin - November 29, 1924
✎ Something Squishy - December 20, 1924
✎ Honeysuckle Cottage - January 24, 1925
Clustering Round Young Bingo - February 21, 1925
✎ The Awful Gladness of the Mater - March 21, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 1 - June 13, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 2 - June 20, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 3 - June 27, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 4 - July 4, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 5 - July 11, 1925
Sam in the Suburbs - Part 6 - July 18, 1925
Without the Option - June 27, 1925
The Purification of Rodney Spelvin - August 22, 1925
✎ High Stakes - September 19, 1925
Buttercup Day - November 21, 1925
A Bit of Luck for Mabel - December 26, 1925
About These Mystery Stories - May 25, 1929
Slaves of Hollywood - December 7, 1929
Saturday Evening Post (USA)
The Saturday Evening Post famously claimed for many years to have been founded in 1728 by Benjamin Franklin. In fact it was first published in 1821, and its only connection to Franklin is that it was originally printed in the same Philadelphia shop where Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette had been printed until it folded in 1800, ten years after Franklin’s death. But it really became the most widely circulated weekly magazine in America after Cyrus Curtis purchased it when it was nearly defunct in 1897 for $1,000. The magazine gained prominent status under the leadership of its longtime editor George Horace Lorimer, from 1899 to 1936.
Curtis Publishing Co. stopped publishing the Post in 1969 after the company lost a landmark defamation suit and was ordered to pay over $3 million in damages. The Post was revived in 1971 as a quarterly publication. As of the late 2010s, the Saturday Evening Post magazine is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982.
It is famous for the quality of its illustrators, the most notable being Norman Rockwell. Other popular cover illustrators include the artists W. H. D. Koerner, N. C. Wyeth, J. C. Leyendecker, John Clymer, and John E. Sheridan.
Wodehouse published 14 serials and dozens of stories in the Saturday Evening Post, and it became his magazine of choice in the United States for much of his career.
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