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First published in UK: November 10 1903 by Adam & Charles Black, London
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Short stories and essays of public school life.

How Pillingshot Scored
The Odd Trick
L'Affaire Uncle John
Harrison's Slight Error
Bradshaw's Little Story
A Shocking Affair
The Babe and the Dragon
The Manoeuvres of Charteris
How Payne Bucked Up
Author!
The Tabby Terror
The Prize Poem
Essays:
Work
Notes
Now, Talking About Cricket
The Tom Brown Question
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How Pillingshot Scored
1903-05 Captain (UK)

Russian translation

  • Pillingshot otkryvaet schet by A.Pritykina, D.Pritykin: 2004

Characters

Pillingshot
Mr. Mellish — Master
Parker — Pillingshot's friend
Smythe — In the same house as Pillingshot
M. Gerard — French Master
Scott — In the First Eleven
Mr. Yorke — Master
Young Brown — Carred on a stretcher
Venables — Member of Merevale's House, Captain of the cricket team and a friend of Scott's

The Odd Trick
1902-08 Captain (UK)

Characters

Philip St. H. Harrison — Member of Merevale's
Tony Graham — Prefect of Merevale's
Braithwaite — Member of Merevale's
Mace — Member of Merevale's
Scott — Cricketer
Charteris — Cricketer
Welch — Captain of Merevale's cricket team
Merevale — House Master

L'Affaire Uncle John
1901-08 Public School Mag. (UK)

Characters

Richard Venables — Captain of St. Austin's cricket team
Archibald Venables — Richard's brother at King's College, Cambridge
Biffen — Groundsman
John Dalgliesh — Richard's uncle
Sir Everard Venables — Richard's father
Mrs. James Anthony — Richard's sister
Welch — Cricketer
Scott — Cricketer
Lord Marmaduke Twistleton — Guarantees Richard a job as land agent.

Harrison's Slight Error
1903-01 Captain (UK)

Russian translation

  • Ne ne togo napal by A.Pritykina, D.Pritykin: 2004

Characters

P. St. H. Harrison — Member of Merevale's
Mace
Babington — Member of Dacre's House
Barrett — Member of Philpott's House
Grey
Venables — Head of Merevale's House and Captain of the cricket team
The Moke — Butler and bootboy at Merevale's
Young Venables

Bradshaw's Little Story
1902-07 Captain (UK)

Characters

"I"
Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw — Member of Prater's, a junior
Mr. Mellish — Form Master
Kendal — Junior
White
Yorke — Master of Upper Fifth
Prater — House Master

A Shocking Affair
1903

Characters

"I" — Member of Prater's, a junior
F.W. Bradshaw
Mr. Mellish — Form Master
Brown — A junior
Morrison — A junior
M. Gerard — French Master
Blaize — Science and Chemistry Master

The Babe and the Dragon
1902-02 Captain (UK)

Characters

(Babe) MacArthur
(The Dragon) Miss Florence Beezley — Friend of Babe's sister at Girton
Charteris — Prefect at Merevale's
Dacre — House Master

The Manoeuvres of Charteris
1903-08/09 Captain (UK)

Characters

Old Crockfordians — Cricket team composed of riff-raff from that Village
Charteris — Member of Merevale's
Graham — Charteris' friend who got injured playing football
(Babe) MacArthur — Member of Merevale's and Captain of football team
Merevale — House Master and head of football
Thomson — Member of football team
Welch — Shares study in Merevale's with Charteris and member of football team
Bannister — Member of football team
Prescott — Captain of Dacre's football team
Mr. Prater — House Master
P. St. H. Harrison
Headmaster
Dr. Adamson — College Doctor who lives in Stapleton
Secretary of the Old Crockfordians — A ruffian
"Charles his friend"
Crowninshaw — Charteris' fag
Parker — Headmaster's butler
Dorothy — Headmaster's niece

How Payne Bucked Up
1902-10 Captain (UK)

Characters

Charles Augustus Walkinshaw — Acting Captain and Secretary of football team
Grey — Captain of football team
Reade — Philpott's — Member of football team
Barrett — Philpott's — Member of football team
Payne — Dacre's — Member of football team
Bowden — Member of football team who shares study with Payne

Author!
1901-10 Public School Mag. (UK)

Russian translation

  • Avtora! by A.Pritykina, D.Pritykin: 2004

Characters

Jack S.M. Babington — Member of Dacre's
Mr. Reginald Seymour — Substitute Math teacher
Peterson — Babington's friend
Jenkins — Babington's friend
Babington's older cousin at Guy's
Richards — Friend of Babington's cousin

The Tabby Terror
1902-02 Public School Mag. (UK)

Characters

Captain Kettle — Prater's cat
Smith — Member of Prater's
Montgomery — Shares study with Smith
Shawyer — Friend of Smith and Montgomery
Dick Trentham — Head of house
Mrs. James Williamson — Trentham's sister

The Prize Poem
1901-07 Public School Mag. (UK)

Russian translation

  • Oda kolledzhu by A.Pritykina, D.Pritykin: 2004

Characters

Reynolds — Remove
Smith — Sixth form
Montgomery — Sixth form
Morrison — Sixth form
Evans — Morrison's fag
The Rev. Arthur James Perceval — Headmaster
Mrs. Perceval — Headmaster's wife
Mr. Wells — Perceval's college chum and judge of poetry contest

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