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First published in UK: January 23 1914 by Methuen & Co., London
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The Man Upstairs
Something to Worry About
Deep Waters
When Doctors Disagree
By Advice of Counsel
Rough-Hew Them How We Will
The Man Who Disliked Cats
Ruth in Exile
Archibald's Benefit
The Man, the Maid and the Miasma
The Good Angel
Pots O' Money
Out of School
Three From Dunsterville
The Tuppenny Millionaire
Ahead of Schedule
Sir Agravaine
The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat
In Alcala
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The Man Upstairs
1910-03 Strand (UK)/Cosmopolitan (US)

Russian translations

  • Sosedi by A.Shvyrov: 1927
  • Sosed sverkhu by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

Annette Brougham — Heroine who is an impecunious young and pretty piano and voice teacher who composes
Alan Beverly — 28 year old hero who is wealthy and poses as an amateur painter
Reginald Sellers — Unsuccessful and snobbish painter
Epstein — Art agent
William Bates — Glasgow millionaire who poses as Alan Beverly
Grusczinsky and Buchterkirch — Annette's music publishers
Rupert Morrison — Author friend of Beverly's

Something to Worry About
1913-02 Strand (UK)

Characters

Sally Preston — Londonite visiting Aunt Jane at Millbourne Bay, Hampshire
Thomas Kitchener — 25 year old second gardener who loves Sally
Jane Williams — Sally's aunt
Mr. Williams — Jane's husband
Ted Pringle — Sally's suitor
Albert Parsons — Sally's suitor
Arthur Brown — Sally's suitor
Joe Blossom — Sally's suitor
Constable Cobb — Village policeman

Deep Waters
1910-05-28 Colliers (US)
1910-06 Strand (UK)

Characters

George Barnert Callender — Hero who is an excellent swimmer at Marvis Bay and playwright of Fate's Footballs
Arthur Mifflin — Leading juvenile in Fate's Footballs who went to Cambridge with Callender
Mary Vaughan — Heroine who is an excellent swimmer and rescues Callender

When Doctors Disagree
1910-12 Strand (UK)

Characters

Arthur Welch — Hero who is the barber at Hotel Belvoir
Maud Peters — Heroine who is the manicurist engaged to Arthur
Mr. "Skipper" Shute — American pugilist who likes Maud
Robert Bryce — Police-constable at White City

By Advice of Counsel
1910-07 Strand (UK)

Russian translation

  • Nedorazumenie by A.Shvyrov: 1927

Characters

(Jack Roach) Waiter — narrator
Traveller — deaf
Jerry Moore — Roach's friend who is a bit deaf
Gentleman Bailey — Roach's friend
Jane Tuxton — Engaged to Jerry

Rough-Hew Them How We Will
1910-04 Strand (UK)
1910-08 Cosmopolitan (US)

Characters

Paul Boielle — Waiter at'Bredin's Parisian Cafe & Restaurant in Soho who paints
Jeanne Le Brocq — Avaricious waitress at Bredin's loved by Paul
M. Bredin — Owner of cafe
Young Man — General Manager of Galloway's Tried and Proven Braces who hires Paul as artist
Constable Thomas Parsons — London policeman

The Man Who Disliked Cats
1912-05 Strand (UK)

Characters

"I" — Seated at the Cafe Brittannique in Soho
Jules Priaulx — Uncle and owner of the fashionable hotel in Paris of the same name
Jean Priaulx — Cashier at his uncle's hotel who wishes to paint; loves Marion
Alexander — A fat cat belonging to Mrs. Balderstone Rockmettler, an American staying at the Parisian hotel
Polly — Marion's parrott
Marion Henderson — Young English lady who owns Polly and wants Alexander
Captain Bassett — A Captain in the Guards who loves Marion and gives her Alexander
Paul Sartines — Man of letters who needs a secretary for his work: History of the Cat in Ancient Egypt.

Ruth in Exile
1912-07 Strand (UK)

Russian translation

  • Ruf' na chuzhbine by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

Ruth Warden — Heroine who is employed as a secretary-clerk in a pawn shop
M. Gandinot — Ugly-looking man who employs Ruth
Eugene Warden — Ruth's happy-go-lucky father
Bill — Warden's fox-terrior
George Vince — Νεrξ — Wealthy and humorously talkative handsome young man who works for his father in the Vino Stores which specializes in childrens toys

Archibald's Benefit
1910-03-19 Colliers (US)

Characters

Archibald Mealing — 31 year old amiable amateur golfer who is engaged to Margaret. Member of the Cape Pleasant Club in New Jersey.
McCay — Club secretary
Margaret Milsom — Engaged to Archie
Sigsbee — Member of Cape Pleasant and Sybarites' Club
Gossett — Unpleasant member of the Club who is a stock broker
Stuyvesant Milsom — Margaret's obnoxious brother
Mrs. Milsom — Margaret's mother

The Man, the Maid and the Miasma
1910-06 Cosmopolitan (US)

Russian translation

  • Muzhchina, zhenschina i miazmy by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

Robert Ferguson — Employer
Roland Bean — A model, too-efficient office boy for Ferguson
Young Lady — Former girl friend of Ferguson's whom he still loves

The Good Angel
1910-02 Strand (UK)

Characters

Keggs — The Keith's butler who runs a matrimonial sweepstake
Martin Rossiter — Hero who loves Elsa
Aubrey Barstowe — Author of "The Soul's Eclipse" and other poems who loves Elsa
Elsa Keith — Heroine
Tom Keith — Elsa's father
Mrs. Keith — Elsa's mother

Pots O' Money
1911-12 Strand (UK)

Characters

Owen Bentley — Impecunious hero, an ex-cricketer who is a playwright and bank clerk
Mr. Shepperd — Audrey's father
Audrey Shepperd — Heroine who loves Owen
Mr. Dorman — Farmer in Shropshire where Owen went for a vacation
Prosser — Sociology professor who writes sentimental novels under the name of Edith Butler

Out of School
1909-09 Ainslee's (US)
1910-10 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

  • Za stenami shkoly by A.Shvyrov: 1927
  • Posle shkoly by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

James Datchett — 22 year old assistant master at Harrow House who wants to be an author
Frederick Knott — James' uncle
Blatherwick — Owner of a private school for small boys in Dover
Violet — Housemaid at Harrow House
Adolf — German youth working as odd-job man and blackmailing James.

Three From Dunsterville
1911-08 Strand (UK)
1912-08 Pictorial Review (US)

Characters

Mary Hill — Heroine who is Joe's secretary
Eddy Moore — Villian who got Mary a job with Joe to spy for him
Joe Rendal — Hero who loves Mary and is a financial broker
Harold — Joe's office boy

The Tuppenny Millionaire
1912-10 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

  • Bez pyati minut millioner by E.Tolkachev: 1928, 1995
  • Groshovyj millioner by S.Nikonov: 2004

Characters

George Albert Balmer — Employed by the Planet Insurance Company
Harold Flower — Messenger for Planet
Lady Julia Waverly — Fires her paid companion
Young lady — Companion to Lady Julia who falls in love with George

Ahead of Schedule
1910-11 Grand (UK)
1911-01-28 Colliers (US)

Russian translation

  • Operezhaya grafik by I.Metlitskaya: 2006

Characters

James Wilson — Rollo's valet who lived in Market Bumpstead
Rollo Finch — Amiable young drone who loves Miss Parker
Marguerite Parker — Chorus girl who marries Wilson
Andrew Galloway — Rollo's uncle, the Braces king who also falls in love with Miss Parker

Sir Agravaine
1912-06-29 Colliers (US)
1912-12 Pearson's Magazine (UK)

Russian translation

  • Ser Agravein, rytsar Kruglogo stola by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

Sir Agravaine the Dolorous — Knight at King Arthur's Court who loves Yvonne
Yvonne — The Earl Dorm's daughter
Earl Dorm — Villainous father of Yvonne who keeps Sir Agravaine prisoner

The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat
1912-01 Strand (UK)

Characters

Isabel Rackstraw — Unofficially engaged to Clarence
The Hon. Clarence Tresillian — Loves Isabel and works as Footballer Jones
Lady Runnymede — Clarence's mother
Daniel Rackstraw — Isabel's millionaire father who is a football enthusiast

In Alcala
1911-12 London Magazine (UK)

Russian translation

  • V otele 'Alkala' by S.Kuznetsov (Ssmith): 2003

Characters

Rutherford Maxwell — Struggling English writer living in New York City who works for the New Asiatic Bank
Peggy Norton — Chorus girl who helps him with his play Willie in the Wilderness
Alice Halliday — Rutherford's girl friend in England
Winfield Knight — Actor who stars in "Willie"

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