My dear Buddy,--
       We have been friends for eighteen years. A considerable proportion of my books were written under your hospitable roof. And yet I have never dedicated one to you. What will be the verdict of Posterity on this? The fact is, I have become rather superstitious about dedications. No sooner do you label a book with the legend--
       

TO MY
       BEST FRIEND
       X
       than X cuts you in Piccadilly, or you bring a lawsuit against him. There is a fatality about it. However, I can't imagine anyone quarrelling with you, and I am getting more attractive all the time, so let's take a chance.
       Yours ever,
       P. G. WODEHOUSE.

Dedication to B. W. King-Hall
Chapter I. Distressing Scene
Chapter II. A Shock for Mr. Brewster
Chapter III. Mr. Brewster Delivers Sentence
Chapter IV. Work Wanted
Chapter V. Strange Experiences of an Artist's Model
Chapter VI. The Bomb
Chapter VII. Mr. Roscoe Sheririff Has an Idea
Chapter VIII. A Disturbed Night for Dear Old Squiffy
Chapter IX. A Letter from Parker
Chapter X. Doing Father a Bit of Good
Chapter XI. Salvatore Chooses the Wrong Moment
Chapter XII. Bright Eyes--and a Fly
Chapter XIII. Rallying Round Percy
Chapter XIV. The Sad Case of Looney Biddle
Chapter XV. Summer Storms
Chapter XVI. Archie Accepts a Situation
Chapter XVII. Brother Bill's Romance
Chapter XVIII. The Sausage Chappie
Chapter XIX. Reggie Comes to Life
Chapter XX. The-Sausage-Chappie-Clicks
Chapter XXI. The Growing Boy
Chapter XXII. Washy Steps Into the Hall of Fame
Chapter XXIII. Mother's Knee
Chapter XXIV. The Melting of Mr. Connolly
Chapter XXV. The Wigmore Venus
Chapter XXVI. A Tale of a Grandfather