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This collection, which first appeared in 1959, is essentially a grab bag: it contains a so-so Bertie and Jeeves story, some Mulliner fishing stories, a few Oldest Member golf stories, and several stories about the Drones. Wodehouse sustained an amazingly high level of comic invention throughout his long writing career, but not everything he wrote reaches his highest level. These works are examples of his middling writing-occasionally chuckle-producing but only rare uproarious moments and nothing particularly memorable. Five minutes after listening to the book, you may not remember anything in it. On the other hand, you will remember Jonathan Cecil's consistently inspired reading. A master of comic voices, Cecil is often more fun to listen to than the material itself. Not an essential addition for many libraries, but one that patrons with good ears for language should appreciate.