[1] The Crime Wave at Blandings, which was published on 25 June 1937[1] by Doubleday, Doran, New York, is a very different collection, sharing only three of its seven titles with the UK book.

Bromborough has a weakness, though: his great moustache Joyeuse, which he compares favorably to Love in Idleness, the facial decoration of Potter's father Sir Preston.

The President's Cup and the love of Gwendoline Poskitt occasion the only time the Oldest Member ever saw profit from driving into anyone.

Young Wilmot Byng loves Gwendoline, but has recently smitten her father (a member of the Wrecking Crew) a juicy one on the leg for holding up play.

To win her hand, the Oldest Member recommends that Wilmot appease Poskitt, and he does so—up to the day of the President's Cup match.

The betrothal of Evangeline Brackett to Angus McTavish is built, in large part, on the way she bites her lip and rolls her eyes when she tops her drive, says the Oldest Member.

But when Legs Mortimer takes up residence in the Clubhouse, Evangeline's mind wanders from her golf, and Angus worries that she is losing her form for the Ladies' Medal.

Clarice Fitch was a force to be reckoned with, recalls the Oldest Member, and weedy, bespectacled accountant Ernest Plinlimmon is powerfully affected by the impact of her personality.

"Reggie and the Greasy Bird" is a rewritten version of the story with different characters, created because Wodehouse needed the money for his taxes.

Freddie decides to sing in an East End music hall's Amateur Night to win the five-pound prize.

He relates to his friend how he had been left in charge of his Aunt Julia's house, and had come up with the ingenious idea of renting out rooms to an exclusive clientele of boarders while she was away.

With the staff bribed to help, he fills the house with paying guests, and rakes in their money while playing the gracious host.

However, meeting an old friend of his Aunt's, he hears she is returning sooner than expected, and tries to think of a way to get rid of the guests before their contracted stays are up.

Ukridge calms the house, but on retiring to bed, finds Aunt Julia hiding in the cupboard, convinced the butler has gone insane.

Ukridge, taking advantage of the confusion, grabs his coat and slips away, ending up at his friend's bedside in the small hours of the night.

Corky, having had a story idea turned down by Hollywood, attacks the talking picture, but his friend Ukridge comes to its defence.

He tells his friend why... About to be left alone once more at his Aunt Julia's house, Ukridge realises he can make some quick cash by renting out the lawns to a party of folk dancers.

Ukridge sets up a bout for "Battling" Billson, using the man's desire to wed his girl Flossie to persuade him to take part.

The butler Oakshott, it emerges, having wowed Billson with his dignified manner, is now plying the boxer with an excess of food, cigars and port.

He explains... Ukridge runs into Joe the Lawyer, a notorious bookmaker, and is offered the chance to buy a half-share in a dog with excellent prospects.

Ukridge can't afford the stake £50, of course, so at first refuses, but later that day Aunt Julia, about to depart on yet another tour, tasks him with collecting her brooch from a jeweller's and locking it safely in her desk.

The next day, Joe informs him that the dog has died and offers to reimburse him £5, leaving Ukridge considerably short of the money he needs to buy back the brooch.

Aunt Julia, returning in a rage at hearing her friend has been refused the loan of her brooch, tells Ukridge she is sure he has pawned it; she makes him force open the drawer, and is deflated to find it sitting there, having been returned just in time, giving Ukridge an advantage over his distrustful aunt.

In The Strand Magazine (UK), Gilbert Wilkinson illustrated "Buried Treasure",[3] "The Letter of the Law",[4] "Farewell to Legs",[5] "There's Always Golf",[5] "The Masked Troubadour",[6] and "The Come-back of Battling Billson".

[21] The 1949 collection The Best of Wodehouse (US) featured stories selected by Scott Meredith, including "The Level Business Head" and "The Letter of the Law".

[22] "Buried Treasure" was included in the 1972 collection The World of Mr. Mulliner, published by Barrie & Jenkins, London.

[27] The version of "The Masked Troubadour" titled "Reggie and the Greasy Bird" was featured in Plum Stones (1993).

"Farewell to Legs" was included in the anthology Modern Short Stories, edited by Emma Reppert and published in the US by McGraw in 1939.