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The Man Upstairs (short Story Collection)
''The Man Upstairs'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 23 January 1914 by Methuen & Co., London.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 26–27, A17. Most of the stories had previously appeared in magazines, generally '' Strand Magazine'' in the UK and ''Cosmopolitan'' or ''Collier's Weekly'' in the United States. Although the book was not published in the US, many of the stories were eventually made available to US readers in '' The Uncollected Wodehouse'' (1976) and ''The Swoop! and Other Stories'' (1979). It is a miscellaneous collection, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters; most of the stories concern love and romance. Contents "The Man Upstairs" * UK: ''Strand'', March 1910 (UK setting) * US: ''Cosmopolitan'', March 1910 (as "The Man Up-stairs", US setting) ;Plot Annette Brougham, a quick-tempered female composer and music-teacher, is disturbed by a knocking on her ceiling. She visits the flat above to complai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agravain
Sir Agravain () is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, whose first known appearance is in the works of Chrétien de Troyes. He is the second eldest son of King Lot of Orkney with one of King Arthur's sisters known as Anna or Morgause, thus nephew of King Arthur, and brother to Sir Gawain, Gaheris, and Gareth, as well as half-brother to Mordred. Agravain secretly makes attempts on the life of his hated brother Gaheris since the Vulgate Cycle, participates in the slayings of Lamorak and Palamedes in the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and murders Dinadan in the Prose ''Tristan''. In the French prose cycle tradition included in Thomas Malory's '' Le Morte d'Arthur'', together with Mordred, he then plays a leading role by exposing his aunt Guinevere's affair with Lancelot, which leads to his death at the hands of Lancelot. In the traditional, albeit contested, division of the massive medieval prose ''Lancelot'' portion of the Vulgate Cycle into three or four parts, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Short Stories By P
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Holtzman
Jerome Holtzman (July 12, 1926 – July 19, 2008) was an American sportswriter known for his writings on baseball who served as the official historian for Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1999 until his death. Newspaper career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Holtzman wrote for his hometown papers for over 50 years. Beginning as a copyboy at the ''Chicago Daily News'' in 1943, Holtzman wrote for the paper through its merger with the ''Chicago Sun''. His influence and viewpoints made him something of a legend among newspapermen. Southern humorist Lewis Grizzard, who was sports editor of the ''Sun-Times'' for part of Holtzman's career, called him "the dean of American baseball writers," and went on to say "He never smiled, but he had the keys to Cooperstown. No major leaguer ever got into the Hall of Fame if Holtzman didn't want him there. He had tremendous sources. He was writing about the possibility of a baseball players union and a baseball players strike ''long'' before anyone els ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Einstein
Charles Einstein (August 2, 1926 – March 7, 2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was the author of the 1953 novel ''The Bloody Spur'', on which the film ''While the City Sleeps'' (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, was based. Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein. He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne". Bibliography *''The Bloody Spur'', Dell First Edition #5, pbo, 1953. reprinted as ''While the City Sleeps'' (Dell D86, 1956). *''Wiretap!'', Dell First Edition #76, pbo, 1955. *''The Only Game In Town'', Dell First Edition 47, pbo, 1955 *''The Last Laugh'', Dell First Edition A121, pbo, 1956. *''No Time at All'', Simon & Schuster, hc, 1957. Dell, pb, 1958. *''The Naked City'', Stories based on TV scripts by Stirling Silliphant. Dell First Edition A180, pbo, 1959. ''A Flag for San Francisco'', Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1962, J. Lowell Pratt and Company, pb, 1963 ** “And a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Meany
Thomas William Meany (September 21, 1903 – September 11, 1964) was an American sports journalism, sports writer who mostly covered baseball in the New York City area. Biography Meany's love of sports began at St. John's Prep in Brooklyn, where he wrote for the school newspaper and played basketball and baseball. Meany began his professional writing career in 1922, where he was recruited to write for the ''New York Journal''. Throughout his career, Meany worked for several newspapers, including the ''Brooklyn Times-Union, Brooklyn Daily Times'', ''New York World-Telegram'', and the ''The Morning Telegraph, Morning Telegraph''. He wrote several books, including ''The Magnificent Yankees'' about members of the New York Yankees, which was published in 1952. In 1961, Meany joined the New York Mets baseball team as a publicity director, and later served as their promotions director. Meany died at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan in 1964; he was survived by his wife, Clara Maxwell. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Olaf Todahl
John Olaf Todahl (1884–1924) was an American illustrator and cartoonist. He worked principally as a newspaper editorial cartoonist. Biography John Olaf Todahl traveled throughout his career, living on both coasts of the United States. He illustrated for newspapers in Seattle, New York and Connecticut. While in Seattle, he joined the Seattle Cartoonists' Club, an association of Seattle newspaper cartoonists, getting together outside of their newspapers for a creative and business venture. They produced ''The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men'' (1911), a vanity cartoon book with caricatures, cartoons and photos of Seattle's wealthy and prominent citizens. He moved to the East Coast of the United States between 1911 and 1913, settling in Connecticut with his wife, Margery Todahl Blokhine, and daughter, Virginia (born 1919). He also spent time in New York. image:A Yankee Terrier Gets Its Teeth in a German Sea Wolf.jpg, left, A painting in the ''New York Tribun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montgomery Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist, comics artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917 poster of Uncle Sam created for United States Army recruitment during World War I. Life and career Flagg was born on June 18, 1877 in Pelham, New York. He was enthusiastic about drawing from a young age, and had illustrations accepted by national magazines by the age of 12 years. By 14, he was a contributing artist for ''Life'' magazine, and the following year was on the staff of another magazine, '' Judge''. From 1894 through 1898, he attended the Art Students League of New York. He studied fine art in London and Paris from 1898 to 1900, after which he returned to the United States, where he produced countless illustrations for books, magazine covers, political and humorous cartoons, advertising, and spot drawings. Among his creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Winter
Milo Winter (August 7, 1888 – August 15, 1956) was an American book illustrator. He created editions of ''Aesop's Fables'', '' Arabian Nights'', '' Alice in Wonderland'', '' A Christmas Carol'', '' Gulliver's Travels'', ''Tanglewood Tales'' (1913), and others. Background Winter was born in Princeton, Illinois and trained at Chicago's School of the Art Institute. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950s, when he moved to New York City. Principle citation: Miller, Arthur H. "Children’s Book Illustrator Milo Winter". ''Caxtonian''. Jan. 2004: 4,5. From 1947 to 1949, he was the art editor of Childcraft books and from 1949, was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company. Gallery Image:The Lion and the Mouse - Project Gutenberg etext 19994.jpg, '' The Lion and the Mouse'', illustrated by Milo Winter in ''The Æsop for Children'', 1919 Aesop anthology File:The Ant and the Grasshopper - Project Gutenberg etext 19994.jpg, ''The Ant and the Grasshopper T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Morgan
Wallace Morgan (1875 – April 24, 1948) was a war artist for the United States Army during World War I. Biography Morgan was born in 1875, and he grew up in Albany, New York, where his family had moved shortly after his birth. Upon graduation from high school, he returned to his birthplace, New York City, to pursue a career in art. He studied at the National Academy of Design while working at the ''New York Sun'' as a part-time artist. In 1898, he joined the staff of the New York Herald and became a full-time newspaper artist covering whatever assignments came his way, including a 1902 trip to Martinique to cover the eruptions of Mt. Pele. During this period, he developed the ability to render a faithful picture of nature with little need for preliminary sketches, an essential skill for a newspaper illustrator who had to convey to readers the image of an event quickly and accurately. After eleven years with the Herald, he opened his own studio. Shortly thereafter, Collier's com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Bull
René Bull was a British illustrator and photographer. He was born in Dublin on 11 December 1872 to a French mother and an English father. He went to Paris to study engineering, but embarked on an artistic career after meeting and taking drawing lessons from the French satirist and political cartoonist Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel Poiré). Bull returned to Ireland to contribute sketches and political cartoons to various publications, including the 'Weekly Freeman'. Moving to London in 1892, Bull drew for "Illustrated Brits" and created cartoons in the style of Caran d'Ache for 'Pick-Me-Up' from 1893. In 1896 Bull joined ''Black and White'' illustrated newspaper as a special artist and photographer. In 1898, he covered the Tirah Campaign in India and went on to Sudan for the campaign culminating in the Battle of Omdurman. He went to South Africa to record the Boer War until the relief of Ladysmith in March 1900. As he was wounded in 1900, Bull was invalided out. He settled in Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Browne
Gordon Frederick Browne (15 April 1858 – 27 May 1932) was an English artist and a prolific illustrator of children's books in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was a meticulous craftsman and went to a great deal of effort to ensure that his illustrations were accurate. He illustrated six or seven books a year in addition to a huge volume of magazine illustration. Early life He was born in Banstead, the younger son of notable book illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (who as "Phiz" illustrated books by Charles Dickens). He was privately educated and then studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and South Kensington Schools. At Art School he insisted only drawing from life. Work Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and a founder member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA). Browne was an early member of the Society of Graphic Art and showed three works at their fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
