" Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" - Bertie is told to look after Motty, the sheltered son of a friend of Aunt Agatha's, and keep him out of trouble.UK: Strand, June 1916 (as "Leave It to Jeeves").US: Saturday Evening Post, 5 February 1916 (as "Leave It to Jeeves").
Jeeves suggests a plan involving books about birds. " The Artistic Career of Corky" - Corky, a struggling artist who relies on his uncle, is afraid his uncle won't approve of his fiancée.US: Saturday Evening Post, 18 November 1916." Jeeves Takes Charge" - Bertie hires Jeeves for the first time, and Bertie's fiancée Florence Craye wants Bertie to destroy his uncle's memoirs.Several of the other stories are set in New York, and the book includes appearances by regular characters Bingo Little, Aunt Dahlia, Anatole, and Sir Roderick Glossop. The first story in the book, "Jeeves Takes Charge", describes Jeeves' arrival in his master's life, as a replacement for Wooster's previous, thieving valet, and features Lady Florence Craye, as well as a passing mention of Lord Emsworth and Blandings Castle. The book is considered part of the Jeeves canon.
Many of the stories had previously appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, and some were rewritten versions of stories in the collection My Man Jeeves (1919). It was first published in the United Kingdom on 9 October 1925 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 7 October 1927 by George H. Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of ten short stories by P.
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