The Wit and Wisdom of P.G.Wodehouse
Compiled and Edited by Tony Ring

This is the latest "collection" of snips from the works of one of the the world's greatest Comic Writers, Sir Pelham Granville Wodehouse. I obtained the book from the UK and it cost me US $25.00. Is the book worth the price? The up-front truthful answer is a resounding NO!. The book is something that I would have paid US $5.00 for not the US $25.00. I feel cheated and this is a big let down. My primary objection is the cost of the book and the value of the contents.

Physical attributes are the size of a standard Reader's Digest, 120 pages, nicely bound in a dark blue cover with a white, attractive cover. The book has snips and bits and pieces from Wodehouse's works. The binding is pretty good. The book has snips and quotes from Plum's works. The average number of quotes per page is 2 (TWO, I am not kidding you!) for a total of approximately 250 snippets in the entire book. There is a lot of white space separated by art works that looks like a baby's squiggles.

Tony Ring is a Wodehouse scholar of note and is renowned in Plum circles. He has been instrumental in putting together the Concordance Collection that is used by Plum fans. He has also been instrumental in collecting and publishing the early works of Plum that is in great demand among collector circles. Along in Barry Day he has has published a similar collection called "P.G.Wodehouse in his own words".

Given Tony's knowledge of Plum, I would have expected this collection to be off the beaten track and provide some references to works that are not readily available. Instead I found only 8 (EIGHT, I counted) snippets from Plum's poems, plays and articles. The public is better off purchasing Richard Usborne's Wodehouse Nuggets, (Abebooks for $6.83) or Barry Day and Tony Ring'sP.G.Wodehouse in his own words, available from Abebooks for $13.00.