John Dene of Toronto: A Comedy of Whitehall
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Herbert George Jenkins (1876 – 8 June 1923) was a British writer and the owner of the publishing company Herbert Jenkins Ltd, which published many of P. G. Wodehouse's novels.Jenkins' parents came from Norfolk and, according to his obituary in The Times, he was educated at Greyfriars College. He began work as a journalist and then spent some 11 years at The Bodley Head before founding his own publishing house in 1912. He remained unmarried and died at the age of 47, on 8 June 1923 after a six-month-long illness, in Marylebone, London.This Edition Contains 2 Works;PATRICIA BRENT, SPINSTERJOHN D...
Chapters (84)
- JOHN DENE of TORONTO
- A COMEDY OF WHITEHALL
- AUTHOR OF "BINDLE"
- HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 YORK STREET LONDON S.W.1 1920
- A HERBERT JENKINS' BOOK
- TO MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
- CHARLES ASKEW
- WHO HAS BEEN AS STRENUOUS AS THE TIMES THEMSELVES AND INFINITELY MORE CHEERFUL MCMXV-MCMXIX
- CONTENTS
- WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
- JOHN DENE OF TORONTO
- CHAPTER I
- THE COMING OF JOHN DENE
- CHAPTER II
- JOHN DENE'S WAY
- CHAPTER III
- DEPARTMENT Z.
- I
- II
- CHAPTER IV
- GINGERING-UP THE ADMIRALTY
- CHAPTER V
- JOHN DENE LEAVES WHITEHALL
- I
- II
- CHAPTER VI
- MR. MONTAGU NAYLOR OF STREATHAM
- CHAPTER VII
- MR. NAYLOR RECEIVES A VISITOR
- I
- II
- CHAPTER VIII
- DOROTHY WEST AT HOME
- CHAPTER IX
- DEPARTMENT Z. AT WORK
- CHAPTER X
- JOHN DENE GOES TO KEW
- CHAPTER XI
- THE STRANGENESS OF JOHN DENE
- CHAPTER XII
- THE DESTROYER READY FOR SEA
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN DENE
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE HUE AND CRY
- MISSING £10,000 REWARD
- Where is JOHN DENE of TORONTO?
- CHAPTER XV
- MR. LLEWELLYN JOHN BECOMES ALARMED
- I
- II
- CHAPTER XVI
- FINLAY'S S.O.S.
- I
- II
- CHAPTER XVII
- MALCOLM SAGE CASTS HIS NET
- I
- II
- III
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE RETURN OF JOHN DENE
- CHAPTER XIX
- COMMANDER JOHN DENE GOES TO BOURNEMOUTH
- I
- II
- CHAPTER XX
- JOHN DENE'S PROPOSAL
- CHAPTER XXI
- MARJORIE ROGERS PAYS A CALL
- BOOKS BY
- HERBERT JENKINS
- BINDLE
- THE NIGHT CLUB
- ADVENTURES OF BINDLE
- MRS. BINDLE
- THE BINDLES ON THE ROCKS
- JOHN DENE OF TORONTO
- MALCOLM SAGE, DETECTIVE
- PATRICIA BRENT, SPINSTER
- THE RAIN-GIRL
- THE RETURN OF ALFRED
- THE STIFFSONS
- THE HERBERT JENKINS' WIRELESS
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