Author:William Pett Ridge

William Pett Ridge
(1859–1930)

William Pett Ridge

Works

(partial list)

• Mord Em'ly (1898)
• A Breaker of Laws (1900) also (transcription project)
• Erb (1903) IA
• Love at Paddington (1912)
• Mixed Grill (1913) short stories
• A Story Teller Forty Years In London (1924) (autobiographical) (external scan)

• A Clever Wife (1895)
• Second Opportunity of Mr. Staplehurst (1896) IA
• A Son of the State (1899) IA
• Lost Property (1902) IA
• George And The General (1904)
• Next Door Neighbours (1904)
• Mrs Galer's Business (1905)
• The Wickhamses (1906)
• Name of Garland (1907)
• Speaking Rather Seriously (1908)
• Sixty Nine Birnam Road (1908)
• Table d'Hôte. Tales (1910)
• Splendid Brother (1910)
• From Nine to Six-Thirty (1910)
• Light Refreshment (1911)
• Thanks to Sanderson (1911)
• Devoted Sparkes (1912)
• The Remington Sentence (1913)
• The Happy Recruit (1914)
• The Kennedy People (1915)
• Madame Prince (1916) IA
• The Amazing Years (1917) IA
• Special Performance (1918)
• Well To Do Arthur (1920)
• Bannerton's Agency (1921) IA
• Richard Triumphant (1922)
• Miss Mannering (1923)

Collections and individual short works

• Minor Dialogues (1895)
• An Important Man and Others (1896)
• Outside The Radius. Stories of a London suburb (1899)
• Lost Leaders (1899; as editor) by Andrew Lang IA : PG
• London Only. A Set Of Common Occurrences (1901)
• Up Side Streets: Short Stories (1903)
• Mixed Grill (1913)
  • Third Person Singular — A Benevolent Character — The Wonderful Start — Slow Recovery — Loose Cash — Price of James McWinter — A Case of Suspicion — Question of Temperature — Foreign Affairs — Before Lunch — Counter Attractions — Hero of Hammerton Street — Damages for Libel — The Rest Cure — Reward for Courage
• Book Here. Short Stories (1915)
• Stray Thoughts from W. Pett Ridge (1916)
• Just Open. Short Stories (1920)
• Lunch Basket. Tales (1923)

Short works from magazines

• "A Successful Conspiracy" (ss) To-day 1895
• "A Brief Comic Opera" To-day magazine, 1895
• "Miss Extra-Turn" To-day magazine, 1895
• "A Minor Author" (ss) To-day magazine, 1895
• "A Determined Young Person" (ss) The Idler, 1895-96
• "A Model Crime" (ss) The Idler and McClure's, 1896
• "Train Tales" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1896
  • The Five-Ten Train — The Eleven Forty-Five p.m.
• "On the Central" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1896
• "Mr. Wentworth's Score" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1896
• "A Conflict of Interests" in English Illustrated, 1896
• "An Indispensable Confederate" (ss) To-day Magazine, 1896
• "An Ingenious Pair" (ss) To-day Magazine, 1896
• "The Alteration in Mr. Kershaw" (ss) The Idler, 1896-97
• "A Cautious Youth" (ss) The Idler, Vol 10, 1896-97
• "The Results of Miss Knight's Temper" (ss) Illustrated English Magazine, 1897-98
• "Ah Lun's gift" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1898
• "His First Interview" (ss) Extracted from Toronto Saturday magazine, 1898 May 14
• "Freckles" (ss) Illustrated English Magazine, 1898-99
• "Mr. Barling's Income" in English Illustrated, 1899
• "Young Platitude" in English Illustrated, 1899
• "A Question of Policy" (ss) The Illustrated English Magazine, 1899-1900
• "A Stormy Passage" in English Illustrated, 1899-1900
• "A Question of Policy" in English Illustrated, 1899-1900
• "Mrs. Ballard's First" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1899-1900
• "The Woman Who Remained" (ss) Pall Mall magazine, 1900
• "Mr. and Mrs. Ranger: With Misfortune Intervening" (ss) Windsor Magazine,1902
• "Easy Come" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1902-03
• "Merry Springtime (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1921-22
• "The Test" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1922
• "Mrs. Robson's Discovery" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1922-23
• "All Abroad" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1923
• "First Impressions" (ss) The Short Stories of To-day, 1924
• "The Pleasure Trip" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1925

One-act plays

• "The City at Four O'Clock" To-day magazine, 1894
• "At the Bar" To-day magazine, 1895
• "Rehearsing the Pantomine" To-day magazine, 1895
• "The Infant Phenomenon" The Idler, 1896
• "Presentations at Court" The Idler, 1896
• 'A Suburban "at Home"' The Idler, 1896
• "In the Reserved Compartment" The Idler, 1896-97

Non-fiction

• "From Hampton Court to London" (n-f) Windsor Magazine,1898
• "How They Dance in London" (n-f) Windsor Magazine, 1898
• "Over London Bridge" (n-f) Windsor Magazine, 1900-01
• "Through the Galleries" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1901-02

Works about Ridge

• "Ridge, William Pett," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• Review of The Happy Recruit in "Punch" Magazine, October 21st 1914.