Author:William Pett Ridge
Appearance
Works
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- "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.
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.
This author died in 1930, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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