Van Bibber and Others

Newspapers and reporters, theater and society people, the wealthy, active, and idle—Manhattan man-about-town Cortlandt Van Bibber seems to be at the center of it all in this Wodehousian 1917 edition of interconnected short stories. Includes “Her First Appearance,” “Van Bibber’s Man-servant,” “Mr. Travers’s First Hunt,” and many more.

Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) was an American journalist, war correspondent, short-story writer, playwright, and novelist. He worked in politics as well as fashion. He is best known for his colorful firsthand accounts as a war correspondent in six wars including the Spanish-American War, the Greco-Turkish War, the Boer War, and World War I. His well-known works include Soldiers of Fortune and Gallegher and Other Stories.