Abstract
As one looksback at the critical heritage surrounding Sir Pelham Wodehouse (15 October1881-15 February1975), one feels that what Hilaire Belloc had said about him, was not the first, but the last word. Now the end of writing is the production in the reader’s mid of a certain image and a certain emotion. And the means towards that end are the use of words in any particular language; and the complete useof that medium is the choosing of the right words and putting them into their right order.It is thiswhich Mr. Wodehouse does better, in the English language than anyone else alive.