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Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 24 February 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. [1] The story had previously appeared in the US in the Saturday Evening Post between 16 September and 11 November 1916.
Giving a clue to a non-Jew is an exception to Rabbinically prohibited activities of Shabbat for Orthodox Jews, such as giving commands. For example, an observant Jewish person may say something like “The light is bothering me,” or “The Synagogue’s door is unlocked,” as hints to the Shabbat goy to fulfill their voluntary obligations.
The Clue of the Silver Key or The Silver Key (1930) The Lady of Ascot (1930) The Devil Man or Sinister Street or Silver Steel or The Life and Death of Charles Peace (1931) The Man at the Carlton or The Mystery of Mary Grier (1931) The Coat of Arms or The Arranways Mystery (1931) On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago (1931)
The Just Men of Cordova is a 1917 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. [1]It is the third entry in a series that began with The Four Just Men in 1905 about a group of vigilantes battling against crime.
The Questing Beast in Arthur Rackham's illustration for Alfred W. Pollard's The Romance of King Arthur (1917). The account from Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, which was taken up by Thomas Malory for his seminal Le Morte d'Arthur, has the Questing Beast appear to the young King Arthur after he has had an affair with his half-sister Morgause and begotten Mordred (they did not know that they were ...
Crossword construction in modern times usually involves the use of software. Constructors choose a theme (except for themeless puzzles), place the theme answers in a grid which is usually symmetric, fill in the rest of the grid, and then write clues. A person who constructs or solves crosswords is called a "cruciverbalist". [1]
These absolute units grew 1,000 times bigger in a wildly short period of time.
Published on June 5, 1917, it begins with the disappearance of Princess Ozma, the ruler of Oz and covers Dorothy and the Wizard's efforts to find her. The introduction to the novel states that its inspiration was a letter a young girl had written to Baum: "I suppose if Ozma ever got hurt or losted [ sic ], everybody would be sorry."