P. G. WODEHOUSE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 66, 25 September 1939, Page 5

P. G. WODEHOUSE

HIS "DISTORTED'' HUMOUR Every schoolboy, most parents, and the hundreds o!' thousands of admirers of P. G. Wodohou.se. the humorous writer, will he entertained by the maestro's own report when he was in the Classical VI form at Dulwich College. It comes through the courtesy of his wife and is dated "Dulwich College, S.E., July ? 1899." After mentioning that in Greek prose he war, "poor* and in ancient history "weak " and, more encouragingly. that in Latin verse h c was "often good," the report continues: General remarks: "He has done just fairly xin the summer 1 examinations, but no \iore. I fear he has spent too much thought upon his cricket and the winning of colours He has the most distorted ideas about wit and humour; he draws over his books e d examination papers in the most d: tressing way, and writes foolish rhymes in other people's book.; Notwithstanding, he has a genuine interest in literature, and can often talk with much enthusiasm and, goo,l sense about it."