of speech and habit of referring to all and sundry as "Comrade". Smith is acting editor of the magazine, here renamed Peaceful Moments, edited by a Mr Renshaw and owned by Mr Benjamin Scobell. John Maude is an old friend of Smith; the paper hires Betty as secretary, and their love-hate relationship carries on from the first part of the story. The affairs of boxer Kid Brady, boosted by Smith, gangster Bat Jarvis, befriended by Betty, and the tenement scandal, taken up by Smith at Betty's instigation, are intermingled with the romance of Maude and Betty. The two books were combined and rewritten once more, and released as a serial under the title A Prince for Hire in a periodical called The Illustrated Love Magazine in 1931. The parts were reassembled and published in book form by Galahad Books in 2003. Publication history In The Captain magazine, the story was illustrated by T. M. R. Whitwell. The first UK edition of the novel included twelve full page illustrations by Whitwell. The story was included in the 1974 collection The World of Psmith, published by Barrie & Jenkins, London. One of the earliest known uses in print of the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" appeared in Psmith, Journalist. The exact phrase used in the book is "Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary". It appeared in the fourth part of the serial, published in January 1910. A similar phrase, "Elementary, my dear fellow, quite elementary", was used in the previous Psmith novel, Psmith in the City. Critical reception On 5 November 2019 BBC News included Psmith, Journalist on its list of the 100 most influential novels. See also Mike and Psmith had previously appeared in: Mike (1909) Psmith in the City (1910) and returned in: Leave it to Psmith (1923). References Notes Bibliography External links Free eBook of Psmith, Journalist at Project Gutenberg Free eBook of The Prince and Betty (U.S. version) at Project Gutenberg Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies The story of A Prince for Hire, in an article for The Guardian Novels by P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British novels British comedy novels Novels about journalists Works originally published in The Captain (magazine) Novels first published in serial form Novels about cricket A & C Black books