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1959 short story collection by P. G. Wodehouse

A Few Quick Ones is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United States on 13 April 1959 by Simon & Schuster, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1959 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The first US edition dust jacket was designed by Paul Bacon. The book's title comes from the informal phrase "a quick one", which is British slang for an alcoholic drink consumed quickly. All the stories in the collection feature recurring Wodehouse characters and themes: four Drones Club members (two Freddie Widgeon and two Bingo Little), two golf stories (with the Oldest Member), two Mr Mulliner, one Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, and one Ukridge. "A Tithe for Charity" did not appear in the original US edition, which instead featured a 1958 "exclusive" pseudo Drones story entitled "Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot" (actually a rewritten version of the 1928 Jeeves story "Fixing it for Freddie" collected in Carry On, Jeeves). "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" was a rewritten version of the 1913 Reggie Pepper story "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good", which appeared in the UK collection My Man Jeeves.

In "Leave it to Algy", it is mentioned that Oofy Prosser agreed to become Algernon Aubrey Little's godfather with the understanding that, having provided a christening gift, Oofy would not be expected to give Algernon Aubrey any future gifts. This reflects Wodehouse's real agreement to become godfather to Frances Donaldson's daughter Rose on the understanding that after the obligatory christening gift, there would be no expectation of future presents.

"The Fat of the Land" and "Keep Your Temper, Walter" were published in This Week with illustrations by James Williamson. "Scratch Man" was illustrated by James Williamson in the Saturday Evening Post, and by Gilbert Wilkinson in the Strand. "The Right Approach" was illustrated by Shel Silverstein in Playboy, and by Geoffrey Salter in Lilliput. "The Word in Season" was first published in Punch, and appeared in the US magazine Harper's Bazaar with illustrations by Peter Arno. "The Word in Season" was also published as "Bingo Little's Wild Night Out" in This Week, illustrated by Richard Hook. "Big Business" was illustrated by Robert Fawcett in Collier's, and by "Anton" in Lilliput. An early version of "Leave it to Algy", titled "The Ordeal of Bingo Little", was published in Blue Book with illustrations by Walt Wetterberg. A shorter version of the story was published with the title "Leave it to Algy" in John Bull, illustrated by Edwin Phillips. "Keep Your Temper, Walter" was illustrated by Edwin Phillips in John Bull. "A Tithe for Charity" was illustrated by Jerry Warshaw in Playboy. "Scratch Man" was included in the US edition of the 1940 collection Eggs, Beans and Crumpets, the 1973 Wodehouse collection The Golf Omnibus, and the 1983 Wodehouse collection Short Stories, published by The Folio Society. "The Right Approach" was included in the 1964 anthology The Best From Playboy. "The Right Approach" and "Big Business" were included in the 1972 book The World of Mr. Mulliner. "A Tithe for Charity" was collected in the 1975 book The World of Ukridge. "The Fat of the Land", "The Word in Season", "Leave it to Algy", and "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" were included in the 1982 short story collection, Tales from the Drones Club. While Wodehouse's stories generally do not reference specific years, "The Fat of the Land" is an exception; it is stated in this story that one of Oofy Prosser's uncles, Hildebrand, died of an apoplectic stroke in 1947, and his other uncle, Stanley, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1949.

"Big Business" was adapted as an episode of the television series Wodehouse Playhouse in 1978.