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1903 short story collection by P. G. Wodehouse

Tales of St. Austin's is a collection of short stories and essays, all with a school theme, by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published on 10 November 1903 by Adam & Charles Black, London, all except one item having previously appeared in the schoolboy magazines, The Captain and Public School Magazine. The stories are set in the fictional public school of St. Austin's, which is also the setting for The Pothunters (1902); they revolve around cricket, rugby, petty gambling and other boyish escapades. Several characters in the stories also appear in The Pothunters.

In The Captain, T. M. R. Whitwell illustrated "How Pillingshot Scored", "The Odd Trick", "Harrison's Slight Error", "The Babe and the Dragon", "The Manoeuvres of Charteris", and "How Payne Bucked Up". "Bradshaw's Little Story" was illustrated by E. F. Skinner in The Captain. In Public School Magazine, R. Noel Pocock illustrated "L'Affaire Uncle John" and "The Prize Poem". "The Manoeuvres of Charteris" was illustrated by Saville Lunley in The Greyfriars Holiday Annual. "Bradshaw's Little Story" and "A Shocking Affair" were included in the collection The Swoop! and Other Stories (1979). "The Prize Poem" was included in the collection The Eighteen Carat Kid and Other Stories (1980). "How Pillingshot Scored" was included in the anthology Twenty Five Cricket Stories, published by George Newnes, London, in 1909. The anthology also included three other short stories by Wodehouse. "How Payne Bucked Up" was included in the anthology Twenty Five Football Stories, published by George Newnes, London, in 1910. The anthology also included another short story by Wodehouse, the Joan Romney story "Petticoat Influence". The first edition of Tales of St Austin's contained twelve full page illustrations by T. M. R. Whitwell, R. Noel Pocock, and E. F. Skinner. The American edition was issued by Macmillan, New York, in December 1903, from imported sheets. The illustration on the front of the first edition dust jacket is from "The Manoeuvres of Charteris", and the illustration on the spine is from "How Pillingshot Scored". A version of the book published in 1972 by Souvenir Press, London, included an afterword by Colin MacInnes, as with other Souvenir Press editions of some Wodehouse books.