W.W. JACOBS' BIRTHDAY
GIFTS FROM NEW ZEALAND READERS SHOW APPRECIATION LONDON. Sept. 8 The New Zealand High Commissioner's Office marked the 75th birthday of the English humorous writer, W. W. Jacobs by giving him presents of a silver tankard, a green-
stone paperweight and paper knife, and a letter of appreciation of his writing on behalf of a committed of New Zealand readers.
William Wymark Jacobs was born in London. He studied for the civil service, and in ISS3 entered the savings bank department of the Post Oflice, where he remained for many years. He began to write comparatively late.
<lnc<sbs was discovered by the late J. K. Jerome, who commissioned him to write a series of stories. "Many Cargoes" was an instant success, and three years later he left the civil service to devote himself exclusively to writing. Most of Jacob's work consists of humorous sketches and short stories of seamen ashore and afloat, but he lias also written some powerful stories of tragedy and terror, notably "The Monkey's Paw."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 13
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