This novel tells the jumbled and fascinating story of the life and love of an alcoholic builder's son, befriended by a middle-class family. Joseph Vance manages to graduate from Oxford and has a career as an inventor and engineer. As the title suggests, the so-called autobiography is casually told, but found a sympathetic and eager audience.

Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.