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Both Mike and Psmith feature in several later novels by Wodehouse:
- Psmith in the City (1910)
- Psmith, Journalist (1915)
- Leave it to Psmith (1923)
Wrykyn school had previously appeared in two novels:
- The Gold Bat (1904)
- The White Feather (1907)
Several shorts are also set at Wrykyn, some of which are listed here.
Wodehouse reused the scene with the paint-splashed shoe (from chapter 49) in Something New (1915) (chapter 9): although the setting and characters are different, the scenes is essentially the same as in Mike. This scene was omitted from the UK edition, Something Fresh.
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