"O that I were young again": Yeats and the Steinach operation.

to observe the behaviour of Wilbert Cream, the notorious New York playboy, who is thought to have stolen the celebrated cow-creamer. Sir Roderick, even when clothed with the magic mantle of butlerdom, is quite unable to unravel the amazing imbroglio which ensues at Brinkley. Fortunately, Jeeves returns to the scene, refreshed after his shrimping holiday at Herne Bay, rapidly resolving everybody's problem and placating the Creams by suggesting to them that Sir Roderick was masquerading as a butler in order to observe Bertie Wooster's behaviour. Although nearly all the recorded evidence about Sir Roderick's career is concerned with his relationship with Bertram Wooster, fortunately, the archive contains this revealing exchange: " 'I wish I had a brain like yours,' said Lord Ickenham, 'What an amazing thing; I suppose you can walk down a line of people, giving each ofthem a quick glance, and separate the sheep from the goats like shelling peas . . . "loony . . . not loony . . . this one wants watching . . . this one's all right . . . keep an eye on this chap, don't let him get near the breadknife." Extraordinary! What do you do, exactly ? Start topics and observe reactions ?' "'Yes. I suppose you might say-broadly-that that is the method I employ'." On such a foundation was not only a giant individual reputation laid but also the mighty edifice of modern psychiatric practice.