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Once recognized as the authority on trams, Bupp was never at a loss for a subject. In the first place there were certain articles, such as Tramways in 1904, Progress of Tramway Construction in the Past Year, Tramway Inventions of the Last Twelvemonth, and The Tram: Its Future in 1905, which flowed annually from his pen.
From time to time there would arise the occasion for the topical article on trams Trams as Army Transports and How our Trams fared during the Recent Snow, to give two obvious examples. And always there was a market for such staple articles as Trams in Fiction.... You will understand, then, that by the end of 1906 Annesley Bupp had a reputation; to be exact, he had two reputations.
In Fleet Street he was known as a writer upon whom a sub-editor could depend; a furnisher of what got to be called "buppy" matter which is paid at a slightly higher rate than ordinary copy, because the length and quality of it never vary. Outside Fleet Street he was regarded simply as a literary light; Annesley Bupp, the fellow whose name you saw in every paper; an accepted author.
In the "Bupp Almanac" the events of the day were put back a fortnight; so that, if the Feast of St Simon and St Jude fell upon the 17th, Annesley's attention was called to it upon the 3rd, and upon the 3rd he surveyed the Famous Partnerships of the epoch. Similarly, The Origin of Lord Mayor's Day was put in hand on October 26th.
But I must confess that Dashes for the Pole came entirely from his invaluable Encyclopaedia.... Annesley Bupp had devoted himself to literature for two years before his first article on trams was written.
I suppose that means YOU'RE infectious. Really, it's very inconvenient. Well, I'm glad we didn't know yesterday or you couldn't have gone to the dance." "Dear fairy godmother!" said Cinderella to herself. "She was a day too late, but how sweet of her to think of it at all!" ANNESLEY BUPP was born one of the Bupps of Hampshire the Fighting Bupps, as they were called.
In 1746 the elder Pitt ..." The second always began: "Mention of the elder Pitt recalls the fact that ..." The third always began: "It may not be generally known ..." Until he began to write these paragraphs Annesley Bupp had no definite political views. Annesley Bupp is now at the zenith of his fame. The "buppy" of old days he still writes occasionally, but he no longer signs it in full.
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