Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 - 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. In this book: Three Men in a Boat, (to say nothing of the dog) Three Men on the Bummel Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow Tea-table Talk All Roads Lead to Calvary They and I Tommy and Co.