Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
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_Truth._--"By the publication of Mr. Stephen Leacock's 'Literary
Lapses' Mr. John Lane has introduced to the British Public a new
American humorist for whom a widespread popularity can be
confidently predicted."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
NONSENSE NOVELS
_THIRTEENTH EDITION_
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Spectator._--"We can assure our readers who delight in mere joyous
desipience that they will find a rich harvest of laughter in the
purely irresponsible outpourings of Professor Leacock's fancy."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"It is all not only healthy satire, but
healthy humour as well, and shows that the author of 'Literary
Lapses' is capable of producing a steady flow of high spirits put
into a form which is equal to the best traditions of contemporary
humour. Mr. Leacock certainly bids fair to rival the immortal
'Lewis Carroll' in combining the irreconcilable--exact science with
perfect humour--and making the amusement better the instruction."
_Daily Mail._--"In his 'Literary Lapses' Mr. Stephen Leacock gave
the laughter-loving world assurance of a new humorist of
irresistible high spirits and rare spontaneity and freshness. By
this rollicking collection of 'Nonsense Novels,' in tabloid form,
he not only confirms the excellent impression of his earlier work,
but establishes his reputation as a master of the art of literary
burlesque. The whole collection is a sheer delight, and places its
author in the front rank as a literary humorist."
Mr. JAMES DOUGLAS in _The Star_.--"We have all laughed
over Mr. Stephen Leacock's 'Literary Lapses.' It is one of those
books one would die rather than lend, for to lend it is to lose it
for ever. Mr. Leacock's new book, 'Nonsense Novels,' is more
humorous than 'Literary Lapses.' That is to say, it is the most
humorous book we have had since Mr. Dooley swum into our ken. Its
humour is so rich that it places Mr. Leacock beside Mark Twain."
_Morning Leader._--"Mr. Leacock possesses infinite verbal
dexterity.... Mr. Leacock must be added as a recognized humorist."
_Daily Express._--"Mr. Stephen Leacock's 'Nonsense Novels' is the
best collection of parodies I have read for many a day. The whole
book is a scream, witty, ingenious, irresistible."
_Public Opinion._--"A most entertaining book."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A LITTLE TOWN
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY CYRUS CUNEO
_Ninth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_The Times._--"His real hard work, for which no emolument would be
a fitting reward, is distilling sunshine. This new book is full of
it--the sunshine of humour, the thin keen sunshine of irony, the
mellow evening sunshine of sentiment."
_Spectator._--"This is not the first but the third volume in which
he has contributed to the gaiety of the Old as well as the New
World.... A most welcome freedom from the pessimism of Old-World
fiction."
_Academy._--"One of the best and most enjoyable series of sketches
that we have read for some time ... they are all bright and
sparkling, and bristle with wit and humour."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"Like all real humorists Mr. Leacock steps at
once into his proper position.... His touch of humour will make the
Anglo-Saxon world his reader.... We cannot recall a more laughable
book."
_Globe._--"Professor Leacock never fails to provide a feast of
enjoyment.... No one who wishes to dispose intellectually of a few
hours should neglect Professor Leacock's admirable contribution to
English literature. It is warranted to bring sunshine into every
home."
_Country Life._--"Informed by a droll humour, quite unforced, Mr.
Leacock reviews his little community for the sport of the thing,
and the result is a natural and delightful piece of work."
_Daily Telegraph._--"His Sketches are so fresh and delightful in
the manner of their presentation.... Allowing for differences of
theme, and of the human materials for study, Mr. Leacock strikes us
as a sort of Americanised Mr. W. W. Jacobs. Like the English
humorist, the Canadian one has a delightfully fresh and amusing way
of putting things, of suggesting more than he says, of narrating
more or less ordinary happenings in an irresistibly comical
fashion.... Mr. Leacock should be popular with readers who can
appreciate fun shot with kindly satire."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
BEHIND THE BEYOND
AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. With 16 Illustrations by
A. H. FISH.
_Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Punch._--"In his latest book, 'Behind the Beyond,' he is in
brilliant scoring form. I can see 'Behind the Beyond' breaking up
many homes; for no family will be able to stand the sudden sharp
yelps of laughter which must infallibly punctuate the decent
after-dinner silence when one of its members gets hold of this
book. It is Mr. Leacock's peculiar gift that he makes you laugh out
loud. When Mr. Leacock's literal translation of Homer, on p. 193,
met my eye, a howl of mirth broke from me. I also forgot myself
over the interview with the photographer. As for the sketch which
gives its title, to the book, it is the last word in polished
satire. The present volume is Mr. Leacock at his best."
_Spectator._--"Beneficent contributions to the gaiety of nations.
The longest and best thing in the book is the delightful burlesque
of a modern problem play. Miss Fish's illustrations are decidedly
clever."
_Observer._--"There are delicious touches in it."
_Queen._--"All through the book the author furnishes a continual
feast of enjoyment."
_Dundee Advertiser._--"'Behind the Beyond' is a brilliant parody,
and the other sketches are all of Mr. Leacock's very best, 'Homer
and Humbug' being as fine a piece of raillery as Mr. Leacock has
written. Mr. Leacock is a humorist of the first rank, unique in his
own sphere, and this volume will add yet more to his reputation."
_Aberdeen Free Press._--"Exquisite quality ... amazingly funny."
_Yorkshire Daily Post._--"In the skit on the problem play which
gives the book its title the author reaches his high-water mark."
_Glasgow Herald._--"Another welcome addition to the gaiety of the
nations. The title-piece is an inimitably clever skit. It is both
genial and realistic, and there is a genuine laugh in every line of
it. Humour and artistry are finely blended in the drawings."
_Daily Express._--"The pictures have genuine and rare distinction."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH THE IDLE RICH
_FOURTH EDITION_
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Spectator._--"A blend of delicious fooling and excellent satire.
Once more the author of 'Literary Lapses' has proved himself a
benefactor of his kind."
_Morning Post._--"All the 'Adventures' are full of the fuel of the
laughter which is an intellectual thing."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"Professor Leacock shows no falling off
either in his fund of social observation or his power of turning it
to sarcasm and humour. The book is full to the brim with honest
laughter and clever ideas."
_Bystander._--"It is necessary to laugh, now even more necessary
than at ordinary times. Fortunately, Professor Leacock produces a
new book at the right moment. It will cause many chuckles. He is
simply irresistible."
_Westminster Gazette._--"Marks a distinct advance in Mr. Leacock's
artistic development."
_Daily Chronicle._--"This altogether delightful and brilliant
comedy of life.... Mr. Leacock's humour comes from the very depths
of a strong personality, and in the midst of a thousand
whimsicalities, a thousand searchlights on the puerilities of human
nature he never loses touch with the essential bite of life."
_Saturday Review._--"Professor Leacock is a delightful writer of
irresponsible nonsense with a fresh and original touch. These
'Arcadian Adventures' are things of sheer delight."
_Tatler._--"I have not felt so full of eagerness and life since the
war began as after I had read this delightfully humorous and clever
book."
_Evening Standard._--"In this book the satire is brilliantly
conspicuous."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
MOONBEAMS FROM THE LARGER LUNACY
_FOURTH EDITION_
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Times._--"Such a perfect piece of social observation and joyful
castigation as the description of the last man in Europe ... the
portrait of So-and-so is not likely to be forgotten ... it is so
funny and so true."
_Morning Post._--"Excellent fooling ... wisdom made laughable."
_Daily Chronicle._--"Here is wit, fun, frolic, nonsense, verse,
satire, comedy, criticism--a perfect gold mine for those who love
laughter."
_Sunday Times._--"Very pungent and telling satire. Buy the book--it
will give you a happy hour."
_Standard._--"Under the beams of the moon of his delight, the
author never fails to be amusing."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"Mr. Leacock's humour is a credit to Canada,
for it has a depth and a polish such as are both rare in the
literature of a young nation."
_Land and Water._--"Unlike a number of so-called humorists, Mr.
Leacock is really funny, as these sketches prove."
_Field._--"Indeed a very pleasant hour can be spent with this
author, who is full of humour, wit, and cleverness, and by his work
adds much to the gaiety of life."
_Spectator._--"Mr. Leacock has added to our indebtedness by his new
budget of refreshing absurdities.... In shooting folly as it flies,
he launches darts that find their billet on both sides of the
Atlantic."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
ESSAYS AND LITERARY STUDIES
_Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Truth._--"Full of practical wisdom, as sober as it is sound."
_Morning Post._--"He is the subtlest of all transatlantic
humorists, and, as we have pointed out before, might almost be
defined as the discoverer of a method combining English and
American humour. But he never takes either his subject or himself
too seriously, and the result is a book which is as readable as any
of its mirthful predecessors."
_World._--"Those readers who fail to find pleasure in this new
volume of Essays will be difficult to please. Here are discourses
in the author's happiest vein."
_Daily News._--"All are delightful."
_Bystander._--"No sane person will object to Professor Leacock
professing, so long as he periodically issues such good
entertainment as 'Essays and Literary Studies.'"
_Daily Telegraph._--"The engaging talent of this Canadian author
has hitherto been exercised in the lighter realm of wit and fancy.
In his latest volume there is the same irresistible humour, the
same delicate satire, the same joyous freshness; but the wisdom he
distils is concerned more with realities of our changing age."
_Outlook._--"Mr. Leacock's humour is his own, whimsical with the
ease of a self-confident personality, far-sighted, quick-witted,
and invariably humane."
_Times._--"Professor Leacock's paper on American humour is quite
the best that we know upon the subject."
_Spectator._--"Those of us who are grateful to Mr. Leacock as an
intrepid purveyor of wholesome food for laughter have not failed to
recognize that he mingles shrewdness with levity--that he is, in
short, wise as well as merry."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Further Foolishness
SKETCHES AND SATIRES ON THE FOLLIES OF THE DAY
With Coloured Frontispiece by "Fish," and five other Plates by
M. Blood
_Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
_Morning Post._--"An excellent antidote to war worry."
_Evening Standard._--"You will acknowledge, if you have not done so
before, the satirical keenness of Mr. Leacock."
_Daily Graphic._--"The book is a joy all through, laughter on every
page."
_Times._--"Further examples of the diverting humour of Professor
Leacock."
_Bystander._--"'Further Foolishness,' in a word, is the most
admirable tonic which I can prescribe to-day ... the jolliest
possible medley."
_Daily Chronicle._--"Mr. Leacock's fun is fine and delicate, full
of quaint surprises; guaranteed to provoke cheerfulness in the
dullest. He is a master-humorist, and this book is one of the
cleverest examples of honest humour and witty satire ever
produced."
_Spectator._--"In this new budget of absurdities we are more than
ever reminded of Mr. Leacock's essential affinity with Artemus
Ward, in whose wildest extravagances there was nearly always a core
of wholesome sanity, who was always on the side of the angels, and
who was a true patriot as well as a great humorist."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"A humorist of high excellence."
_Daily Express._--"Really clever and admirably good fun."
_Star._--"Some day there will be a Leacock Club. Its members will
all possess a sense of humour."
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
FRENZIED FICTION
_FOURTH EDITION_
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
"Everything in 'Frenzied Fiction' is exhilarating. Full of good
things."--_Morning Post._
"More delightful samples of Leacock humour. These delightful
chapters show Mr. Leacock at his best."
_Daily Graphic._
"Stephen Leacock has firmly established himself in public favour as
one of our greatest humorists. His readers will be more than
pleased with 'Frenzied Fiction.'"--_Evening Standard._
"It is enough to say that Mr. Leacock retains an unimpaired command
of his happy gift of disguising sanity in the garb of the
ludicrous. There is always an ultimate core of shrewd common-sense
in his burlesques."--_Spectator._
"Full of mellow humour."--_Daily Mail._
"From beginning to end the book is one long gurgle of
delight."--_World._
"If it is your first venture into the Leacockian world read that
delicious parody 'My Revelations as a Spy,' and we will be sworn
that before you've turned half a dozen pages you will have become a
life-member of the Leacock Lodge."--_Town Topics._
"When humour is such as you get in 'Frenzied Fiction' it is a very
good thing indeed."--_Sketch._
"There is always sufficient sense under Stephen Leacock's nonsense
to enable one to read him at least twice."--_Land and Water._
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN AMERICA
AND OTHER IMPOSSIBILITIES
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
"Equal in gay humour and deft satire to any of its predecessors,
and no holiday will be so gay but this volume will make it
gayer.... It is a book of rollicking good humour that will keep you
chuckling long past summer-time."--_Daily Chronicle._
"At his best, full of whims and oddities ... the most cheerful of
humorists and the wisest of wayside philosophers."--_Daily
Telegraph._
"He has never provided finer food for quiet enjoyment ... his
precious quality of Rabelaisian humanism has matured and broadened
in its sympathy."--_Globe._
"In the author's merriest mood. All of it is distilled wit and
wisdom of the best brand, full of honest laughter, fun and frolic,
comedy and criticism."--_Daily Graphic._
"The book is inspired by that spirit of broad farce which runs
glorious riot through nearly all that Stephen Leacock has
written."--_Bookman._
"He has all the energy and exuberance of the born humorist.... All
admirers will recognize it as typical of Mr. Leacock's best
work."--_Manchester Guardian._
"An entertaining volume."--_Scotsman._
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
_Crown 8vo. 5s. net_
A discussion of the new social unrest, the transformation of
society which it portends and the social catastrophe which it might
precipitate.
The point of view taken by the author leads towards the conclusion
that the safety of the future lies in a progressive movement of
social control alleviating at least the misery it cannot
obliterate, and based upon the broad general principle of equality
of opportunity, and a fair start. The chief immediate opportunities
for social betterment, as the writer sees them, lie in the attempt
to give every human being in childhood, education and opportunity.
"His book is short, lucid, always to the point, and sometimes
witty."--_Times._
"A book for the times, suggestive, critical and highly stimulating.
Mr. Leacock surveys the troubled hour and discusses the popular
palliatives with a keen, unbiassed intelligence and splendid
sympathy. I hope it will have as large a circulation as any of his
humorous books, for it has much wisdom in it."--_Daily Chronicle._
"The charm of Mr. Leacock's book is ... that it deals tersely and
clearly with the problem of Social Justice without technical jargon
or any abuse of generalities."--_Morning Post._
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THE HUMOROUS NOVELS OF HARRY LEON WILSON
BUNKER BEAN
MA PETTENGILL
SOMEWHERE IN RED GAP
RUGGLES OF RED GAP
_Crown 8vo. 7s. net_
Harry Leon Wilson is one of the first of American humorists, and in
popularity he is a close rival of O. Henry. His "Ruggles of Red
Gap," published at the beginning of the war, achieved a distinct
success in England, while the raciness and vivacity of "Ma
Pettengill" have furthered the author's reputation as an inimitable
delineator of Western comedy. An English edition of this author's
works is in course of preparation, of which the above are the first
volumes.
"The author has the rare and precious gift of original
humour."--_Daily Graphic._
"Thackeray would have enjoyed Mr. Wilson's merry tale of 'Ruggles
of Red Gap.' A very triumph of farce."--_Sunday Times._
"Mr. Wilson is an American humorist of the first water. We have not
for a long time seen anything so clever in its way and so
outrageously funny."--_Literary World._
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
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