The Leacock Roundabout: A Treasury of the Best Works of Stephen Leacock

by Stephen Leacock

This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock, FRSC, was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour.

Wikipedia article.

Reviews

[Stephen]

Gentle, old-fashioned humor, e.g. parodies of Sherlock Holmes, Ivanhoe (A Medieval Hole in One in which the festivities begin with the winding of a hobo) to name a couple; affectionate parodies of melodramas. Amusng discursions on Homer. Narrative of small town Ontario life (e.g. The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias). You don't have to be Canadian to enjoy this, but it helps, eh? Few guffaws like what Ring Lardner elicits, but none of the malice either. Lots of almost-LOLs. HAving read in this book many times I can recount many of the stories til cows come home. Great bedside book.