Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day
This book is a member of the special collection Special Collection: The Works of Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
Book Details
| Title: | Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1916 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | John Lane Company | ||||||||||
| Tags: | fiction, humour, Canadian wit and humour, New Canadian Library | ||||||||||
| Description: | PEACE, WAR, AND POLITICS I.—Germany From Within Out II.—Abdul Aziz Has His: An Adventure in the Yildiz Kiosk III.—In Merry Mexico IV.—Over the Grape Juice, or, The Peace Makers V.—The White House from Without In MOVIES & MOTORS, MEN & WOMEN VI.—Madeline of the Movies— A Photoplay Done Back VII.—The Call of the Carbureter or Mr. Blinks and VIII.—The Two Sexes, In Fives or Sixes—A Dinner Pa IX.—The Grass Bachelor’s Guide. With Sincere Apolo X.—Every Man and His Friends. Mr. Grunch’s Portrai XI.—More than Twice Told Tales or Every Man His Ow XII.—A Study in Still Life—My Tailor FOLLIES IN FICTION XIII.—Stories Shorter Still XIV.—The Snoopopaths or Fifty Stories in One XV.—Foreign Fiction in Imported Instalments: Serge TIMID THOUGHTS ON TIMELY TOPICS XVI.—Are the Rich Happy? XVII.—Humor As I See It [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Pages: | 134  |
Author Bio for Leacock, Stephen Butler
Stephen Butler Leacock (December 30, 1869 - March 28, 1944) was a Canadian political scientist, and writer and humourist. He was extremely popular around the world, indeed, between 1915 and 1925 he was the most popular and widely read humourist in the English-speaking world.
Perhaps his most famous books were Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, two of his thirty-five books of humour. He wrote twenty-eight books of non-fiction, his first was the famous Elements of Political Science.
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