The unsolved riddle of social justice / by Stephen Leacock.

Stephen Leacock

Date:: 1920

Credit: The unsolved riddle of social justice / by Stephen Leacock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Essays and Literary Studies Fifth Edition. Crown Zvo. ^s. ntt. Truth,—Full of practical as sober as it ia soutsd.” Morning He is the subtlest of *1.1 transstianti^ itumorifts, and, as we have pointed out before, m!§:ht slmosi b» dehued as the discoverer of ^ method combining English and American hrmiour. But he never take* gsther his subject or him seif too $c.riou#l), and the resuU is » book which is as readable s» my ef its mirthful predecessors.*’ Wtrld,—** 1l\vo%€ reader* who fail to 6nd pleaaur® in this ne?* volume of Essays will be difficult to please. Here arc discourses in the author’s happiest vein.” Daily Ntwh'—“ All are delightful.” Byttandir,—*^^o ssne person will object to Professor Lsscoefe professing, so long a* he periodically issue* such good entertainment as * Essays and Literary Studies.’ ” D&ily Tehgraph.—^^Tht engaging talent of this Canadian author ha? hitherto been exercised in the lighter realm of wit and fancy, la his latest volume there is the same irresistible humour, the same delicate satire, the same joyous freshness | but the wiedona h« distils is concerned more w ith realities of our chanfing *fe.” Outlook.—“Mr, Leacock'* humour i* his own, whimsical with the ease of » self-confident personality, far-sighted, quick-witted, and invariably humane.” TjWi. —” Professor Leacock’s paper on American humour It tjuit# the best that wc know upon the subject,” Spetseor.—“Those of us who are grateful to Mr, Leacock as sn intrepid purveyor of wholesome food for laughter have not failed to recognise that he mingles shrewdness with levity—that he is, in short, wise as well as merry.”$

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