Frenzied Fiction

Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) was a teacher, writer and one of the best-known humorists in the English-speaking world in the early twentieth century.

'No one, anywhere in the world, can reduce a thing to ridicule with such few short strokes.' (Evening Standard) 'His wisdom is always humorous, and his humour is always wise.' (Sunday Times) 'Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the age.' (A.P. Herbert)

• 'My Revelations as a Spy', 'Father Knickerbocker A Fantasy', 'The Prophet in Our Midst', 'Personal Adventures in the Spirit World', 'The Sorrows of a Summer Guest', 'To Nature and Back Again', 'The Caveman as He Is', 'Ideal Interviews (with a European prince, with our greatest actor, with our greatest scientist, with our typical novelists)', 'The New Education', 'The Errors of Santa Claus', 'Lost in New York: A Visitor’s Soliloquy', 'This Strenuous Age', 'The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing', 'Back from the Land', 'The Perplexity Column as Done by the Jaded Journalist', 'Simple Stories of Success Or How to Succeed in Life', 'In Dry Toronto: A Local Study of a Universal Topic', 'Merry Christmas, Note on the Text, Notes