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Informationen zum Autor STEPHEN LEACOCK was born in Swanmore, Hampshire, England, in 1869. His family emigrated to Canada in 1876 and settled on a farm north of Toronto. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, Leacock pursued graduate studies in economics at the University of Chicago, where he studied under Thorstein Veblen. Even before he completed his doctorate, Leacock accepted a position as sessional lecturer in political science and economics at McGill University. From 1908 until his retirement in 1936, he chaired the Department of Political Science and Economics. The author of nineteen books and countless articles on economics, history, and political science, Leacock turned to the writing of humour as his beloved avocation. His first collection of comic stories, Literary Lapses , appeared in 1910, and from that time until his death in 1944 he published a volume of humour almost every year. Klappentext This celebrated collection of sketches sparkles with Stephen Leacock's humour and shines with the warmth of his wit. The comical E.P., star of the title essay, "My Remarkable Uncle," is a classic Leacock character. He is president of a railway with a letterhead but no rails, and he heads a bank that boasts credit but no cash whatsoever - all of which trouble E.P. not in the least. My Remarkable Uncle, a wonderful smorgasbord of mirth served up by a master of comedy, includes several essays, a short story, a political parable, and personal reflections on a dizzying array of subjects. Here, in rich abundance, are the inspired nonsense and the unerring eye for human folly that have made Stephen Leacock Canada's most celebrated humorist. Zusammenfassung This celebrated collection of sketches sparkles with Stephen Leacock’s humour and shines with the warmth of his wit. The comical E.P.! star of the title essay! “My Remarkable Uncle!” is a classic Leacock character. He is president of a railway with a letterhead but no rails! and he heads a bank that boasts credit but no cash whatsoever – all of which trouble E.P. not in the least. My Remarkable Uncle ! a wonderful smorgasbord of mirth served up by a master of comedy! includes several essays! a short story! a political parable! and personal reflections on a dizzying array of subjects. Here! in rich abundance! are the inspired nonsense and the unerring eye for human folly that have made Stephen Leacock Canada’s most celebrated humorist. Inhaltsverzeichnis SOME MEMORIES My Remarkable Uncle The Old Farm and the New Frame The Struggle to Make Us Gentlemen LITERARY STUDIES The British Soldier The Mathematics of the Lost Chord The Passing of the Kitchen Come Back to School What’s in a Name? Who Canonizes the Classics? Among the Antiques SPORTING SECTION What Is a Sport? Why Do We Fish? When Fellers Go Fishing Eating Air STUDIES IN HUMOUR The Saving Grace of Humour Laughing Off Our History War and Humour MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS Christmas Rapture Christmas Shopping War- time Santa Claus War- time Christmas GOODWILL STUFF Cricket for Americans Our American Visitors A Welcome to a Visiting American Why Is the United States? The Transit of Venus Migration in English Literature Three Score and Ten Index: There Is No Index L’Envoi: A Salutation Across the Sea Afterword...
