Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town - 100th Anniversary Edition

UPC 9780771050060

Copyright © 1996, 2012 McClelland & Stewart

Product Features

• Author: Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
• Illustrator: Wesley W. Bates
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Edition: 100th Anniversary (2012)
• Type: Illustrated Literary Work
• Typeset: Bembo
• Location: Toronto, Ontario

Overview

First published in 1912, this classic Canadian humor collection remains fresh and insightful a century later. The 100th anniversary edition features new illustrations by Wesley W. Bates, enhancing Leacock's colorful and entertaining portraits of small-town life.

Contents

1. Preface
2. The Hostelry of Mr. Smith
3. The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe
4. The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias
5. The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone
6. The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa
7. The Beacon on the Hill
8. The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin
9. The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin
10. The Mariposa Bank Mystery
11. The Great Election in Missinaba County
12. The Candidacy of Mr. Smith
13. L'Envoi. The Train to Mariposa

About the Contributors

• Stephen Leacock: Professor of economics at McGill University (1908-1936), published humor volumes annually from 1910 until his death in 1944
• Wesley W. Bates: Printmaker and letterpress printer, studied at Mount Allison University, operates West Meadow Press in Clifford, Ontario

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