BOOKS BY STEPHEN LEACOCK
NONSENSE NOVELS
Twelfth Edition.Crown 8vo.5s. net.
PRESS OPINIONS
Spectator.—"We can assure our readers who delight in mere Joyous desipience that they will find a rich harvest of laughter in the purely irresponsible outpourings of Professor Leacock's fancy."
Pall Mall Gazette.—"It is all not only healthy satire, but healthy humour as well, and shows that the author of 'Literary Lapses' is capable of producing a steady flow of high spirits put into a form which is equal to the best traditions of contemporary humour, Mr. Leacock certainly bids fair to rival the immortal 'Lewis Carroll' in combining the irreconcilable—exact science with perfect humour—and making the amusement better the instruction."
World.—"There is a certain subtlety of wit about these mock novelettes which, while it does not move to irrepressible laughter, tickles the senses not unpleasantly . . . always refreshing."
Mr. James Douglas in The Star.—"We have all laughed over Mr. Stephen Leacock's 'Literary Lapses.' It is one of those books one would die rather than lend, for to lend it is to lose it for ever. Mr. Leacock's new book, 'Nonsense Novels,' is more humorous than 'Literary Lapses.' That is to say, it is the most humorous book we have had since Mr. Dooley swum into our ken. Its humour is so rich that it places Mr. Leacock beside Mark Twain."
Morning Leader.—"Mr. Leacock possesses infinite verbal dexterity. . . . Mr. Leacock must be added as a recognised humorist."
Daily Express.—"Mr. Stephen Leacock's 'Nonsense Novels' is the best collection of parodies I have read for many a day. The whole book is a scream, witty, ingenious, irresistible."
Public Opinion.—"A most entertaining book."
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
