THE great detective sat in his office.

In this book, Leacock presents a complete review of Canada's early records, from its Indigenous peoples to the arrival of European settlers.

Canada's answer to Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, Stephen Leacock was a master of humor and characterization.

Start a hilarious voyage through the absurdities of daily life with Stephen Butler Leacock's collection of humorous short stories.

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour. Early lifeStephen Leacock was born in Swanmore, a village near Southampton in southern England.

Stephen Leacock sees the comic of social situations.

The answer to this is found in the awful, yet humorous, fate of one Melpomenus Jones. “The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones” is representative of author Stephen Leacock’s writing style where he pokes fun at social absurdities and ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The humour, irony, and wit of Stephen Leacock have never been shown to better advantage than in Literary Lapses, his first collection of comic writings.