A bargain!

I was considering reviewing Leacock's works and posting the reviews here primarily as an excuse to read more of Leacock's writings. I was thinking I might review them in the original order of publication which would mean reading some of his earlier non-fiction which I am unfamiliar with when I suddenly came across a bargain! A copy (in fairly good shape) of Canada: The Foundations of its Future for just two dollars! I had been considering purchasing a copy on EBay for around $30 and that copy would probably have been in no better shape. Fortune smiled on my today and sometime after I have read it I will post a review. I would suggest that you not hold your breath waiting however, this review could take some time.

Belated Centennial Celebrations!

I had originally intended to create this blog last year as part of an attempt to celebrate the centennial of the publication of Stephen Leacock’s comic masterpiece Literary Lapses. Evidently I did not get around to it, and that example of procrastination is a fairly good indication for gentle reader to recognise that I shall doubtless post on this blog infrequently at best. The overriding purpose of this web log is of course to celebrate the writings and thought of Stephen Leacock, one of the greatest writers that the British Empire has ever produced and most definitely the finest writer that the Dominion of Canada ever had. Aside from that I hope to give my thoughts on world events or anything else that catches my fancy.

The name of this blog is of course an homage to the alliterative titles used for so many of Stephen Leacock’s humorous works.