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renzied Fiction' it is a very good thing indeed."--_Sketch._ "There is always sufficient sense under Stephen Leacock's nonsense to enable one to read him at least twice."--_Land and Water._ * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN AMERICA AND OTHER IMPOSSIBILITIES _Crown 8vo. 5s. net_ "Equal in gay humour and deft satire to any of its predecessors, and no holiday will be so gay but this volume will make it gayer.... It is a book of rollicking good humour that will keep you chuckling long past summer-time."--_Daily Chronicle._ "At his best, full of whims and oddities ... the most cheerful of humorists and the wisest of wayside philosophers."--_Daily Telegraph._ "He has never provided finer food for quiet enjoyment ... his precious quality of Rabelaisian humanism has matured and broadened in its sympathy."--_Globe._ "In the author's merriest mood. All of it is distilled wit and wisdom of the best brand, full of honest laughter, fun and frolic, comedy and criticism."--_Daily Graphic._ "The book is inspired by that spirit of broad farce which runs glorious riot through nearly all that Stephen Leacock has written."--_Bookman._ "He has all the energy and exuberance of the born humorist.... All admirers will recognize it as typical of Mr. Leacock's best work."--_Manchester Guardian._ "An entertaining volume."--_Scotsman._ * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE _Crown 8vo. 5s. net_ A discussion of the new social unrest, the transformation of society which it portends and the social catastrophe which it might precipitate. The point of view taken by the author leads towards the conclusion that the safety of the future lies in a progressive movement of social control alleviating at least the misery it cannot obliterate, and based upon the broad general principle of equality of opportunity, and a fair start. The chief immediate opportunities for social betterment, as the writer sees them, lie in the attempt to give every human being in childhood, education and opportunity. "His book is short, lucid, always to the point, and sometimes witty."--_Times._ "A book for the times, suggestive, critic
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