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Стивен Ликок. My Remarkable Uncle and Other Sketches
My Remarkable Uncle and Other Sketches
Table of Contents
SOME MEMORIES
My Remarkable Uncle. A PERSONAL DOCUMENT
The Old Farm and the New Frame
The Struggle to make us Gentlemen (A MEMORY OF MY OLD SCHOOL)
LITERARY STUDIES
The British Soldier
The Mathematics of the Lost Chord
The Passing of the Kitchen
Come Back to School
What’s in a Name? CURIOSITIES OF BOOK TITLES
Who Canonizes the Classics?
Among the Antiques. AN ADVENTURE AT AFTERNOON TEA
SPORTING SECTION
What is a Sport?
Why do we Fish? THE COMPLETE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANGLER
When Fellers Go Fishing
Eating Air. A DISCOURSE ON THE MAGIC OF EATING OUT OF DOORS
STUDIES IN HUMOUR
The Saving Grace of Humour. IS THERE ANY?
Laughing off our History
War and Humour
MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS
Christmas Rapture. PRE-WAR
Christmas Shopping. PRE-WAR
War-time Santa Claus
War-time Christmas
GOODWILL STUFF
Cricket for Americans
Our American Visitors. AS SEEN FROM CANADA
A Welcome to a Visiting American. AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION
Why is the United States?
The Transit of Venus. A COLLEGE STORY
Migration in English Literature. A STUDY OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA
Three Score and Ten. THE BUSINESS OF GROWING OLD
Index: There is no Index
L’Envoi: A Salutation Across the Sea
