Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches (Registro nro. 117362)

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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UtSlPG
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title en
Source of code iso639-1
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PR
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stevenson, W. Grant
Fuller form of name (William Grant),
Dates associated with a name 1849-1919
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches
246 1# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Wee Johnnie Paterson, and other humorous sketches
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Salt Lake City, UT :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Project Gutenberg,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2025
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Extent 1 online resource :
Other physical details multiple file formats
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Illustrated by the author and others.
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General note Release date is 2025-08-06
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Wee Johnnie Paterson -- Boys -- An amateur cook -- The M'Crankys at a party -- Burns's anniversary and the mildness of the season -- Johnnie Gibb's funeral -- Spring cleaning -- A marriage -- After-dinner speeches -- "How d'ye do?" -- M'Cranky's brace of grouse -- M'Cranky's deceptions about golf -- Mrs. M'Cranky at the international football match -- Mr. M'Cranky -- The singing lesson -- David and Goliath.
508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE
Creation/production credits note Al Haines
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches" by W. Grant Stevenson is a collection of comic sketches written in the early 20th century. The pieces poke affectionate fun at everyday Scottish life—domestic muddles, social pretensions, village gossip, and civic rituals—often told in rich Scots dialect by a wry, observant narrator. Recurring figures like the long-suffering M’Cranky household and unstoppable talkers enliven situations from parties to funerals to Burns Night, with sly social satire and lighthearted misadventure. The opening of the collection presents a brief preface explaining that the author has printed popular recitation pieces at friends’ request, then launches into a sequence of sketches: a chatterbox endlessly digresses while trying to describe an accident in “Wee Johnnie Paterson”; “Boys” lampoons the know-it-all modern lad through an overbearing nephew and his pranks; “An Amateur Cook” charts a lone husband’s culinary disasters; and “The M’Crankys at a Party” skewers drawing-room albums, earnest violin solos, and chaotic whist. “Burns’s Anniversary and the Mildness of the Season” follows a marathon of toasts and late-night wanderings as unintended proof of mild weather; “Johnnie Gibb’s Funeral” captures neighbourly Doric gossip; “Spring Cleaning” drives the narrator from a turpentine-choked house to a fishing escape; “A Marriage” offers wry notes on a restrained wedding and its rituals; “After-Dinner Speeches” gives tongue-in-cheek advice for toast-makers; and “How d’ye do?” shows a single polite greeting trapping the narrator in a torrent of ailments—all brisk, humorous snapshots that set the tone for the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
Introductory phrase Originally published:
Publication, distribution, etc. of original Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term English fiction -- Scottish authors
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Uncontrolled term Humorous stories, Scottish
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76637">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76637</a>

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