Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches (Registro nro. 117362)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134756.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| 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 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Illustrated by the author and others. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| 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 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| 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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