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100	1		_aStevenson, W. Grant _q(William Grant), _d1849-1919
245	1	0	_aWee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches
246	1		_aWee Johnnie Paterson, and other humorous sketches
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aIllustrated by the author and others.
500			_aRelease date is 2025-08-06
505	0		_aWee 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			_aAl Haines
520			_a"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			_pOriginally published: _cEdinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914
653			_aEnglish fiction -- Scottish authors
653			_aHumorous stories, Scottish
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76637
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