Over the Footlights And Other Fancies

1923. Leacock, a Canadian humorist and economist, published a number of serious works in his field as well as in history and biography, but is best known for his collections of satirical essays and short stories. Contents: Over the Footlights: Cast Up by the Sea; The Soul Call; Dead Men's Gold; Oroastus. A Greek Tragedy; The Subcontractor; Historical Drama; The Russian Drama; The Platter of Life; People We Meet in the Movies; The Raft: An Interlude; Other Fancies: First Call for Spring; How I Succeeded in My Business; The Dry Banquet; My Lost Dollar; Radio. A New Form of Trouble; Roughing It in the Bush; Abolishing the Heroine; My Affair with My Landlord; Why I Refuse to Play Golf; The Approach of the Comet; Personal Experiments with the Black Bass; and L'Envoi. The Faded Actor. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.