"A cheerful story from a small town" - A cheerful story from a small town

…For over 30 years, he was a professor of political science and economics at McGill University, and was also active as a humorist. His most famous work is “Smiling Tales from a Small Town” (1912), a light-hearted depiction of human comedy set in a fictional rural town in Ontario, but he also produced many humorous collections, including “Nonsense Stories” (1911) and “My Discovery of England” (1922). He also wrote in a wide range of fields, including politics, history, biography, and literary criticism. …

*Some of the terminology used in "A Happy Story of a Small Town" is listed below.

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…30年余りマッギル大学の名物教授として政治経済学を講じるかたわら，ユーモリストとして多彩な活動をした。オンタリオ州の架空の田舎町に繰り広げられる人間喜劇を軽妙に描いた《ある小さな町のにこやかなお話》(1912)が代表作であるが，《ノンセンス小説集》(1911)，《わたしのイギリス発見》(1922)などユーモア作品集はきわめて多い。そのほか政治，歴史，伝記，文芸批評など，広範な分野に筆をふるった。…

※「《ある小さな町のにこやかなお話》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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