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Title: Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches

Alternate Title: Wee Johnnie Paterson, and other humorous sketches

Original Publication: Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914.

Note: Illustrated by the author and others.

Contents: 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.

Credits: Al Haines

Summary: "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.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Stevenson, W. Grant (William Grant), 1849-1919

EBook No.: 76637

Published: Aug 6, 2025

Downloads: 1238

Language: English

Subject: English fiction -- Scottish authors

Subject: Humorous stories, Scottish

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches

Alternate Title: Wee Johnnie Paterson, and other humorous sketches

Original Publication: Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914.

Note: Illustrated by the author and others.

Contents: 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.

Credits: Al Haines

Summary: "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.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Stevenson, W. Grant (William Grant), 1849-1919

EBook No.: 76637

Published: Aug 6, 2025

Downloads: 1238

Language: English

Subject: English fiction -- Scottish authors

Subject: Humorous stories, Scottish

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.