Stephen Leacock (Gutenberg Index)

This is not a single book but a gateway: a comprehensive index to every Stephen Leacock work housed in the Project Gutenberg archive. For readers unfamiliar with Leacock, the name may not ring immediately, but his influence on English-language humor runs deeper than many realize. Born in 1869 in Ontario, he became the toast of early 20th-century wit, writing gentle, precise satire that made Canadians laugh at themselves while irritating the British establishment. This index maps the full terrain of his output: the beloved Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, the incisive My Discovery of England, the comic Nonsense Novels, and far more. It includes his later forays into economics and social theory, works that reveal a mind far more restless and ambitious than the "humorist" label suggests. Whether you want a single comic essay or the complete arc of a remarkable literary career, this index is your key. Open it, pick a title, and discover why Mark Twain himself praised Leacock as the greatest humorist writing in English.