โ Scribed by Robertson Davies
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
**The third of Robertson Davies' editions of Samuel Marchbanks' writings, and originally published by McClelland & Stewart in 1967, Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack is available here in e-book for the first time ever.
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In 1942, two years after returning to Canada from Britain, Robertson Davies took up the role of editor of the Peterborough Examiner , in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, northeast of Toronto. During his tenure as editor at the Examiner , a post he held until 1955, and later as publisher of the newspaper (1955-65), Davies published witty, curmudgeonly, mischievous, and fiercely individualistic editorials under the name of his alter ego, Samuel Marchbanks, "one of the choice and master spirits of his age."
Taking pen in hand, Samuel Marchbanks, philosopher, purveyor of trivia and benefactor of mankind, once again proves there is nothing so beneficial to the weary and heavy-laden of the world as a good belly laugh. As...
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