Stephen Leacock 
My Discovery of England 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is usual on these occasions for the chair man to begin something like this: The lecturer, I am sure, needs no introduction from me. And indeed, when I have been the lecturer and somebody else has been the chairman, I have more than once suspected myself of being the better man of the two. Of course I hope I should always have the good manners – I am sure Mr. Leacock has – to disguise that sus picion. However, one has to go through these formalities, and I will therefore introduce the lecturer to you.