Wee Johnnie Paterson, & other humorous sketches

Stevenson, W. Grant (William Grant) · 1919

[Frontispiece: "WE'RE WAITING ON YOU, MUM," HE SAID TO HIS PARTNER _By Henry W. Kerr; R.S.A._] Being frequently accosted by friends and strangers, who say, "Would it be too much to ask you to write out one or two of your Stories for me, as I occasionally do a bit of reciting myself? and if you wrote out one or two for me I would be obliged," I feel that my spare evenings would be rendered monotonous by the repetition of writing them, and at the same time I have a diffidence in refusing; it has therefore occurred to me that an easy and pleasant way out of my embarrassment would be to have them printed, so that I could present copies to the gentlemen who honour me by their requests. Had it n…

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