Some day an enterprising editor may find time to glean from the whole field of Canadian literature a representative collection of wit and humour. . . . The present little collection obviously makes no such ambitious claim. It embraces, however, what are believed to be representative examples of the work of some of our better-known writers, many of which will no doubt be quite familiar to Canadian readers, but perhaps none the less welcome on that account.

Latest episodes of the podcast Humour of the North by Unknown

• 0 – Introductory Note
• 1 – Poems by Joseph Howe
• 2 – Stories by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• 3 – Poems by William Henry Drummond
• 4 – ‘The Japanese Reporter’ by Mrs. Everard Cotes
• 5 – ‘The Linnet’ by James McCarroll
• 6 – Poems by George Thomas Lanigan
• 7 – Fables by George Thomas Lanigan
• 8 – ‘The Senator’s Laundry’ by James DeMille