Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.

There is good information on him on Wikipedia

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
By Stephen Leacock (pdf)

The Leacock Roundabout
A Treasury of the best works of Stephen Leacock (1965) (pdf)