author
D. Macleod (Donald Macleod) Malloch
d. 1912
Best remembered for collecting the wit and local color of early 20th-century Scotland, this short-lived writer left behind books full of sharp humor and lively anecdote. His work has a warm, conversational feel that still makes historical subjects approachable.
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Law and Laughter
by George A. (George Alexander) Morton, D. Macleod (Donald Macleod) Malloch
About the author
Donald Macleod Malloch, often published as D. Macleod Malloch, was a Scottish writer born in 1869 and died in 1912. Library and catalog records connect him with books including The Book of Glasgow Anecdote and, with George A. Morton, Law and Laughter.
His writing seems to have centered on anecdote, humor, and literary compilation rather than a large body of original fiction. The Book of Glasgow Anecdote gathered stories connected with Glasgow, while Law and Laughter was presented after his death and described as a project he had helped shape before it was completed.
Because surviving biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm, much of his life remains obscure. Even so, the books attached to his name suggest a gifted collector of lively material, with an ear for wit and a clear affection for Scottish civic and social history.