The Toys of Peace and Other Papers

Hector Hugh Munro

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473373198
• Print ISBN:
  9781473317598
• Subtopic: Classics

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Toys of Peace and Other Papers' is a collection of short stories, including 'Tea', 'Louise', 'The Penance', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical 'Alice in Westminster' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, 'Saki', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as 'The Open Window' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

Table of contents

• THE TOYS OF PEACEAND OTHER PAPERS
• Hector Hugh Munro
• Note
• HECTOR HUGH MUNRO
• THE TOYS OF PEACE
• LOUISE
• TEA
• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CRISPINA UMBERLEIGH
• THE WOLVES OF CERNOGRATZ
• LOUIS
• THE GUESTS
• THE PENANCE
• THE PHANTOM LUNCHEON
• A BREAD AND BUTTER MISS
• BERTIE’S CHRISTMAS EVE
• FOREWARNED
• THE INTERLOPERS
• QUAIL SEED
• CANOSSA
• THE THREAT
• EXCEPTING MRS. PENTHERBY
• MARK
• THE HEDGEHOG
• THE MAPPINED LIFE
• FATE
• THE BULL
• MORLVERA
• SHOCK TACTICS
• THE SEVEN CREAM JUGS
• THE OCCASIONAL GARDEN
• THE SHEEP
• THE OVERSIGHT
• HYACINTH
• THE IMAGE OF THE LOST SOUL
• THE PURPLE OF THE BALKAN KINGS
• THE CUPBOARD OF THE YESTERDAYS
• FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR