Toys of Peace and Other Papers

1923. Saki (pseudonym of H. H. Munro), English author, is best known for his witty, sometimes whimsical, often cynical and bizarre short stories; they are collected in Reginald, The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts, and other volumes. Contents of The Toys of Peace include: A Memoir of H.H. Memoir; The Toys of Peace; Louise; Tea; The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh; The Wolves of Cernogratz; Louis; The Guests; The Penance; The Phantom Luncheon; A Brad 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; and For the Duration of the War. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Saki is the author of 'Toys of Peace and Other Papers' with ISBN 9781417922611 and ISBN 1417922613.