The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers

by Saki

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The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers is a volume of tales dedicated to the 22nd Royal Fusiliers. Its contents list begins with A Memoir of H. H. Munro and continues with titles such as Louise, Tea, The Wolves of Cernogratz, The Interlopers, The Hedgehog and The Occasional Garden. A note thanks the editors of the Morning Post, the Westminster Gazette and the Bystander for allowing tales from their pages to be reprinted.

In one passage, friends gather in a prison gateway around Demosthenes Platterbaff, who will not leave without a band, while telegraph boys bring in messages and the Chief Organiser asks the Prison Governor about drums and cymbals. In another passage, Luitpold Wolkenstein reads a newspaper report that the fortress of Kirk Kilisseh has fallen and that the Serbs have taken Kumanovo.

About the author

Saki

Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), a British writer born in Burma and raised in England. A journalist and satirist prized for his sharp, macabre short stories, he was killed by a sniper on the Western Front during the First World War.