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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.

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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.

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Author
Saki
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
146
Language
English
Genre
Satire
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