The Short Stories of Saki (H.H. Munro)Hector Hugh Munro, perhaps the best-loved among English humorists and short-story writers, has endeared himself to all kinds of new friends since his death in action during World War One in 1916. The 135 stories in this book of over 700 pages, with the Biography by his sister, Ethel M. Munro, and the Introduction by Christopher Morley keep alive the grace and felicity and whimsical satire of the man who effaced himself in the pseudonym of Saki. |
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Page 152
... took Conradin with her , but to him the church service was an alien rite in the House of Rimmon . Every Thursday , in the dim and musty silence of the tool - shed , he worshipped with mystic and elaborate ceremonial before the wooden ...
... took Conradin with her , but to him the church service was an alien rite in the House of Rimmon . Every Thursday , in the dim and musty silence of the tool - shed , he worshipped with mystic and elaborate ceremonial before the wooden ...
Page 347
... took themselves and their staffs further afield there were some unavoidable clashings . For instance , the Scrutator , Sport- ing Bluff and The Damsels ' Own Paper all pitched on Khar- toum for the same week . It was , perhaps , a ...
... took themselves and their staffs further afield there were some unavoidable clashings . For instance , the Scrutator , Sport- ing Bluff and The Damsels ' Own Paper all pitched on Khar- toum for the same week . It was , perhaps , a ...
Page 349
... took place . Blunt , forcible , out- spoken articles appeared , couched in language which nearly turned the autumn manœuvres of six important Powers into mobilizations . Whatever else the Daily Intelligencer had learned in the East , it ...
... took place . Blunt , forcible , out- spoken articles appeared , couched in language which nearly turned the autumn manœuvres of six important Powers into mobilizations . Whatever else the Daily Intelligencer had learned in the East , it ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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