The Toys of Peace and Other Papers: By Saki - Illustrated - Softcover

Saki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520601298 ISBN 13: 9781520601298

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

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1. Font adjustments & biography included
2. Unabridged (100% Original content)
3. Formatted for e-reader
4. Illustrated

About The Toys of Peace and Other Papers by Saki

This is the last collection of stories written by the witty British author, Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name 'Saki'. The title story is a humorous tale of trying to indoctrinate young boys with a culture of peace rather than war, by a mother and her brother, Harvey, who give her boys "peace toys" for Easter instead of toy guns, tin soldiers, and the like. The boys were not impressed by such gifts as tin statues of economists, scientists, sanitary inspectors, and politicians, rather than soldiers and heroes; models of municipal buildings rather than forts; toy hoes instead of toy guns. Left to play with the new politically correct toys, the boys manage to completely thwart the plan, to the frustration of the well-meaning adults.

About this title

About the Author:

Saki was the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870 1916). In addition to his short stories, of which he was an acknowledged master, he also wrote a full-length play, "The Watched Pot", in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, "The Rise of the Russian Empire"; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington"; a parody of Alice in Wonderland", "The Westminster Alice"; and a fantasy about England under German occupation, When William Came".

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1520601298
• ISBN 13: 9781520601298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127