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The Toys of Peace, by Saki
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Title: The Toys of Peace
Author: Saki Release Date: April 19, 2005 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #1477]
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Transcribed from the 1919 John Lane edition by Jane Duff and David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk.
THE TOYS OF PEACE
Contents: The Toys of Peace Louise Tea The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh The Wolves of Cernogratz Louis The Guests The Penance The Phantom Luncheon A Bread 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 For the Duration of the War
THE TOYS OF PEACE
“Harvey,” said Eleanor Bope, handing her brother a cutting from a London morning paper of the 19th of March, “just read this about children’s toys, please; it exactly carries out some of our ideas about influence and upbringing.” “In the view of the National ...