Fiction · 1919
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers, first published in 1919, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Epigraph
- Note
- Hector Hugh Munro
- 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
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