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This story, THE BACKGROUND, and MRS PACKLETIDE'S TIGER seem to me
to be the masterpieces of this book. In both of them Clovis
exercises, needlessly, his titular right of entry, but he can be
removed without damage, leaving Saki at his best and most
characteristic, save that he shows here, in addition to his own
shining qualities, a compactness and a finish which he did not
always achieve. With these I introduce you to him, confident that
ten minutes of his conversation, more surely than any words of
mine, will have given him the freedom of your house.
A. A. MILNE.
CONTENTS
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THE MATCH-MAKER
TOBERMORY
MRS. PACKLETIDE'S TIGER
THE STAMPEDING OF LADY BASTABLE
THE BACKGROUND
HERMANN THE IRASCIBLE--A STORY OF THE GREAT WEEP
THE UNREST-CURE
THE JESTING OF ARLINGTON STRINGHAM
SREDNI VASHTAR
ADRIAN
THE CHAPLET
THE QUEST
WRATISLAV
THE EASTER EGG
FILBOID STUDGE, THE STORY OF A MOUSE THAT HELPED
THE MUSIC ON THE HILL
THE STORY OF ST. VESPALUUS
THE WAY TO THE DAIRY
THE PEACE OFFERING
THE PEACE OF MOWSLE BARTON
THE TALKING-OUT OF TARRINGTON
THE HOUNDS OF FATE
THE RECESSIONAL
A MATTER OF SENTIMENT
THE SECRET SIX OF SEPTIMUS BROPE
"MINISTERS OF GRACE"
THE REMOULDING OF GROBY LINGTON
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ESM?
"All hunting stories are the same," said Clovis; "just as all Turf
stories are the same, and all--"
"My hunting story isn't a bit like any you've ever heard," said
the Baroness.
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