Hector Hugh Munro

The Canadían noveiist Morley Callaghan was born in Toronto in 1903. He was educated at the University of Toronto and at a law school. Between college and law school he was first a reporter and then ran a circulating líbrary. From 1926 he began to write seriously, and in 1929 he saw his first...

The Canadían noveiist Morley Callaghan was born in Toronto in 1903. He was educated at the University of Toronto and at a law school. Between college and law school he was first a reporter and then ran a circulating líbrary. From 1926 he began to write seriously, and in 1929 he saw his first...

INTRODUCTION 'There is no greater compliment to be paid to the right kind of friend than to hand liiin Saki without comment.' This remark by Christopher Morley in 1930 is as true today as when it was made. So, to some extent, an introduction to Saki's short stories is superfluous. The best...

THE OPEN WINDOWHector Hugh MunroHector Hugh Munro, English author of humorous short stories and novels, was born in 1870, in Burma.In 1912 Munro wrote his first novel, The Unbearable Bassington, a character study of a witty, handsome youth, whose deficieijcy in character made him a failure. Late in...

INTRODUCTION BY NOËL COWARDNow, in the year 1967, I have been asked to write an introductory preface for a reissue of the works of Hector Munro, "Saki." This most definitely belongs to the "Who could have dreamed?" department. Who could have dreamed fifty-two years ago when, at the age of fifteen,...