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The Toys of Peace and Other Papers
Saki
The Toys of Peace and Other Papers
Saki
There still hangs in his room in Mortimer Street an old Flemish picture, which he had picked up somewhere, of horsemen in doublets and plumed hats, fighting beneath the walls of a city. It was, I think, the only painting in his possession. Perhaps it was this picture that represented to him the romance of which he spoke; but he did not hide from himself the terrible side of war. Happily thoughts about war can be given in his own words. The following piece appeared in the first edition of the Morning Post of April 23, 1915, under the title, An Old Love- "'I know nothing about war, ' a boy of nineteen said to me two days ago, 'except, of course, that I've heard of its horrors; yet, somehow, in spite of the horrors, there seems to be something in it different to anything else in the world, something a little bit finer.' "He spoke wistfully, as one who feared that to him war would always be an unreal, distant, second-hand thing, to be read about in special editions, and peeped at through the medium of cinematograph shows. He felt that the thing that was a little bit finer than anything else in the world would never come into his life.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 10, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781545077283 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 178 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 10 mm · 244 g |
Language | English |
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