Hugh Munro

The Toys of Peace and Other Papers illustrated Hugh Munro

The toys of peace and other papers (1919). By: H. H. Munro ( "Saki" ): Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916)."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 Peace Council," ran the extract, "there are grave objections to presenting our boys with regiments of fighting men, batteries of guns, and squadrons of 'Dreadnoughts.' Boys, the Council admits, naturally love fighting and all the panoply of war .