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I. Preface. Hector Hugh Munro, the British novelist and shot-story writer known as Saki, was born in Burma in 1870 and brought up in England. He traveled widely and became a successful journalist; for six years he acted as correspondent for The Morning Post in Poland, Russia, and Paris.He is best known for his short stories, which are humorous, sometimes with a touch of black humour, and full of biting wit and bizarre situations. Some of his short-story collections are Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, The Chronicles of Clovis, and Beasts and Superbeasts. He also published two novels, The Unbearable Bassington and When William Came. Saki was killed in France during the First World War, in 1916.