Beasts and Super-Beasts

Beasts and Super-Beasts  (1914)  by Saki

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“The Open Window,” “The Schartz-Metterklume Method,” and “Clovis on Parental Responsibilities,” originally appeared in the Westminster Gazette, “The Elk” in the Bystander, and the remaining stories in the Morning Post. To the Editors of these papers I am indebted for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint them.

H. H. M.

• The She-Wolf
• Laura
• The Boar-Pig
• The Brogue
• The Hen
• The Open Window
• The Treasure-Ship
• The Cobweb
• The Lull
• The Unkindest Blow
• The Romancers
• The Schartz-Metterklume Method
• The Seventh Pullet
• The Blind Spot
• Dusk
• A Touch of Realism
• Cousin Teresa
• The Yarkand Manner
• The Byzantine Omelette
• The Feast of Nemesis
• The Dreamer
• The Quince Tree
• The Forbidden Buzzards
• The Stake
• Clovis on Parental Responsibilities
• A Holiday Task
• The Stalled Ox
• The Story-Teller
• A Defensive Diamond
• The Elk
• "Down Pens"
• The Name-Day
• The Lumber Room
• Fur
• The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat
• On Approval

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