This etext was prepared from the 1910 Methuen and Co. edition by Jane Duff; proofed by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf BY THE SAME AUTHOR REGINALD “He is a delightful person. One would not like a rich and octogenarian uncle to suppose that Reginald was one’s ideal of conduct and conversion. Yet there is sometimes reason in his paradoxical frivolities, and justice in his practical performances.”—_Morning Post_. “The book, by reason of its sustained brilliance, may be likened to a Brock’s Benefit at the Crystal Palace.”—_Athenæum_. “Mr. H. H. Munro (‘Saki’) has one of the lightest and most entertaining touches of the humorists of the day . . . The book is admirable comedy and free from malice and bad taste.”—_Queen_. “We feel sure that those who have already made Reginald’s acquaintance will be glad to renew it, and that those who know him not will not regret it if they add him to the list of their fictitious (albeit very real) acquaintances, not to say friends.”—_Westminster Gazette_. REGINALD IN RUSSIA AND OTHER SKETCHES BY SAKI (H. H. MUNRO) * * * * * METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1910_. TO M. V. P. CONTENTS PAGE REGINALD IN RUSSIA 1 THE RETICENCE OF LADY ANNE 7 THE LOST SANJAK 13 THE SEX THAT DOESN’T SHOP 25 THE BLOOD-FEUD OF TOAD-WATER 31 A YOUNG TURKISH CATASTROPHE 38 JUDKIN OF THE PARCELS 42 GABRIEL-ERNEST 47 THE SAINT AND THE GOBLIN 60 THE SOUL OF LAPLOSHKA 66 THE BAG 75 THE STRATEGIST 85 CROSS CURRENTS 94 THE BAKER’S DOZEN (A PLAYLET) 106 THE MOUSE 116 “_The Baker’s Dozen_” _originally appeared in_ “_The Journal of the Leinster Regiment_.” _The other sketches have appeared from time to time in the_ “_Westminster Gazette_.” _To the Editors of these publications I am indebted for courteous permission to reproduce the stories in their present form_. REGINALD IN RUSSIA Reginald sat in a corner of the Princess’s salon and tried to forgive the furniture, which started out with an obvious intention of being Louis Quinze, but relapsed at frequent intervals into Wilhelm II.