Saki 
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers [PDF ebook] 

A collection of rather enjoyable short stories by Saki all covering a variety of topics… Some, such as 'Louise' are quite humourous…
Contents
The toys of peace — Louise — Tea — The disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh — The wolves of Cernogratz — Louis — The guests — The penance — The phantom luncheon — A bread and butter miss — Bertie's Christmas Eve — Forewarned — The interlopers — Quail seed — Canossa — The threat — Excepting Mrs. Pentherby — Mark — The hedgehog — The Mappined life — Fate — The bull — Morlvera — Shock tactics — The seven cream jugs — The occasional garden — The sheep — The oversight — Hyacinth — The image of the lost soul — The purple of the Balkan kings — The cupboard of the yesterdays — For the duration of the war.