The Open Boat [antikvár]

THE OPEN WINDOWHector Hugh MunroHector Hugh Munro, English author of humorous short stories and novels, was born in 1870, in Burma.In 1912 Munro wrote his first novel, The Unbearable Bassington, a character study of a witty, handsome youth, whose deficieijcy in character made him a failure. Late in 1913 there came from Munro's pen a second novel, an imaginary account of London under the rule of Hogenzollerns, When William Came. Beasts and Superbeasts, another collection of short stories, appeared in 1914.Munro was one of the first to enlist when war was declared in 1914. He was 45 when he was killed on November 14, 1916.Munro did not live to enjoy the success that came to his work after years of comparative neglect. Posthumous collections of stories