Saki's blend of stories, featuring the witty and sometimes Machiavellian Clovis, range from supernatural and sinister to hilarious comedy. The selections included in this recording are: "Esme", "The Match-Maker", "The Stampeding of Lady Bastable", "The Background", "Hermann the Irascible - The Story of the Great Weep", "The Unrest-Cure", "The Jesting of Arlington Stringham", "Adrian", "The Chaplet", "The Quest", "Wratislav", "The Easter Egg", "Fillboid Studge - The Story of a Mouse That Helped", "The Music on the Hill", "The Story of St. Vespaluus", "The Way to the Dairy", " The Peace Offering", "The Peace of Mowsle Barton", "The Talking-Out of Tarrington", "The Hounds of Fate", "The Recessional", "A Matter of Sentiment", "The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope" and "Ministers of Grace".