The English novelist, short-story writer and journalist Evelyn Waugh has been called the foremost social satirist of his generation. <P>This volume contains a dozen of his stories: "The Curse of the Horse Race" (written when he was seven), "Cruise," "Bella Fleace Gave a Party," "On Guard," "Period Piece," "Excursion in Reality," "Mr. Loveday's Little Outing," "Winner Takes All," "An Englishman's Home," "Work Suspended," "Tactical Exercise" (originally called "The Wish") and "Love Among the Ruins."