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The Greatest Works of G. K. Chesterton (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Autobiography, Father Brown Mysteries, The Napoleon of Notting Hill….By G. K. Chesterton

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The Greatest Works of G. K. Chesterton gathers the remarkable range of a writer who moved effortlessly among fiction, theology, criticism, and social satire. In these works, Chesterton's paradoxical wit, epigrammatic brilliance, and fondness for intellectual combat animate detective tales, apologetic essays, fantasies, and cultural polemics. His prose belongs to the lively Edwardian and interwar tradition of public letters, yet it remains distinctive for turning common sense into metaphysical surprise. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was a journalist, essayist, novelist, poet, and Christian apologist whose immense output was shaped by debates over modernity, materialism, imperialism, and faith. His conversion to Roman Catholicism, his friendships and arguments with figures such as H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, and his affection for ordinary life all informed his defense of wonder, tradition, and moral sanity. This collection is highly recommended for readers seeking both literary pleasure and intellectual provocation. Chesterton rewards those who enjoy dazzling sentences, humane argument, comic invention, and spiritual seriousness. It is an essential volume for understanding one of the most original English prose minds of the twentieth century. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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1Introduction

784An Essay on Two Cities

2Introduction

785French and English

3Author Biography

786The Zola Controversy

4Historical Context

787Oxford from Without

5Synopsis (Selection)

788Woman

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6Novels

789The Modern Martyr

7The Napoleon of Notting Hill

790On Political Secrecy

8Book I

791Edward VII. and Scotland

9Chapter 1. Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy

792Thoughts around Koepenick

10Chapter 2. The Man in Green

793The Boy

11Chapter 3. The Hill of Humour

794Limericks and Counsels of Perfection

12Book II

795Anonymity and Further Counsels

13Chapter 1. The Charter of the Cities

796On the Cryptic and the Elliptic

14Chapter 2. The Council of the Provosts

797The Worship of the Wealthy

15Chapter 3. Enter a Lunatic

798Science and Religion

16Book III

799The Methuselahite

17Chapter 1. The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne

800Spiritualism

18Chapter 2. The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull

801The Error of Impartiality

19Chapter 3. The Experiment of Mr. Buck

802Phonetic Spelling

20Book IV

803Humanitarianism and Strength

21Chapter 1. The Battle of the Lamps

804Wine when it is Red

22Chapter 2. The Correspondent of the Court Journal

805Demagogues and Mystagogues

23Chapter 3. The Great Army of South Kensington

806The &quot;Eatanswill Gazette.&quot;

24Book V

807Fairy Tales

25Chapter 1. The Empire of Notting Hill

808Tom Jones and Morality

26Chapter 2. The Last Battle

809The Maid of Orleans

27Chapter 3. Two Voices

810A Dead Poet

28The Man who was Thursday

811Christmas

29Chapter 1. The Two Poets of Saffron Park

812Tremendous Trifles

30Chapter 2. The Secret of Gabriel Syme

813Preface

31Chapter 3. The Man who was Thursday

814I. Tremendous Trifles

32Chapter 4. The Tale of a Detective

815II. A Piece of Chalk

33Chapter 5. The Feast of Fear

816III. The Secret of a Train

34Chapter 6. The Exposure

817IV. The Perfect Game

35Chapter 7. The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor De Worms

818V. The Extraordinary Cabman

36Chapter 8. The Professor Explains

819VI. An Accident

37Chapter 9. The Man in Spectacles

820VII. The Advantages of Having One Leg

38Chapter 10. The Duel

821VIII. The End of the World

39Chapter 11. The Criminals Chase the Police

822IX. In the Place de La Bastille

40Chapter 12. The Earth in Anarchy

823X. On Lying in Bed

41Chapter 13. The Pursuit of the President

824XI. The Twelve Men

42Chapter 14. The Six Philosophers

825XII. The Wind and the Trees

43Chapter 15. The Accuser

826XIII. The Dickensian

44The Ball and the Cross

827XIV. In Topsy-Turvy Land

451. A Discussion Somewhat in the Air

828XV. What I Found in My Pocket

462. The Religion of the Stipendiary Magistrate

829XVI. The Dragon&#x27;s Grandmother

473. Some old Curiosities

830XVII. The Red Angel

484. A Discussion at Dawn

831XVIII. The Tower

495. The Peacemaker

832XIX. How I Met the President

506. The other Philosopher

833XX. The Giant

517. The Village of Grassley-in-the-hole

834XXI. A Great Man

528. An Interlude of Argument

835XXII. The Orthodox Barber

539. The Strange Lady

836XXIII. The Toy Theatre

5410. The Swords Rejoined

837XXIV. A Tragedy of Twopence

5511. A Scandal in the Village

838XXV. A Cab Ride Across Country

5612. The Desert Island

839XXVI. The Two Noises

5713. The Garden of Peace

840XXVII. Some Policemen and a Moral

5814. A Museum of Souls

841XXVIII. The Lion

5915. The Dream of Macian

842XXIX. Humanity: an Interlude

6016. The Dream of Turnbull

843XXX. The Little Birds Who Won&#x27;t Sing

6117. The Idiot

844XXXI. The Riddle of the Ivy

6218. A Riddle of faces

845XXXII. The Travellers in State

6319. The last Parley

846XXXIII. The Prehistoric Railway Station

6420. Dies Irae

847XXXIV. The Diabolist

65Manalive

848XXXV. A Glimpse of My Country

66Part I. The Enigmas of Innocent Smith

849XXXVI. A Somewhat Improbable Story

67Chapter 1. How the Great Wind Came to Beacon House

850XXXVII. The Shop Of Ghosts

68Chapter 2. The Luggage of an Optimist

851XXXVIII. The Ballade of a Strange Town

69Chapter 3. The Banner of Beacon

852XXXIX. The Mystery of a Pageant

70Chapter 4. The Garden of the God

853What&#x27;s Wrong with the World

71Chapter 5. The Allegorical Practical Joker

854Dedication

72Part II. The Explanations of Innocent Smith

855Part One. The Homelessness of Man

73Chapter 1. The Eye of Death; or, the Murder Charge

856I. The Medical Mistake

74Chapter 2. The Two Curates; or, the Burglary Charge

857II. Wanted, An Unpractical Man

75Chapter 3. The Round Road; or, the Desertion Charge

858III. The New Hypocrite

76Chapter 4. The Wild Weddings; or, the Polygamy Charge

859IV. The Fear of the Past

77Chapter 5. How the Great Wind Went from Beacon House

860V. The Unfinished Temple

78The Flying Inn

861VI. The Enemies of Property

79Chapter 1. A Sermon on Inns

862VII. The Free Family

80Chapter 2. The End of Olive Island

863VIII. The Wildness of Domesticity

81Chapter 3. The Sign of “The Old Ship”

864IX. History of Hudge and Gudge

82Chapter 4. The Inn Finds Wings

865X. Oppression by Optimism

83Chapter 5. The Astonishment of the Agent

866XI. The Homelessness of Jones

84Chapter 6. The Hole in Heaven

867Part Two. Imperialism, or the Mistake about Man

85Chapter 7. The Society of Simple Souls

868I. The Charm of Jingoism

86Chapter 8. Vox Populi Vox Dei

869II. Wisdom and the Weather

87Chapter 9. The Higher Criticism and Mr. Hibbs

870III. The Common Vision

88Chapter 10. The Character of Quoodle

871IV. The Insane Necessity

89Chapter 11. Vegetarianism in the Drawing-room

872Part Three. Feminism, or the Mistake about Woman

90Chapter 12. Vegetarianism in the Forest

873I. The Unmilitary Suffragette

91Chapter 13. The Battle of the Tunnel

874II. The Universal Stick

92Chapter 14. The Creature that Man Forgets

875III. The Emancipation of Domesticity

93Chapter 15. The Songs of the Car Club

876IV. The Romance of Thrift

94Chapter 16. The Seven Moods of Dorian

877V. The Coldness of Chloe

95Chapter 17. The Poet in Parliament

878VI. The Pedant and the Savage

96Chapter 18. The Republic of Peaceways

879VII. The Modern Surrender of Woman

97Chapter 19. The Hospitality of the Captain

880VIII. The Brand of the Fleur-de-lis

98Chapter 20. The Turk and the Futurists

881IX. Sincerity and the Gallows

99Chapter 21. The Road to Roundabout

882X. The Higher Anarchy

100Chapter 22. The Chemistry of Mr. Crooke

883XI. The Queen and the Suffragettes

101Chapter 23. The March on Ivywood

884XII. The Modern Slave

102Chapter 24. The Enigmas of Lady Joan

885Part Four. Education: Or the Mistake about the Child

103Chapter 25. The Finding of the Superman

886I. The Calvinism of To-day

104The Return of Don Quixote

887II. The Tribal Terror

105Chapter 1. A hole in the Caste

888III. The Tricks of Environment

106Chapter 2. A Dangerous man

889IV. The Truth About Education

107Chapter 3. The Ladder in the Library

890V. An Evil Cry

108Chapter 4. The first Trial of John Braintree

891VI. Authority the Unavoidable

109Chapter 5. The second Trial of John Braintree

892VII. The Humility of Mrs. Grundy

110Chapter 6. A Commission as Colourman

893VIII. The Broken Rainbow

111Chapter 7. “Blondel the Troubadour”

894IX. The Need for Narrowness

112Chapter 8. The Misadventures of Monkey

895X. The Case for the Public Schools

113Chapter 9. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

896XI. The School for Hypocrites

114Chapter 10. When Doctors Disagree

897XII. The Staleness of the New Schools

115Chapter 11. The Lunacy of the Librarian

898XIII. The Outlawed Parent

116Chapter 12. The Statesman and the Summer-house

899XIV. Folly and Female Education

117Chapter 13. The Victorian and the Arrow

900Part Five. The Home of Man

118Chapter 14. The Return of the Knight-errant

901I. The Empire of the Insect

119Chapter 15. The parting of the ways

902II. The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand

120Chapter 16. The Judgment of the king

903III. The Dreadful Duty of Gudge

121Chapter 17. The Departure of Don Quixote

904IV. A Last Instance

122Chapter 18. The Secret of Seawood

905V. Conclusion

123Chapter 19. The Return of Don Quixote

906Three Notes

124The Father Brown Series

907I. On Female Suffrage

125The Innocence of Father Brown

908II. On Cleanliness in Education

126The Blue Cross

909III. On Peasant Proprietorship

127The Secret Garden

910Alarms and Discursions

128The Queer Feet

911Introductory: On Gargoyles

129The Flying Stars

912The Surrender of a Cockney

130The Invisible Man

913The Nightmare

131The Honour of Israel Gow

914The Telegraph Poles

132The Wrong Shape

915A Drama of Dolls

133The Sins of Prince Saradine

916The Man and His Newspaper

134The Hammer of God

917The Appetite of Earth

135The Eye of Apollo

918Simmons and the Social Tie

136The Sign of the Broken Sword

919Cheese

137The Three Tools of Death

920The Red Town

138The Wisdom of Father Brown

921The Furrows

139The Absence of Mr. Glass

922The Philosophy of Sight-seeing

140The Paradise of Thieves

923A Criminal Head

141The Duel of Dr. Hirsch

924The Wrath of the Roses

142The Man in the Passage

925The Gold of Glastonbury

143The Mistake of the Machine

926The Futurists

144The Head of Caesar

927Dukes

145The Purple Wig

928The Glory of Grey

146The Perishing of the Pendragons

929The Anarchist

147The God of the Gongs

930How I found the Superman

148The Salad of Colonel Cray

931The New House

149The Strange Crime of John Boulnois

932The Wings of Stone

150The Fairy Tale of Father Brown

933The Three Kinds of Men

151The Incredulity of Father Brown

934The Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

152The Resurrection of Father Brown

935The Field of Blood

153The Arrow of Heaven

936The Strangeness of Luxury

154The Oracle of the Dog

937The Triumph of the Donkey

155The Miracle of Moon Crescent

938The Wheel

156The Curse of the Golden Cross

939Five Hundred and Fifty-five

157The Dagger with Wings

940Ethandune

158The Doom of the Darnaways

941The Flat Freak

159The Ghost of Gideon Wise

942The Garden of the Sea

160The Secret of Father Brown

943The Sentimentalist

161The Secret of Father Brown

944The White Horses

162The Mirror of the Magistrate

945The Long Bow

163The Man With Two Beards

946The Modern Scrooge

164The Song of the Flying Fish

947The High Plains

165The Actor and the Alibi

948The Chorus

166The Vanishing of Vaudrey

949A Romance of the Marshes

167The Worst Crime In the World

950A Miscellany of Men

168The Red Moon of Meru

951The Suffragist

169The Chief Mourner of Marne

952The Poet and the Cheese

170The Secret of Flambeau

953The thing

171The Scandal of Father Brown

954The man who thinks Backwards

172The Scandal of Father Brown

955The Nameless man

173The Quick One

956The Gardener and the Guinea

174The Blast of the Book

957The Voter and the two Voices

175The Green Man

958The mad Official

176The Pursuit of Mr. Blue

959The Enchanted man

177The Crime of the Communist

960The Sun Worshipper

178The Point of a Pin

961The Wrong Incendiary

179The Insoluble Problem

962The Free man

180The Vampire of the Village

963The Hypothetical Householder

181Uncollected Stories

964The Priest of Spring

182Short Story Collections

965The real Journalist

183The Club of Queer Trades

966The Sentimental Scot

184Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown

967The Sectarian of Society

185Chapter 2. The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation

968The Fool

186Chapter 3. The Awful Reason of the Vicar’s Visit

969The Conscript and the Crisis

187Chapter 4. The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent

970The Miser and his Friends

188Chapter 5. The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd

971The Mystagogue

189Chapter 6. The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady

972The red Reactionary

190The Man Who Knew Too Much

973The Separatist and Sacred things

1911. The Face in the Target

974The Mummer

1922. The Vanishing Prince

975The Aristocratic ‘arry

1933. The Soul of the Schoolboy

976The new Theologian

1944. The Bottomless Well

977The Romantic in the Rain

1955. The Fad of the Fisherman

978The False Photographer

1966. The Hole in the Wall

979The Sultan

1977. The Temple of Silence

980The Architect of Spears

1988. The Vengeance of the Statue

981The man on Top

199The Trees of Pride

982The other kind of man

200I. The Tale of the Peacock Trees

983The Mediaeval Villain

201II. The Wager of Squire Vane

984The Divine Detective

202III. The Mystery of the Well

985The elf of Japan

203IV. The Chase after the Truth

986The Chartered Libertine

204Tales of the Long Bow

987The Contented man

205Chapter 1. The Unpresentable Appearance of Colonel Crane

988The Angry Author: his Farewell

206Chapter 2. The Improbable Success of Mr. Owen Hood

989Divorce versus Democracy

207Chapter 3. The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce

990Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays

208Chapter 4. The Elusive Companion of Parson White

991A Song of Swords

209Chapter 5. The Exclusive Luxury of Enoch Oates

992Utopia of Usurers

210Chapter 6. The Unthinkable Theory of Professor Green

993The Escape

211Chapter 7. The Unprecedented Architecture of Commander Blair

994The New Raid

212Chapter 8. The Ultimate Ultimatum of the League of the Long Bow

995The New Name

213The Poet and the Lunatics – Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale

996A Workman’s History of England

2141. The Fantastic Friends

997The French Revolution and the Irish

2152. The Yellow Bird

998Liberalism: A Sample

2163. The Shadow of the Shark

999The Fatigue of Fleet Street

2174. The Crime of Gabriel Gale

1000The Amnesty for Aggression

2185. The Finger of Stone

1001Revive the Court Jester

2196. The House of the Peacock

1002The Art of Missing the Point

2207. The Purple Jewel

1003The Servile State Again

2218. The Asylum of Adventure

1004The Empire of the Ignorant

222Four Faultless Felons

1005The Symbolism of Krupp

223Clue of the Pressman

1006The Tower of Bebel

224The Moderate Murderer

1007A Real Danger

225The Honest Quack

1008The Dregs of Puritanism

226The Ecstatic Thief

1009The Tyranny of Bad Journalism

227The Loyal Traitor

1010The Poetry of the Revolution

228Epilogue of the Pressman

1011The Superstition of Divorce

229The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond

1012Introductory Note

230The Three Horsemen of Apocalypse

1013The Superstition of Divorce (1)

231The Crime of Captain Gahagan

1014The Superstition of Divorce (2)

232When Doctors Agree

1015The Superstition of Divorce (3)

233Pond the Pantaloon

1016The Superstition of Divorce (4)

234The Unmentionable Man

1017The Story of the Family

235Ring of Lovers

1018The Story of the Vow

236The Terrible Troubadour

1019The Tragedies of Marriage

237A Tall Story

1020The Vista of Divorce

238Other Stories

1021Conclusion

239The White Pillars Murder

1022The Uses of Diversity

240The Sword of Wood

1023On Seriousness

241Poetry

1024Lamp-Posts

242Greybeards At Play

1025The Spirits

243A Dedication

1026Tennyson

244The Oneness of the Philosopher with Nature

1027The Domesticity of Detectives

245Of the Dangers Attending Altruism on the High Seas

1028George Meredith

246On the Disastrous Spread of Æstheticism in all Classes

1029The Irishman

247Envoy

1030Ireland and the Domestic Drama

248The Wild Knight and Other Poems

1031The Japanese

249By the Babe Unborn

1032Christian Science

250The World’s Lover

1033The Lawlessness of Lawyers

251The Skeleton

1034Our Latin Relations

252A Chord of Colour

1035On Pigs as Pets

253The Happy man

1036The Romance of Rostand

254The Unpardonable sin

1037Wishes

255A Novelty

1038The Futurists

256Ultimate

1039The Evolution of Emma

257The Donkey

1040The Pseudo-Scientific Books

258The Beatific Vision

1041The Humour of King Herod

259The Hope of the Streets

1042The Silver Goblets

260Ecclesiastes

1043The Duty of the Historian

261The Song of the Children

1044Questions of Divorce

262The Fish

1045Mormonism

263Gold Leaves

1046Pageants and Dress

264Thou Shalt not Kill

1047On Stage Costume

265A certain Evening

1048The Yule Log and the Democrat

266A man and his Image

1049More Thoughts on Christmas

267The Mariner

1050Dickens Again

268The Triumph of man

1051Taffy

269Cyclopean

1052“Ego et Shavius Meus”

270Joseph

1053The Plan for a New Universe

271Modern Elfland

1054George Wyndham

272Eternities

1055Four Stupidities

273A Christmas Carol

1056On Historical Novels

274Alone

1057On Monsters

275King’s cross Station

1058Fancies Versus Fads

276The Human Tree

1059Introduction

277To them that Mourn

1060Chapter I. The Romance of Rhyme

278The Outlaw

1061Chapter II. Hamlet and the Psycho-analyst

279Behind

1062Chapter III. The Meaning of Mock Turkey

280The End of Fear

1063Chapter IV. Shakespeare and the Legal Lady

281The Holy of Holies

1064Chapter V. On Being an Old Bean

282The Mirror of Madmen

1065Chapter VI. The Fear of the Film

283E.100.b.

1066Chapter VII. Wings and the Housemaid

284The Desecraters

1067Chapter VIII. The Slavery of Free Verse

285An Alliance

1068Chapter IX. Prohibition and the Press

286The Ancient of Days

1069Chapter X. The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett

287The last Masquerade

1070Chapter XI. A Defence of Dramatic Unities

288The Earth’s Shame

1071Chapter XII. The Boredom of Butterflies

289Vanity

1072Chapter XIII. The Terror of a Toy

290The Lamp Post

1073Chapter XIV. False Theory and the Theatre

291The Pessimist

1074Chapter XV. The Secret Society of Mankind

292A Fairy Tale

1075Chapter XVI. The Sentimentalism of Divorce

293A Portrait

1076Chapter XVII. Street Cries and Stretching the Law

294Femina Contra Mundum

1077Chapter XVIII. Why Reforms Go Wrong

295To a certain Nation

1078Chapter XIX. The Innocence of the Criminal

296The Praise of Dust

1079Chapter XX. The Prudery of the Feminists

297The Ballad of the Battle of Gibeon

1080Chapter XXI. How Mad Laws Are Made

298‘Vulgarised’

1081Chapter XXII. The Pagoda of Progress

299The Ballad of God-makers

1082Chapter XXIII. The Myth of the &quot;Mayflower&quot;

300At Night

1083Chapter XXIV. Much Too Modern History

301The Wood-cutter

1084Chapter XXV. The Evolution of Slaves

302Art Colours

1085Chapter XXVI. Is Darwin Dead?

303The Two Women

1086Chapter XXVII. Turning Inside Out

304The Wild Knight

1087Chapter XXVIII. Strikes and the Spirit of Wonder

305The Wild Knight

1088Chapter XXIX. A Note on Old Nonsense

306Good News

1089Chapter XXX. Milton and Merry England

307Wine, Water, and Song

1090The Outline of Sanity

308The Englishman

1091Chapter I. Some General Ideas

309Wine and Water

1092Chapter II. Some Aspects of Big Business

310The Song Against Grocers

1093Chapter III. Some Aspects of the Land

311The Rolling English Road

1094Chapter IV. Some Aspects of Machinery

312The Song of Quoodle

1095Chapter V. A Note on Emigration

313Pioneers, O Pioneers

1096Chapter VI. A Summary

314The Logical Vegetarian

1097The Thing

315“The Saracen&#x27;s Head”

10981. Introduction

316The Good Rich Man

10992. The Sceptic as Critic

317The Song Against Songs

11003. Is Humanism a Religion?

318Me Heart

11014. The Drift from Domesticity

319The Song of the Oak

11025. Logic and Lawn Tennis

320The Road to Roundabout

11036. Obstinate Orthodoxy

321The Song of the Strange Ascetic

11047. The Usual Article

322The Song of Right and Wrong

11058. Why I am a Catholic

323Who Goes Home?

11069. What Do They Think?

324Poems, 1916

110710. The Mask of the Agnostic

325I. Three Dedications

110811. The Early Bird in History

326To Edmund Clerihew Bentley

110912. Protestantism: A Problem Novel

327To Hilaire Belloc

111013. A Simple Thought

328To M. E. W.

111114. The Call to the Barbarians

329II. War Poems

111215. One the Novel with a Purpose

330Lepanto

111316. The Revolt Against Ideas

331The March of the Black Mountain 1913

111417. The Feasts and the Ascetic

332Blessed are the Peacemakers

111518. Who Are the Conspirators?

333The Wife of Flanders

111619. The Hat and the Halo

334The Crusader Returns from Captivity

111720. On Two Allegories

335III. Love Poems

111821. The Protestant Supertitions

336Glencoe

111922. On Courage and Independence

337Love&#x27;s Trappist

112023. The Nordic Hindoo

338Confessional

112124. Spiritualist Looks Back

339Music

112225. The Roots of Sanity

340The Deluge

112326. Some of Our Errors

341The Strange Music

112427. The Slavery of the Mind

342The Great Minimum

112528. Inge Versus Barnes

343The Mortal Answers

112629. What We Think About

344A Marriage Song

112730. The Optimist as a Suicide

345Bay Combe

112831. The Outline of the Fall

346IV. Religious Poems

112932. The Idols of Scotland

347The Wise Men

113033. If They Had Believed

348The House of Christmas

113134. Peace and the Papacy

349A Song of Gifts to God

113235. The Spirit of Christmas

350The Kingdom of Heaven

1133Come to Think

351A Hymn for the Church Militant

1134Introduction

352The Beatific Vision

1135I. On Essays

353The Truce of Christmas

1136II. On What We Would Do with Two Million (If We Had It)

354A Hymn

1137III. On Boys

355A Christmas Song for Three Guilds

1138IV. On Literary Parallels

356The Nativity

1139V. On a Censorship for Literature

357A Child of the Snows

1140VI. On Detective Story Writers

358A Word

1141VII. On the New Poetry

359V. Rhymes for the Times

1142VIII. On the Classics

360Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode

1143IX. On Psycho-analysis

361The Revolutionist: Or Lines to a Statesman

1144X. On Egoists and Egoists

362The Shakespeare Memorial

1145XI On Mr. Epstein

363The Horrible History of Jones

1146XII On ‘Who Killed John Keats?’

364The New Freethinker

1147XIII. On Ingeland

365In Memoriam P.D.

1148XIV. On Loneliness

366Sonnet with the Compliments of the Season

1149XV. On the Importance of Why We Do (or Don’t)

367A Song of Swords

1150XVI. On the Open Conspiracy

368A Song of Defeat

1151XVII. On the Closed Conspiracy

369Sonnet

1152XVIII. On Current Claptrap

370Africa

1153XIX. On Evil Euphemisms

371The Dead Hero

1154XX. On Encyclopaedias

372An Election Echo 1906

1155XXI. On Preaching

373The Song of the Wheels

1156XXII. On the Timid Thinkers

374The Secret People

1157XXIII. On the Mythology of Scientists

375VI. Miscellaneous Poems

1158XXIV. On Change

376Lost

1159XXV. On Twilight Sleep

377Ballad of the Sun

1160XXVI. On Vulgarity

378Translation from Du Bellay

1161XXVII. On a Humiliating Heresy

379The Higher Unity

1162XXVIII. On Original Sin

380The Earth&#x27;s Vigil

1163XXIX. On the New Religion Coming

381On Righteous Indignation

1164XXX. On the Great God Namse

382When I Came Back to Fleet Street

1165XXXI. On the Innocence of Macaulay

383A Cider Song

1166XXXII. On Jane Austen in the General Election

384The Last Hero

1167XXXIII. On Dictatorships

385VII. Ballades

1168XXXIV. On Abolishing Sunday

386Ballade d&#x27;Une Grande Dame

1169XXXV. On Prohibition

387A Ballade of an Anti-puritan

1170XXXVI. On America

388A Ballade of a Book-reviewer

1171XXXVII. On Bigness and America

389A Ballade of Suicide

1172XXXVIII. On the American Revolt against Americanism

390A Ballade of the First Rain

1173XXXIX. On Abraham Lincoln

391The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses

1174XL. On Myself on Abraham Lincoln

392To F. C. In Memoriam Palestine, ’19

1175XLI. On Foch

393The Ballad of St. Barbara

1176XLII. On Dickens and After

394Elegy in a Country Churchyard

1177XLIII. On The King

395The Sword of Surprise

1178All is Grist

396A Wedding in War-time

1179I. On the Prudery of Slang

397The Mystery

1180II. On Liberties and Lotteries

398“The Myth of Arthur”

1181III. On the Nudists

399The Old Song

1182IV. On Business Education

400The Trinkets

1183V. On the Intellect of Yesterday

401The Philanthropist

1184VI. On Travel’s Surprises

402On the downs

1185VII. On Flocking

403The Red Sea

1186VIII. On the Behaviourist

404For a War Memorial

1187IX. On the Pleasures of no Longer being Very Young

405Memory

1188X. On Mr. Mencken and Fundamentalism

406The English Graves

1189XI. On Anthony Trollope: Historian

407Nightmare

1190XII. On the Way of the World

408A Second Childhood

1191XIII. On the New Insularity

409“Mediævalism”

1192XIV. On Christian Science

410Poland

1193XV. On Rest Cures for Nations

411The Hunting of the Dragon

1194XVI. On Philosophy versus Fiction

412Sonnet

1195XVII. On Logic and Lunacy

413Fantasia

1196XVIII. On the Thrills of Boredom

414A Christmas Carol

1197XIX. On Gossip about Heredity

415To Captain Fryatt

1198XX. On Dante and Beatrice

416For Four Guilds

1199XXI. On Quacks in the Home

4171. The Glass-stainers

1200XXII. On a Generally Accepted Mistake

4182. The Bridge-builders

1201XXIII. On the Later Portions of Poems

4193. The Stone-masons

1202XXIV. On the Romance of Childhood

4204. The Bell-ringers

1203XXV. On the Renaissance

421The Convert

1204XXVI. On the Laureateship

422Songs of Education

1205XXVII. On Living for Posterity

4231. History

1206XXVIII. On Mr Shaw’s Puritanism

4242. Geography

1207XXIX. On the Truth of Legends

4253. For the Crêche

1208XXX. On Experience

4264. Citizenship

1209XXXI. On Sightseeing

4275. The Higher Mathematics

1210XXXII. On Condiments and Conduct

4286. Hygiene

1211XXXIII. On Optimism and Scepticism

429The Ballad of the White Horse

1212XXXIV. On Thoughts in Canada

430Prefatory Note

1213XXXV. On the Bad Word for Guild

431Dedication

1214XXXVI. On Sophistication

432Book I

1215XXXVII. On Dress and Decorum

433Book II

1216XXXVIII. On Algernon Charles Swinburne

434Book III

1217Sidelights on New London and Newer York

435Book IV

1218A First Word

436Book V

1219Part I: New London

437Book VI

1220I. On Bright Old Things — And Other Things

438Book VII

1221II. On Calling Names — Christian and Otherwise

439Book VIII

1222III. On Keeping Your Hair On

440Gloria in Profundis

1223IV. The Cowardice of Cocktails and other Things

441Ubi Ecclesia

1224V. Gates and Gate-crashers

442Rotarians

1225VI. The Unpsychological Age

443Plays

1226VII. The True Victorian Hypocrisy

444Magic – A Fantastic Comedy

1227VIII. Marriage and the Modern Mind

445The Characters

1228Part II: Newer York

446The Prelude

1229I. The American Ideal

447Act I

1230II. A Plea for Prohibition

448Act II

1231III. Which is the Government?

449Act III

1232IV. A Monster: The Political Dry

450The Turkey and the Turk

1233V. Bernard Shaw and America

451Literary Criticism

1234VI. The Case Against Main Street

452A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls

1235VII. The Case for Main Street

453Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

1236VIII. They are All Puritans

454Introduction

1237IX. Skyscrapers

455Sketches by Boz

1238X. And what about the Quakers?

456Pickwick Papers

1239XI. Abraham Lincoln in London

457Nicholas Nickleby

1240XII. Unknown America

458Oliver Twist

1241XIII. What of the Republic?

459Old Curiosity Shop

1242XIV. Return to the Vision

460Barnaby Rudge

1243Part III: Other Essays

461American Notes

1244I. The Spirit of the Age in Literature

462Pictures from Italy

1245II. The Middleman in Poetry

463Martin Chuzzlewit

1246III. Shakespeare and Shaw

464Christmas Books

1247IV. Bernard Shaw and Breakages

465Dombey and Son

1248V. The Popularity of Dickens

466David Copperfield

1249VI. Magic and Fantasy in Fiction

467Christmas Stories

1250All I Survey

468Bleak House

1251Essay I: On the Child

469Child’s History of England

1252Essay II: On the Standardization of Stevenson

470Hard times

1253Essay III: On Turnpikes and Mediævalism

471Little Dorrit

1254Essay IV: On Mammoth Portraiture

472A Tale of Two Cities

1255Essay V: On War Memorials

473Great Expectations

1256Essay VI: On Old Men Who Make Wars

474Our Mutual Friend

1257Essay VII: On Vachel Lindsay

475Edwin Drood

1258Essay VIII: On the Staleness of Revolt

476Master Humphrey’s Clock

1259Essay IX: On Dependence and Independence

477Reprinted Pieces

1260Essay X: On the Teutonic Theory

478The Victorian Age in Literature

1261Essay XI: On Phases of Eccentricity

479Introduction

1262Essay XII: On Bad Poetry

480Chapter 1. The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies

1263Essay XIII: On Negative Morality

481Chapter 2. The Great Victorian Novelists

1264Essay XIV: On Jonathan Swift

482Chapter 3. The Great Victorian Poets

1265Essay XV: On the Creative and the Critical

483Chapter 4. The Break-up of the Compromise

1266Essay XVI: On a New Tax

484Bibliographical Note

1267Essay XVII: On Sense and Sound

485Charles Dickens - Critical Study

1268Essay XVIII: On Literary Cliques

486Chapter 1. The Dickens Period

1269Essay XIX: On the Simplicity of Asia

487Chapter 2. The Boyhood of Dickens

1270Essay XX: On Fate and a Communist

488Chapter 3. The Youth of Dickens

1271Essay XXI: On St. George Revivified

489Chapter 4. “The Pickwick Papers”

1272Essay XXII: On Journalistic Philosophy

490Chapter 5. The great Popularity

1273Essay XXIII: On Industrialism

491Chapter 6. Dickens and America

1274Essay XXIV: On Mr. Thomas Gray

492Chapter 7. Dickens and Christmas

1275Essay XXV: On Evolutionary Educators

493Chapter 8. The Time of Transition

1276Essay XXVI: On the Contiguous Past

494Chapter 9. Later Life and works

1277Essay XXVII: On the Merry Monarch

495Chapter 10. The Great Dickens Characters

1278Essay XXVIII: On Suicide: North and South

496Chapter 11. On the Alleged Optimism of Dickens

1279Essay XXIX: On Modern &quot;Paganism&quot;

497Chapter 12. A Note on the Future of Dickens

1280Essay XXX: On Brevity and Wit

498Hilaire Belloc

1281Essay XXXI: On Education

499Robert Louis Stevenson

1282Essay XXXII: On Romanticism and Youth

500Chapter 1. “The Myth of Stevenson”

1283Essay XXXIII: On Mr. Geoffrey Chaucer

501Chapter 2. in The Country of Skelt

1284Essay XXXIV: On Monsters

502Chapter 3. Youth and Edinburgh

1285Essay XXXV: On Love

503Chapter 4. The Reaction to Romance

1286Essay XXXVI: On Fictional Conventions

504Chapter 5. The Scottish Stories

1287Essay XXXVII: On Sweepstakes and Gambling

505Chapter 6. The Style of Stevenson

1288Essay XXXVIII: On Making Good—I

506Chapter 7. Experiment and Range

1289Essay XXXIX: On Making Good—II

507Chapter 8. The Limits of a Craft

1290Essay XL: On Eyebrows

508Chapter 9. The Philosophy of Gesture

1291Essay XLI: On Eating and Sleeping

509Chapter 10. The Moral of Stevenson

1292Essay XLII: On Sir Walter Scott

510Biographical Works

1293Essay XLIII: On the Solar System

511Thomas Carlyle

1294Essay XLIV: On Thoughtless Remarks

512Biography of Thomas Carlyle

1295The Well and the Shallows

513Biographical Notes

1296Introductory Note

514Note on some Portraits of Thomas Carlyle

1297An Apology for Buffoons

515Robert Louis Stevenson

1298My Six Conversions

516The Personality and Style of Robert Louis Stevenson

1299I. The Religion of Fossils

517The Characteristics of Robert Louis Stevenson

1300II. When the World Turned Back

518Home from the Hill

1301III. The Surrender Upon Sex

519Biographical Notes

1302IV. The Prayer-book Problem

520Leo Tolstoy

1303V. The Collapse of Materialism

521I. Tolstoy

1304VI. The Case of Spain

522II. Leo Tolstoy as a Writer

1305VII. The Well and the Shallows

523III. Tolstoy’s Place in European Literature

1306The Return to Religion

524IV. Biographical Note

1307The Reaction of the Intellectuals

525Charles Dickens

1308Levity—Or Levitation

526Tennyson

1309The Case for Hermits

527I. Tennyson

1310Killing the Nerve

528II. Tennyson as an Intellectual Force

1311The Case of Claudel

529III. Biographical Notes

1312The Higher Nihilism

530Thackeray

1313The Ascetic at Large

531I. Thackeray

1314The Backward Bolshie

532II. The Characters and Places of Thackeray’s Books

1315The Last Turn

533III. Biographical Notes

1316The New Luther

534IV. Notes on the Portraits of Thackeray

1317Babies and Distributism

535Robert Browning

1318Three Foes of the Family

536Chapter 1. Browning in Early Life

1319The Don and the Cavalier

537Chapter 2. Early Works

1320The Church and Agoraphobia

538Chapter 3. Browning and His Marriage

1321Back in the Fog

539Chapter 4. Browning in Italy

1322The Historic Moment

540Chapter 5. Browning in Later Life

1323Mary and the Convert

541Chapter 6. Browning as a Literary Artist

1324A Century of Emancipation

542Chapter 7. The Ring and the Book

1325Trade Terms

543Chapter 8. The Philosophy of Browning

1326Frozen Free Thought

544G.F. Watts

1327Shocking the Modernists

545George Bernard Shaw

1328A Grammar of Knighthood

546Introduction to the First Edition

1329Reflections on a Rotten Apple

547The Problem of a Preface

1330Sex and Property

548The Irishman

1331St. Thomas More

549The Puritan

1332The Return of Caesar

550The Progressive

1333Austria

551The Critic

1334The Scripture Reader

552The Dramatist

1335An Explanation

553The Philosopher

1336Why Protestants Prohibit

554William Blake (pt. 1)

1337Where is the Paradox?

555William Blake (pt. 2)

1338As I was Saying

556Milton: Man and Poet

1339I. About Mad Metaphors

557Lord Kitchener

1340II. About Loving Germans

558St Francis of Assisi

1341III. About Impenitence

559I. The Problem of St. Francis

1342IV. About Traffic

560II. The World St. Francis Found

1343V. About the Censor

561III. Francis the Fighter

1344VI. About Shamelessness

562IV. Francis the Builder

1345VII. About Puritanism

563V. Le Jongleur De Dieu

1346VIII. About Sir James Jeans

564VI. The Little Poor Man

1347IX. About Voltaire

565VII. The Three Orders

1348X. About Beliefs

566VIII. The Mirror of Christ

1349XI. About Modern Girls

567IX. Miracles and Death

1350XII. About Poetry

568X. The Testament of St. Francis

1351XIII. About Blondes

569William Cobbett

1352XIV. About S.T.C.

570I. The Revival of Cobbett

1353XV. About the Past

571II. A Self-made Man

1354XVI. About Meredith

572III. The Tragedy of the Patriot

1355XVII. About Political Creeds

573IV. Revolution and the Bones of Paine

1356XVIII. About Shirts

574V. The Amateur Historian

1357XIX. About White Fronts

575VI. The Rural Rider

1358XX. About Impermanence

576VII. Last Days and Death

1359XXI. About Morris

577Chaucer

1360XXII. About Widows

578Introduction

1361XXIII. About Relativity

579Chapter I. The Greatness of Chaucer

1362XXIV. About Changing Human Nature

580Chapter II. The Age of Chaucer

1363XXV. About Historians

581Chapter III. Public and Private Life

1364XXVI. About Bad Comparisons

582Chapter IV. The Garden of Romance

1365XXVII. About Change

583Chapter V. The Canterbury Tales

1366XXVIII. About the Workers

584Chapter VI. Chaucer as an Englishman

1367XXIX. About Education

585Chapter VII. Chaucer and the Renaissance

1368XXX. About the Telephone

586Chapter VIII. The Religion of Chaucer

1369XXXI. About the Films

587Chapter IX. The Moral of the Story

1370XXXII. About Darwinism

588St Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox

1371XXXIII. About Shockers

589Introductory Note

1372XXXIV. About Beggars and Soldiers

590I. On Two Friars

1373XXXV. About Sacrifice

591II. The Runaway Abbot

1374XXXVI. About Royal Weddings

592III. The Aristotelian Revolution

1375Essays from the Common Man

593IV. A Meditation on the Manichees

1376The Common Man

594V. The Real Life of St. Thomas

1377A Midsummer Night’s Dream

595VI. The Approach to Thomism

1378On Reading

596VII. The Permanent Philosophy

1379Monsters and the Middle Ages

597VIII. The Sequel to St. Thomas

1380What Novelists are For

598Historical Works

1381The Song of Roland

599A Short History of England

1382The Superstition of School

600I. Introduction

1383The Romance of a Rascal

601II. The Province of Britain

1384Paying for Patriotism

602III. The Age of Legends

1385The Pantomime

603IV. The Defeat of the Barbarians

1386Reading the Riddle

604V. St. Edward and the Norman Kings

1387A Tale of Two Cities

605VI. The Age of the Crusades

1388God and Goods

606VII. The Problem of the Plantagenets

1389From Meredith to Rupert Brooke

607VIII. The Meaning of Merry England

1390The Dangers of Necromancy

608IX. Nationality and the French Wars

1391Giotto and St. Francis

609X. The War of the Usurpers

1392The New Groove

610XI. The Rebellion of the Rich

1393The Real Dr. Johnson

611XII. Spain and the Schism of Nations

1394Rabelaisian Regrets

612XIII. The Age of the Puritans

1395The Hound of Heaven

613XIV. The Triumph of the Whigs

1396The Frivolous Man

614XV. The War with the Great Republics

1397Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron

615XVI. Aristocracy and the Discontents

1398Henry James

616XVII. The Return of the Barbarian

1399The Strange Talk of Two Victorians

617XVIII. Conclusion

1400Laughter

618The Barbarism of Berlin (The Appetite of Tyranny)

1401Tales from Tolstoi

619Introduction: The Facts of the Case

1402The New Case for Catholic Schools

620I. The War on the Word

1403Vulgarity

621II. The Refusal of Reciprocity

1404The Revival of Philosophy — Why?

622III. The Appetite of Tyranny

1405Vandalism

623IV. The Escape of Folly

1406Elizabeth Barrett Browning

624Letters to an Old Garibaldian

1407The Erastian on the Establishment

625The Crimes of England

1408The End of the Moderns

626Chapter I. Some Words to Professor Whirlwind

1409Walter De La Mare

627Chapter II. The Protestant Hero

1410The Meaning of Metre

628Chapter III. The Enigma of Waterloo

1411Concerning a Strange City

629Chapter IV. The Coming of the Janissaries

1412The Epitaph of Pierpont Morgan

630Chapter V. The Lost England

1413The New Bigotry

631Chapter VI. Hamlet and the Danes

1414Books for Boys

632Chapter VII. The Midnight of Europe

1415The Outline of Liberty

633Chapter VIII. The Wrong Horse

1416A Note on Nudism

634Chapter IX. The Awakening of England

1417Consulting the Encyclopaedia

635Chapter X. The Battle of the Marne

1418If I had only One Sermon to Preach

636Note on the Word &quot;English&quot;

1419If Don John of Austria had Married Mary Queen of Scots

637The New Jerusalem

1420Essays

638Preface

1421A Sermon on Cheapness

639Chapter I. The Way of the Cities

1422On Manners

640Chapter II. The Way of the Desert

1423For Persons of the Name of Smith

641Chapter III. The Gates of the City

1424The True Vanity of Vanities

642Chapter IV. The Philosophy of Sight-seeing

1425Written in the Sand

643Chapter V. The Streets of the City

1426A Case of Comrades

644Chapter VI. The Groups of the City

1427Something

645Chapter VII. The Shadow of the Problem

1428Asparagus

646Chapter VIII. The Other Side of the Desert

1429The English Spirit and the Flea

647Chapter IX. The Battle with the Dragon

1430The Hobby and the Head Waiter

648Chapter X. The Endless Empire

1431Walking Tours

649Chapter XI. The Meaning of the Crusade

1432The Blindness of the Sightseer

650Chapter XII. The Fall of Chivalry

1433The Aesthetes in the Kitchen Garden

651Chapter XIII. The Problem of Zionism

1434The Need of Personalities in Politics

652Conclusion

1435The Largest Window in the World

653Theological Works

1436The Apostle and the Wild Ducks

654Heretics

1437Statues

655Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

1438A Theory of Tyrants

656On the Negative Spirit

1439An Anecdote of Persecution

657On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small

1440The Return of Pageantry

658Mr. Bernard Shaw

1441Rational History

659Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants

1442The Unknown Warrior

660Christmas and the Aesthetes

1443Ruskin: the Humorist

661Omar and the Sacred Vine

1444Literature of Information

662The Mildness of the Yellow Press

1445Eulogy of Robin Hood

663The Moods of Mr. George Moore

1446A Plea for Hasty Journalism

664On Sandals and Simplicity

1447The Voice of Shelley

665Science and the Savages

1448The Great Translation

666Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson

1449What is Right With the World

667Celts and Celtophiles

1450Literary Essays

668On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family

1451Sentimental Literature

669On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set

1452Fiction as Food, Part 2

670On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity

1453The Soul in Every Legend

671On the Wit of Whistler

1454The Everlasting Nights

672The Fallacy of the Young Nation

1455Aesop&#x27;s Fables

673Slum Novelists and the Slums

1456As Large as Life in Dickens

674Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

1457Charlotte Bronte as a Romantic

675Orthodoxy

1458The Philosophy of Islands

676Chapter I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else

1459On Holidays

677Chapter II. The Maniac

1460The Peasant

678Chapter III. The Suicide of Thought

1461The Lost Railway Station

679Chapter IV. The Ethics of Elfland

1462Bethlehem and the Great Cities

680Chapter V. The Flag of the World

1463The Comic Constable

681Chapter VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity

1464On Losing One’s Head

682Chapter VII. The Eternal Revolution

1465On Fragments

683Chapter VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy

1466Newspaper Articles

684Chapter IX. Authority and the Adventurer

1467The Glass Walking-stick

685The Everlasting Man

1468History in Stone

686Preface

1469The Old Nurse

687Introduction: The Plan of This Book

1470Playing with an Idea

688Part I: On the Creature Called Man

1471The Walking Paradox

689Chapter 1. The Man in the Cave

1472The Colour of Spain

690Chapter 2. Professors and Prehistoric Men

1473The Tradition of Toledo

691Chapter 3. The Antiquity of Civilisation

1474Tom Jones and the Escorial

692Chapter 4. God and Comparative Religion

1475Poetry in Action

693Chapter 5. Man and Mythologies

1476The Romance of History

694Chapter 6. Demons and Philosophers

1477The Heraldic Lion

695Chapter 7. The War of the Gods and Demons

1478The Court of Camelot

696Chapter 8. The End of the World

1479Wolfe and the Midshipman

697Part II: On the Man Called Christ

1480About Christianity

698Chapter 1. The God in the Cave

1481St George for England

699Chapter 2. The Riddles of the Gospel

1482The National Anthem

700Chapter 3. The Strangest Story in the World

1483King George IV

701Chapter 4. The Witness of the Heretics

1484King Edward VII

702Chapter 5. The Escape from Paganism

1485King George V

703Chapter 6. The Five Deaths of the Faith

1486On Lying in State

704Conclusion: The Summary of this Book

1487The Alphabet of Giants

705Appendix

1488Baroque and Gothic Architecture

7061. On Prehistoric Man

1489Robert Bruce and His Age

7072. On Authority and Accuracy

1490What Might Have Been

708The Catholic Church and Conversion

1491The Age of Reason

709Chapter I. Introductory: A New Religion

1492The Victorians

710Chapter II. The Obvious Blunders

1493The National Spirit

711Chapter III. The Real Obstacles

1494The Rights of Ritual

712Chapter IV. The World Inside Out

1495The Inside of Life

713Chapter V. The Exception Proves the Rule

1496Tricks of Memory

714Chapter VI. A Note on Present Prospects

1497The Code Napoleon

715Eugenics and other Evils

1498Cyrano and Chantecler

716Part I. The False Theory

1499Passing Through the Customs

717Chapter I. What is Eugenics?

1500His Sigh is a Hullaballoo

718Chapter II. The First Obstacles

1501The Narrowness of Novelty

719Chapter III. The Anarchy from Above

1502The Merits of Shakespeare’s Plots

720Chapter IV. The Lunatic and the Law

1503A Plea for the Heroic Couplet

721Chapter V. The Flying Authority

1504To Praise, Exalt, Establish, and Defend

722Chapter VI. The Unanswered Challenge

1505On the True Artist

723Chapter VII. The Established Church of Doubt

1506On the Essay

724Chapter VIII. A Summary of a False Theory

1507Travel Sketches

725Part II. The Real Aim

1508Irish Impressions

726Chapter I. The Impotence of Impenitence

1509I. Two Stones in a Square

727Chapter II. True History of a Tramp

1510II. The Root of Reality

728Chapter III. True History of a Eugenist

1511III. The Family and the Feud

729Chapter IV. The Vengeance of the Flesh

1512IV. The Paradox of Labour

730Chapter V. The Meanness of the Motive

1513V. The Englishman in Ireland

731Chapter VI. The Eclipse of Liberty

1514VI. The Mistake of England

732Chapter VII. The Transformation of Socialism

1515VII. The Mistake of Ireland

733Chapter VIII. The End of the Household Gods

1516VIII. An Example and a Question

734Chapter IX. A Short Chapter

1517IX. Belfast and the Religious Problem

735Essays

1518What I Saw in America

736The Defendant

1519What is America?

737In Defence of a New Edition

1520A Meditation in a New York Hotel

738Introduction

1521A Meditation in Broadway

739A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls

1522Irish and other Interviewers

740A Defence of Rash Vows

1523Some American Cities

741A Defence of Skeletons

1524In the American Country

742A Defence of Publicity

1525The American Business Man

743A Defence of Nonsense

1526Presidents and Problems

744A Defence of Planets

1527Prohibition in Fact and Fancy

745A Defence of China Shepherdesses

1528Fads and Public Opinion

746A Defence of Useful Information

1529The Extraordinary American

747A Defence of Heraldry

1530The Republican in the Ruins

748A Defence of Ugly Things

1531Is the Atlantic Narrowing?

749A Defence of Farce

1532Lincoln and Lost Causes

750A Defence of Humility

1533Wells and the World State

751A Defence of Slang

1534A New Martin Chuzzlewit

752A Defence of Baby-worship

1535The Spirit of America

753A Defence of Detective Stories

1536The Spirit of England

754A Defence of Patriotism

1537The Future of Democracy

755Varied Types

1538Autobiography by G. K. Chesterton

756Charlotte Brontë

15391. Hearsay Evidence

757William Morris and his School

15402. The Man with the Golden Key

758Optimism of Byron

15413. How to Be A Dunce

759Pope and the art of Satire

15424. How to Be A Lunatic

760Francis

15435. Nationalism and Notting Hill

761Rostand

15446. The Fantastic Suburb

762Charles II

15457. The Crime of Orthodoxy

763Stevenson

15468. Figures in Fleet Street

764Thomas Carlyle

15479. The Case against Corruption

765Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity

154810. Friendship and Foolery

766Savonarola

154911. The Shadow of the Sword

767The Position of Sir Walter Scott

155012. Some Political Celebrities

768Bret Harte

155113. Some Literary Celebrities

769Alfred the Great

155214. Portrait of A Friend

770Maeterlinck

155315. The Incomplete Traveller

771Ruskin

155416. The God with the Golden Key

772Queen Victoria

1555G. K. Chesterton – A Critical Study by Julius West

773The German Emperor

1556I. Introductory

774Tennyson

1557II. The Romancer

775Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1558III. The Maker of Magic

776All Things Considered

1559IV. The Critic of Large Things

777The Case for the Ephemeral

1560V. The Humorist and the Poet

778Cockneys and their Jokes

1561VI. The Religion of a Debater

779The Fallacy of Success

1562VII. The Politician Who Could Not Tell The Time

780On running after One&#x27;s Hat

1563VIII. A Decadent of Sorts

781The Vote and the House

1564Analysis

782Conceit and Caricature

1565Reflection

783Patriotism and Sport

1566Memorable Quotes

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