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Title: Index of The Project Gutenberg Works of Gilbert K. Chesterton
Author: Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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WORKS OF GILBERT K. CHESTERTON
CONTENTS
## THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN_
## THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
## HERETICS
## THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
## THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES
## WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
## MANALIVE
## THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE
## THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
## THE TREES OF PRIDE
## A MISCELLANY OF MEN
## UTOPIA OF USURERS AND OTHER ESSAYS
## THE BALL AND THE CROSS
## TREMENDOUS TRIFLES
## ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS
## ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
## THE CRIMES OF ENGLAND
## THE BARBARISM OF BERLIN
## THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
## THE WILD KNIGHT AND OTHER POEMS
## THE DEFENDANT
## TWELVE TYPES
## ROBERT BROWNING
## THE NEW JERUSALEM
## VARIED TYPES
## ORTHODOXY
## THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE
MAGIC_
## GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
## A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
## THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
## EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS
LORD KITCHENER
## WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA
## POEMS
## THE BALLAD OF ST. BARBARA
## WINE, WATER, AND SONG
## A CHESTERTON CALENDAR
## BIOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS
GREYBEARDS AT PLAY
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN
By G. K. Chesterton
Contents
The Blue Cross
The Secret Garden
The Queer Feet
The Flying Stars
The Invisible Man
The Honour of Israel Gow
The Wrong Shape
The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Hammer of God
The Eye of Apollo
The Sign of the Broken Sword
The Three Tools of Death
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
By G. K. Chesterton
Contents
ONE — The Absence of Mr Glass
TWO — The Paradise of Thieves
THREE — The Duel of Dr Hirsch
FOUR — The Man in the Passage
FIVE — The Mistake of the Machine
SIX — The Head of Caesar
SEVEN — The Purple Wig
EIGHT — The Perishing of the Pendragons
NINE — The God of the Gongs
TEN — The Salad of Colonel Cray
ELEVEN — The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
TWELVE — The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
HERETICS
by
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Table of Contents
1. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Othodoxy
2. On the Negative Spirit
3. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
4. Mr. Bernard Shaw
5. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants
6. Christmas and the Esthetes
7. Omar and the Sacred Vine
8. The Mildness of the Yellow Press
9. The Moods of Mr. George Moore
10. On Sandals and Simplicity
11. Science and the Savages
12. Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
13. Celts and Celtophiles
14. On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
15. On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
16. On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity
17. On the Wit of Whistler
18. The Fallacy of the Young Nation
19. Slum Novelists and the Slums
20. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
A NIGHTMARE
by G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
A WILD, MAD, HILARIOUS AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING TALE
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
CHAPTER I. THE TWO POETS OF SAFFRON PARK
CHAPTER II. THE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME
CHAPTER III. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
CHAPTER IV. THE TALE OF A DETECTIVE
CHAPTER V. THE FEAST OF FEAR
CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSURE
CHAPTER VII. THE UNACCOUNTABLE CONDUCT OF PROFESSOR DE WORMS
CHAPTER VIII. THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
CHAPTER IX. THE MAN IN SPECTACLES
CHAPTER X. THE DUEL
CHAPTER XI. THE CRIMINALS CHASE THE POLICE
CHAPTER XII. THE EARTH IN ANARCHY
CHAPTER XIII. THE PURSUIT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XIV. THE SIX PHILOSOPHERS
CHAPTER XV. THE ACCUSER
THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES
by G. K. Chesterton
Contents
Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown
Chapter 2. The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation
Chapter 3. The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit
Chapter 4. The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent
Chapter 5. The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd
Chapter 6. The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
By G.K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
I. THE MEDICAL MISTAKE
II. WANTED, AN UNPRACTICAL MAN
III. THE NEW HYPOCRITE
IV. THE FEAR OF THE PAST
V. THE UNFINISHED TEMPLE
VI. THE ENEMIES OF PROPERTY
VII. THE FREE FAMILY
VIII. THE WILDNESS OF DOMESTICITY
IX. HISTORY OF HUDGE AND GUDGE
X. OPPRESSION BY OPTIMISM
XI. THE HOMELESSNESS OF JONES
PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
I. THE CHARM OF JINGOISM
II. WISDOM AND THE WEATHER
III. THE COMMON VISION
IV. THE INSANE NECESSITY
PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
I. THE UNMILITARY SUFFRAGETTE
II. THE UNIVERSAL STICK
III. THE EMANCIPATION OF DOMESTICITY
IV. THE ROMANCE OF THRIFT
V. THE COLDNESS OF CHLOE
VI. THE PEDANT AND THE SAVAGE
VII. THE MODERN SURRENDER OF WOMAN
VIII. THE BRAND OF THE FLEUR-DE-LIS
IX. SINCERITY AND THE GALLOWS
X. THE HIGHER ANARCHY
XI. THE QUEEN AND THE SUFFRAGETTES
XII. THE MODERN SLAVE
PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
I. THE CALVINISM OF TO-DAY
II. THE TRIBAL TERROR
III. THE TRICKS OF ENVIRONMENT
IV. THE TRUTH ABOUT EDUCATION
V. AN EVIL CRY
VI. AUTHORITY THE UNAVOIDABLE
VII. THE HUMILITY OF MRS. GRUNDY
VIII. THE BROKEN RAINBOW
IX. THE NEED FOR NARROWNESS
X. THE CASE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
XI. THE SCHOOL FOR HYPOCRITES
XII. THE STALENESS OF THE NEW SCHOOLS
XIII. THE OUTLAWED PARENT
XIV. FOLLY AND FEMALE EDUCATION
PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN
I. THE EMPIRE OF THE INSECT
II. THE FALLACY OF THE UMBRELLA STAND
III. THE DREADFUL DUTY OF GUDGE
IV. A LAST INSTANCE
V. CONCLUSION
THREE NOTES
I. ON FEMALE SUFFRAGE
II. ON CLEANLINESS IN EDUCATION
III. ON PEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP
MANALIVE
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
Part I — THE ENIGMAS OF INNOCENT SMITH
Chapter I — How the Great Wind Came to Beacon House
Chapter II — The Luggage of an Optimist
Chapter III — The Banner of Beacon
Chapter IV — The Garden of the God
Chapter V — The Allegorical Practical Joker
Part II — THE EXPLANATIONS OF INNOCENT SMITH
Chapter I — The Eye of Death; or, the Murder Charge
Chapter II — The Two Curates; or, the Burglary Charge
Chapter III — The Round Road; or, the Desertion Charge
Chapter IV — The Wild Weddings; or, the Polygamy Charge
Chapter V — How the Great Wind Went from Beacon House
PART I — THE ENIGMAS OF INNOCENT SMITH
THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE
By G.K. Chesterton
Contents
DEDICATION
BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING
BOOK II. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS
BOOK III. THE HARP OF ALFRED
BOOK IV. THE WOMAN IN THE FOREST
BOOK V. ETHANDUNE: THE FIRST STROKE
BOOK VI. ETHANDUNE: THE SLAYING OF THE CHIEFS
BOOK VII. ETHANDUNE: THE LAST CHARGE
BOOK VIII. THE SCOURING OF THE HORSE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
By Gilbert K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
I. THE FACE IN THE TARGET
II. THE VANISHING PRINCE
III. THE SOUL OF THE SCHOOLBOY
IV. THE BOTTOMLESS WELL
V. THE FAD OF THE FISHERMAN
VI. THE HOLE IN THE WALL
VII. THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE
VIII. THE VENGEANCE OF THE STATUE
THE TREES OF PRIDE
by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Contents
THE TREES OF PRIDE
I. THE TALE OF THE PEACOCK TREES
II. THE WAGER OF SQUIRE VANE
III. THE MYSTERY OF THE WELL
IV. THE CHASE AFTER THE TRUTH
A MISCELLANY OF MEN
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
THE SUFFRAGIST
THE POET AND THE CHEESE
THE THING
THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS
THE NAMELESS MAN
THE GARDENER AND THE GUINEA
THE VOTER AND THE TWO VOICES
THE MAD OFFICIAL
THE ENCHANTED MAN
THE SUN WORSHIPPER
THE WRONG INCENDIARY
THE FREE MAN
THE HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLDER
THE PRIEST OF SPRING
THE REAL JOURNALIST
THE SENTIMENTAL SCOT
THE SECTARIAN OF SOCIETY
THE FOOL
THE CONSCRIPT AND THE CRISIS
THE MISER AND HIS FRIENDS
THE MYSTAGOGUE
THE RED REACTIONARY
THE SEPARATIST AND SACRED THINGS
THE MUMMER
THE ARISTOCRATIC 'ARRY
THE NEW THEOLOGIAN
THE ROMANTIC IN THE RAIN
THE FALSE PHOTOGRAPHER
THE SULTAN
THE ARCHITECT OF SPEARS
THE MAN ON TOP
THE OTHER KIND OF MAN
THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAIN
THE DIVINE DETECTIVE
THE ELF OF JAPAN
THE CHARTERED LIBERTINE
THE CONTENTED MAN
THE ANGRY AUTHOR: HIS FAREWELL
UTOPIA OF USURERS AND OTHER ESSAYS
By Gilbert Keith Chesterton
CONTENTS
A SONG OF SWORDS
UTOPIA OF USURERS
THE ESCAPE
THE NEW RAID
THE NEW NAME
A WORKMAN’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE IRISH
LIBERALISM: A SAMPLE
THE FATIGUE OF FLEET STREET
THE AMNESTY FOR AGGRESSION
REVIVE THE COURT JESTER
THE ART OF MISSING THE POINT
THE SERVILE STATE AGAIN
THE EMPIRE OF THE IGNORANT
THE SYMBOLISM OF KRUPP
THE TOWER OF BEBEL
A REAL DANGER
THE DREGS OF PURITANISM
THE TYRANNY OF BAD JOURNALISM
THE POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION
THE BALL AND THE CROSS
By G.K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
I. A DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT IN THE AIR
II. THE RELIGION OF THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE
III. SOME OLD CURIOSITIES
IV. A DISCUSSION AT DAWN
V. THE PEACEMAKER
VI. THE OTHER PHILOSOPHER
VII. THE VILLAGE OF GRASSLEY-IN-THE-HOLE
VIII. AN INTERLUDE OF ARGUMENT
IX. THE STRANGE LADY
X. THE SWORDS REJOINED
XI. A SCANDAL IN THE VILLAGE
XII. THE DESERT ISLAND
XIII. THE GARDEN OF PEACE
XIV. A MUSEUM OF SOULS
XV. THE DREAM OF MACIAN
XVI. THE DREAM OF TURNBULL
XVII. THE IDIOT
XVIII. A RIDDLE OF FACES
XIX. THE LAST PARLEY
XX. DIES IRAE
TREMENDOUS TRIFLES
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. Tremendous Trifles
II. A Piece of Chalk
III. The Secret of a Train
IV. The Perfect Game
V. The Extraordinary Cabman
VI. An Accident
VII. The Advantages of Having One Leg
VIII. The End of the World
IX. In the Place de La Bastille
X. On Lying in Bed
XI. The Twelve Men
XII. The Wind and the Trees
XIII. The Dickensian
XIV. In Topsy-Turvy Land
XV. What I Found in My Pocket
XVI. The Dragon's Grandmother
XVII. The Red Angel
XVIII. The Tower
XIX. How I Met the President
XX. The Giant
XXI. A Great Man
XXII. The Orthodox Barber
XXIII. The Toy Theatre
XXIV. A Tragedy of Twopence
XXV. A Cab Ride Across Country
XXVI. The Two Noises
XXVII. Some Policemen and a Moral
XXVIII. The Lion
XXIX. Humanity: an Interlude
XXX. The Little Birds Who Won't Sing
XXXI. The Riddle of the Ivy
XXXII. The Travellers in State
XXXIII. The Prehistoric Railway Station
XXXIV. The Diabolist
XXXV. A Glimpse of My Country
XXXVI. A Somewhat Improbable Story
XXXVII. The Shop Of Ghosts
XXXVIII. The Ballade of a Strange Town
XXXIX. The Mystery of a Pageant
ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
Introductory: On Gargoyles
I
II
III
The Surrender of a Cockney
The Nightmare
The Telegraph Poles
A Drama of Dolls
The Man and His Newspaper
The Appetite of Earth
Simmons and the Social Tie
Cheese
The Red Town
The Furrows
The Philosophy of Sight-seeing
A Criminal Head
The Wrath of the Roses
The Gold of Glastonbury
The Futurists
Dukes
The Glory of Grey
The Anarchist
How I found the Superman
The New House
The Wings of Stone
The Three Kinds of Men
The Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
The Field of Blood
The Strangeness of Luxury
The Triumph of the Donkey
The Wheel
Five Hundred and Fifty-five
Ethandune
The Flat Freak
The Garden of the Sea
The Sentimentalist
The White Horses
The Long Bow
The Modern Scrooge
The High Plains
The Chorus
A Romance of the Marshes
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
1915
CONTENTS
THE CASE FOR THE EPHEMERAL
COCKNEYS AND THEIR JOKES
THE FALLACY OF SUCCESS
ON RUNNING AFTER ONE'S HAT
THE VOTE AND THE HOUSE
CONCEIT AND CARICATURE
PATRIOTISM AND SPORT.
AN ESSAY ON TWO CITIES.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
THE ZOLA CONTROVERSY
OXFORD FROM WITHOUT
WOMAN
THE MODERN MARTYR
ON POLITICAL SECRECY
THOUGHTS AROUND KOEPENICK
THE BOY
ON THE CRYPTIC AND THE ELLIPTIC
THE WORSHIP OF THE WEALTHY
THE METHUSELAHITE
THE ERROR OF IMPARTIALITY
FAIRY TALES
TOM JONES AND MORALITY
THE MAID OF ORLEANS
A DEAD POET
CHRISTMAS
THE CRIMES OF ENGLAND
By Gilbert K. Chesterton
1916
DETAILED CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
SOME WORDS TO PROFESSOR WHIRLWIND
The German Professor, his need of Education
for Debate—Three Mistakes of German
Controversialists—The Multiplicity of
Excuses—Falsehood against Experience—
Kultur preached by Unkultur—The Mistake
about Bernard Shaw—German Lack of
Welt-Politik—Where England is really
Wrong.
CHAPTER II
THE PROTESTANT HERO
Suitable Finale for the German Emperor—Frederick
II. and the Power of
Fear—German Influence in England since
Lather—Our German Kings and Allies—
Triumph of Frederick the Great.
CHAPTER III
THE ENIGMA OF WATERLOO
How we helped Napoleon—The Revolution
and the Two Germanics—Religious
Resistance of Austria and Russia—Irreligious
Resistance of Prussia and England—Negative
Irreligion of England—its Idealism
in Snobbishness—Positive Irreligion of
Prussia; no Idealism in Anything—Allegory
and the French Revolution—The Dual
Personality of England; the Double Battle—Triumph
of Blucher.
CHAPTER IV
THE COMING OF THE JANISSARIES
The Sad Story of Lord Salisbury—Ireland
and Heligoland—The Young Men of
Ireland—The Dirty Work—The Use of
German Mercenaries—The Unholy Alliance—Triumph
of the German Mercenaries.
CHAPTER V
THE LOST ENGLAND
Truth about England and Ireland—Murder
and the Two Travellers—Real Defence
of England—The Lost Revolution—Story
of Cobbett and the Germans—Historical
Accuracy of Cobbett—Violence of the English
Language—Exaggerated Truths versus
Exaggerated Lies—Defeat of the People—Triumph
of the German Mercenaries.
CHAPTER VI
HAMLET AND THE DANES
Degeneration of Grimm's Fairy Tales—From
Tales of Terror to Tales of Terrorism—German
Mistake of being Deep—The
Germanisation of Shakespeare—Carlyle and
the Spoilt Child—The Test of Teutonism—
Hell or Hans Andersen—Causes of English
Inaction—Barbarism and Splendid Isolation—
The Peace of the Plutocrats—Hamlet
the Englishman—The Triumph of Bismarck.
CHAPTER VII
THE MIDNIGHT OF EUROPE
The Two Napoleons—Their Ultimate
Success—The Interlude of Sedan—The
Meaning of an Emperor—The Triumph of
Versailles—The True Innocence of England—
Triumph of the Kaiser.
CHAPTER VIII
THE WRONG HORSE
Lord Salisbury Again—The Influence of
1870—The Fairy Tale of Teutonism—The
Adoration of the Crescent—The Reign of
the Cynics—Last Words to Professor
Whirlwind.
CHAPTER IX
THE AWAKENING OF ENGLAND
The March of Montenegro—The Anti-Servile
State—The Prussian Preparation—The
Sleep of England—The Awakening of
England.
CHAPTER X
THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
The Hour of Peril—The Human Deluge—The
English at the Marne.
CONTENTS
THE CRIMES OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER I. — Some Words to Professor Whirlwind
CHAPTER II. — The Protestant Hero
CHAPTER III. — The Enigma of Waterloo
CHAPTER IV. — The Coming of the Janissaries
CHAPTER V. — The Lost England
CHAPTER VI. — Hamlet and the Danes
CHAPTER VII. — The Midnight of Europe
CHAPTER VIII. — The Wrong Horse
CHAPTER IX. — The Awakening of England
CHAPTER X. — The Battle of the Marne
NOTE ON THE WORD "ENGLISH"
THE BARBARISM OF BERLIN
BY
G.K. CHESTERTON
First Published in 1914
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
I. THE WAR ON THE WORD
II. THE REFUSAL OF RECIPROCITY
III. THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
IV. THE ESCAPE OF FOLLY
THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian
By G.K. CHESTERTON
CONTENTS
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
I. THE WAR ON THE WORD
II. THE REFUSAL OF RECIPROCITY
III. THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
IV. THE ESCAPE OF FOLLY
LETTERS TO AN OLD GARIBALDIAN
THE WILD KNIGHT
AND OTHER POEMS
By Gilbert Chesterton
1900
CONTENTS
BY THE BABE UNBORN
THE WORLD'S LOVER
THE SKELETON
A CHORD OF COLOUR
THE HAPPY MAN
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
A NOVELTY
ULTIMATE
THE DONKEY
THE BEATIFIC VISION
THE HOPE OF THE STREETS
ECCLESIASTES
THE SONG OF THE CHILDREN
THE FISH
GOLD LEAVES
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
A CERTAIN EVENING
A MAN AND HIS IMAGE
THE MARINER
THE TRIUMPH OF MAN
CYCLOPEAN
JOSEPH
MODERN ELFLAND
ETERNITIES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
ALONE
KING'S CROSS STATION
THE HUMAN TREE
TO THEM THAT MOURN
THE OUTLAW
BEHIND
THE END OF FEAR
THE HOLY OF HOLIES
THE MIRROR OF MADMEN
E.C.B.
THE DESECRATERS
AN ALLIANCE
THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
THE LAST MASQUERADE
THE EARTH'S SHAME
VANITY
THE LAMP POST
THE PESSIMIST
A FAIRY TALE
A PORTRAIT
FEMINA CONTRA MUNDUM
TO A CERTAIN NATION
THE PRAISE OF DUST
THE BALLAD OF THE BATTLE OF GIBEON
THE BALLAD OF GOD-MAKERS
AT NIGHT
THE WOOD-CUTTER
ART COLOURS
THE TWO WOMEN
THE WILD KNIGHT
THE WILD KNIGHT
GOOD NEWS
THE DEFENDANT
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
LONDON. MDCCCCII
CONTENTS
IN DEFENCE OF A NEW EDITION
INTRODUCTION
A DEFENCE OF PENNY DREADFULS
A DEFENCE OF RASH VOWS
A DEFENCE OF SKELETONS
A DEFENCE OF PUBLICITY
A DEFENCE OF NONSENSE
A DEFENCE OF PLANETS
A DEFENCE OF CHINA SHEPHERDESSES
A DEFENCE OF USEFUL INFORMATION
A DEFENCE OF HERALDRY
A DEFENCE OF UGLY THINGS
A DEFENCE OF FARCE
A DEFENCE OF HUMILITY
A DEFENCE OF SLANG
A DEFENCE OF BABY-WORSHIP
A DEFENCE OF DETECTIVE STORIES
A DEFENCE OF PATRIOTISM
TWELVE TYPES
BY G.K. CHESTERTON
LONDON
ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
1902
CONTENTS
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS SCHOOL
THE OPTIMISM OF BYRON
POPE AND THE ART OF SATIRE
FRANCIS
ROSTAND
CHARLES II
STEVENSON
THOMAS CARLYLE
TOLSTOY AND THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY
SAVONAROLA
THE POSITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
ROBERT BROWNING
BY
G.K. CHESTERTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I BROWNING IN EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER II EARLY WORKS
CHAPTER III BROWNING AND HIS MARRIAGE
CHAPTER IV BROWNING IN ITALY
CHAPTER V BROWNING IN LATER LIFE
CHAPTER VI BROWNING AS A LITERARY ARTIST
CHAPTER VII "THE RING AND THE BOOK"
CHAPTER VIII THE PHILOSOPHY OF BROWNING
INDEX
THE NEW JERUSALEM
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. — THE WAY OF THE CITIES
CHAPTER II. — THE WAY OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER III. — THE GATES OF THE CITY
CHAPTER IV. — THE PHILOSOPHY OF SIGHT-SEEING
CHAPTER V. — THE STREETS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER VI. — THE GROUPS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER VII. — THE SHADOW OF THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER VIII. — THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER IX. — THE BATTLE WITH THE DRAGON
CHAPTER X. — THE ENDLESS EMPIRE
CHAPTER XI. — THE MEANING OF THE CRUSADE
CHAPTER XII. — THE FALL OF CHIVALRY
CHAPTER XIII. — THE PROBLEM OF ZIONISM
CONCLUSION
VARIED TYPES
By
G.K. Chesterton
1905
CONTENTS
Page
Charlotte Brontë 3
William Morris And His School 15
The Optimism Of Byron 29
Pope And The Art Of Satire 43
Francis 59
Rostand 73
Charles II. 85
Stevenson 97
Thomas Carlyle 109
Tolstoy And The Cult Of Simplicity 125
Savonarola 147
The Position Of Sir Walter Scott 159
Bret Harte 179
Alfred The Great 199
Maeterlinck 209
Ruskin 217
Queen Victoria 225
The German Emperor 227
Tennyson 249
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 261
ORTHODOXY
by
G. K. CHESTERTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.—Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
CHAPTER II.—The Maniac
CHAPTER III.—The Suicide of Thought
CHAPTER IV—The Ethics of Elfland
CHAPTER V.—The Flag of the World
CHAPTER VI.—The Paradoxes of Christianity
CHAPTER VII.—The Eternal Revolution
CHAPTER VIII.—The Romance of Orthodoxy
CHAPTER IX.—Authority and the Adventurer
THE VICTORIAN AGE
IN LITERATURE
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
CHAP. PAGE
Introduction 7
I The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies 12
II The Great Victorian Novelists 90
III The Great Victorian Poets 156
IV The Break-up of the Compromise 204
Bibliographical Note 253
Index 255
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
By
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON
1909
CONTENTS
Introduction to the First Edition
The Problem of a Preface
The Irishman
The Puritan
The Progressive
The Critic
The Dramatist
The Philosopher
Advertisements
A SHORT HISTORY
OF ENGLAND BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
MCMXVII
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
III. THE AGE OF LEGENDS
IV. THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
V. ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
VI. THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
VII. THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
VIII. THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
IX. NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
X. THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
XI. THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
XII. SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
XIII. THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
XV. THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
XVI. ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
XVII. THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
XVIII. CONCLUSION
APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS of the works of CHARLES DICKENS
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
1911
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Introduction vii
Sketches by Boz 1
Pickwick Papers 13
Nicholas Nickleby 26
Oliver Twist 38
Old Curiosity Shop 50
Barnaby Rudge 65
American Notes 76
Pictures from Italy 87
Martin Chuzzlewit 90
Christmas Books 103
Dombey and Son 114
David Copperfield 129
Christmas Stories 140
Bleak House 148
Child’s History of England 160
Hard Times 169[iv]
Little Dorrit 178
A Tale of Two Cities 188
Great Expectations 197
Our Mutual Friend 207
Edwin Drood 218
Master Humphrey’s Clock 229
Reprinted Pieces 239
[v]
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Charles Dickens, Circa 1840 Frontispiece
From an oil painting by R. J. Lane.
Charles Dickens, 1842 76
From a bust by H. Dexter, executed during Dickens’s first visit to America.
Charles Dickens, 1844 90
From a miniature by Margaret Gillies.
Charles Dickens, 1849 130
From a daguerreotype by Mayall.
Charles Dickens, 1858 184
From a black and white drawing by Baughiet.
Charles Dickens, 1859 188
From an oil painting by W. P. Frith, R.A.
Charles Dickens, Circa 1860 198
Photograph by J. & C. Watkins.
Charles Dickens, 1868 218
From a photograph by Gurney.
EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS
EUGENICS AND
OTHER EVILS
By
G.K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
PART I
The False Theory
CHAPTER PAGE
1. What is Eugenics? 3
2. The First Obstacles 12
3. The Anarchy from Above 22
4. The Lunatic and the Law 31
5. The Flying Authority 46
6. The Unanswered Challenge 61
7. The Established Church of Doubt 73
8. A Summary of a False Theory 82
PART II
The Real Aim
1. The Impotence of Impenitence 91
2. True History of a Tramp 101
3. True History of a Eugenist 114
4. The Vengeance of the Flesh 126
5. The Meanness of the Motive 136
6. The Eclipse of Liberty 148
7. The Transformation of Socialism 159
8. The End of the Household Gods 169
9. A Short Chapter 180
Index 185
WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA
Contents
WHAT IS AMERICA?
A MEDITATION IN A NEW YORK HOTEL
A MEDITATION IN BROADWAY
IRISH AND OTHER INTERVIEWERS
SOME AMERICAN CITIES
IN THE AMERICAN COUNTRY
THE AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN
PRESIDENTS AND PROBLEMS
PROHIBITION IN FACT AND FANCY
FADS AND PUBLIC OPINION
THE EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN
THE REPUBLICAN IN THE RUINS
IS THE ATLANTIC NARROWING?
LINCOLN AND LOST CAUSES
WELLS AND THE WORLD STATE
[Pg vi]A NEW MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA
THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND
THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
POEMS
by
G.K. CHESTERTON
NEW YORK
1916
CONTENTS
I
THREE DEDICATIONS
TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY
TO HILAIRE BELLOC
TO M. E. W.
II
WAR POEMS
LEPANTO
THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
THE WIFE OF FLANDERS
THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY
III
LOVE POEMS
GLENCOE
LOVE'S TRAPPIST
CONFESSIONAL
MUSIC
THE DELUGE
THE STRANGE MUSIC
THE GREAT MINIMUM
THE MORTAL ANSWERS
A MARRIAGE SONG
BAY COMBE
IV
RELIGIOUS POEMS
THE WISE MEN
THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT
THE BEATIFIC VISION
THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS
A HYMN
A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS
THE NATIVITY
A CHILD OF THE SNOWS
A WORD
V
RHYMES FOR THE TIMES
ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM: AN ODE
THE REVOLUTIONIST, OR LINES TO A STATESMAN
THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES
THE NEW FREETHINKER
IN MEMORIAM P.D.
SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
A SONG OF SWORDS
A SONG OF DEFEAT
SONNET
AFRICA
THE DEAD HERO
AN ELECTION ECHO 1906
THE SONG OF THE WHEELS
THE SECRET PEOPLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
LOST
BALLAD OF THE SUN
TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY
THE HIGHER UNITY
THE EARTH'S VIGIL
ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET
A CIDER SONG
THE LAST HERO
VII
BALLADES
BALLADE D'UNE GRANDE DAME
A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN
A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER
A BALLADE OF SUICIDE
A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN
The Ballad of St. Barbara
AND OTHER VERSES
BY
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON
FIRST
EDITION
1922
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS PAGE
To F. C. In Memoriam Palestine, '19 vii
The Ballad of St. Barbara 1
Elegy in a Country Churchyard 13
The Sword of Surprise 14
A Wedding in War-time 15
The Mystery 18
"The Myth of Arthur" 19
The Old Song 20
The Trinkets 24
The Philanthropist 26
On the Downs 27
The Red Sea 30
For a War Memorial 32
Memory 33
The English Graves 35
Nightmare 37
A Second Childhood 40
"Mediævalism" 43
Poland 46
The Hunting of the Dragon 48
Sonnet 51
Fantasia 52
A Christmas Carol 54
To Captain Fryatt 56
[x]For Four Guilds:
I. The Glass-Stainers 57
II. The Bridge-Builders 59
III. The Stone-Masons 62
IV. The Bell-Ringers 64
The Convert 67
Songs of Education:
I. History 71
II. Geography 74
III. For the Crêche 76
IV. Citizenship 78
V. The Higher Mathematics 80
VI. Hygiene 82
WINE, WATER
AND SONG
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
THIRD EDITION
CONTENTS
Page
The Englishman 9
Wine and Water 11
The Song against Grocers 15
The Rolling English Road 20
The Song of Quoodle 24
Pioneers, O Pioneers 27
The Logical Vegetarian 31
“The Saracen's Head” 34
The Good Rich Man 37
The Song against Songs 42
Me Heart 45
The Song of the Oak 49
The Road to Roundabout 53
The Song of the Strange Ascetic 57
The Song of Right and Wrong 60
Who Goes Home? 63
A CHESTERTON CALENDAR
Compiled from the Writings of
'G.K.C.' Both in Verse and in
Prose. With a section apart for
the Moveable Feasts.
Prefatory Note
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The Moveable Feasts
BIOGRAPHY
FOR
BEGINNERS
BEING A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS
EXAMPLES FOR THE USE OF UPPER FORMS
Edited by E. CLERIHEW, B.A.
With 40 Diagrams by G. K. CHESTERTON
LIST OF CONTENTS
Introductory Remarks
Sir Christopher Wren
Miguel de Cervantes
George Bernard Shaw
Sir Humphrey Davy
J. S. Mill
François Liszt
Lord Clive
King Edward the Confessor
The Rev. John Clifford, M.A., LL.B., D.D.
Messrs Chapman & Hall
Karl Marx
Otto the Great
Marconi
David Hume
Mr H. Belloc
Job
Pizarro
The Duke of Fife, K.T., P.C., G.C.V.O.
The Duke of Wellington
John Bunyan
George Hirst
Erasmus and the Humanists
Besant and Rice
Tiziano Vecelli
Professor James Dewar, F.R.S.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Jane Austen
Odo of Bayeux
David Ricardo
Sir Thomas à Mallory
Mr Alfred Beit
Cimabue
President Roosevelt
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford
Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, M.P.
Mahomet
Edvard Grieg
Jan Van Eyck
Mr T. Werner Laurie
Index of Psychology
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