Well, I have always been a fan of Chesterton so you'll have to excuse my enthusiasm
but I really loved this book. The fact that I last read it some decades ago was an advantage as it was almost like reading it for the first time.
In the end I found this to be a delightful journey. Chesterton plays with a series of outrageously unlikely and seemingly impossible situations with remarkable literary panache and with consummate skill. On the surface the tales have a lovely, frothy insouciant elegance but watch out! Every so often Chesterton suddenly and brilliantly weaves in a revelatory moment of genuine aphoristic insight.
Amazing book!