G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Uses of Diversity: A Book of Essays [1920]
A collection of thirty-five short essays on diverse subjects. Made from a scan at the Internet Archive.
CONTENTS
On Seriousness; Lamp-Posts; The Spirits; Tennyson; The Domesticity of Detectives; George Meredith; The Irishman; Ireland and the Domestic Drama; The Japanese; Christian Science; The Lawlessness of Lawyers; Our Latin Relations; On Pigs as Pets; The Romance of Rostand; Wishes; The Futurists; The Evolution of Emma; The Pseudo-Scientific Books; The Humour of King Herod; The Silver Goblets; The Duty of the Historian; Questions of Divorce; Mormonism; Pageants and Dress; On Stage Costume; The Yule Log and the Democrat; More Thoughts on Christmas; Dickens Again; Taffy; “Ego et Shavius Meus”; The Plan for a New Universe; George Wyndham; Four Stupidities; On Historical Novels; On Monsters.
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