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 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
ORTHODOXY
By G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
THE VICTORIAN AGE
IN LITERATURE
G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
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Introduction
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I
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The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies
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12
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II
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The Great Victorian Novelists
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90
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III
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The Great Victorian Poets
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156
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IV
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The Break-up of the Compromise
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204
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Bibliographical Note
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253
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Index
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255
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Gilbert K. Chesterton
1909
CONTENTS
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
By G. K. Chesterton
London: Chatto & Windus MCMXVII
CONTENTS
-
I. INTRODUCTION
-
II. THE
PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
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III. THE
AGE OF LEGENDS
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IV. THE
DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
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V. ST.
EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
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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
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Introduction
vii
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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
-
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
ILLUSTRATIONS
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PAGE
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Charles
Dickens, Circa 1840 Frontispiece
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From an oil painting by R. J. Lane.
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Charles
Dickens, 1842 76
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From a bust by H. Dexter, executed during Dickens’s first
visit to America.
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Charles
Dickens, 1844 90
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From a miniature by Margaret Gillies.
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Charles
Dickens, 1849 130
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From a daguerreotype by Mayall.
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Charles
Dickens, 1858 184
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From a black and white drawing by Baughiet.
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Charles
Dickens, 1859 188
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From an oil painting by W. P. Frith, R.A.
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Charles
Dickens, Circa 1860 198
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Photograph by J. & C. Watkins.
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Charles
Dickens, 1868 218
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From a photograph by Gurney.