A book of essays by G. K. Chesterton, this selection contains sardonically-titled pieces such as "The Romance of Thrift" and "The Empire of the Insect." Of it, Chesterton writes (in the dedication), "this book is what is wrong and no mistake." In fact his book is a witty and incisive conservative analysis of the culture of his time.

Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes but he is also, to quote Rufus King, 'in all senses a most pleasantly fascinating human being.' You will be enchanted by the scandalously innocent man of the cloth, with the umbrella, who exhibits such uncanny insight into ingeniously tricky human problems.

Purchase one of 1st World Librarys Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the...

La celebre biografia sobre San Francisco de Asis aparece en 1923. Chesterton quiere demostrar que la vida de un santo puede ser una historia mucho mas romantica que la mejor de las novelas. La admiracion de Chesterton hacia San Francisco esta ligada a su conviccion de que la inocencia, la risa y la humildad infantiles, son superiores a cualquier forma de escepticismo. Un libro inspirador."