A collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton covering a wide range of topics, from everyday life to politics, art, and religion. Chesterton's witty and paradoxical style makes these pieces engaging to listen to for their sharp observations on human nature and society.
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ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
First Published (Eighth Edition) at IS. net September 2nd 1915
Ninth Edition November 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 EDWARD VII. AND SCOTLAND THOUGHTS AROUND KOEPENICK THE BOY LIMERICKS AND COUNSELS OF PERFECTION ANONYMITY AND FURTHER COUNSELS ON THE CRYPTIC AND THE ELLIPTIC THE WORSHIP OF THE WEALTHY SCIENCE AND RELIGION THE METHUSELAHITE
SPIRITUALISM THE ERROR OF IMPARTIALITY PHONETIC SPELLING HUMANITARIANISM AND STRENGTH WINE WHEN IT IS RED DEMAGOGUES AND MYSTAGOGUES THE “EATANSWILL GAZETTE” FAIRY TALES TOM JONES AND MORALITY THE MAID OF ORLEANS A DEAD POET CHRISTMAS