CHAPTER IX.—Authority and the Adventurer

THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE BY G. K. CHESTERTON CHAP. PAGE Introduction 7 I The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies 12 II The Great Victorian Novelists 90 III The Great Victorian Poets 156 IV The Break-up of the Compromise 204 Bibliographical Note 253 Index 255

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW By GILBERT K. CHESTERTON 1909 CONTENTS

Introduction to the First Edition The Problem of a Preface The Irishman The Puritan The Progressive The Critic The Dramatist The Philosopher Advertisements

A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY G. K. CHESTERTON LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS MCMXVII CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN III. THE AGE OF LEGENDS IV. THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS V. ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS 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

CHAPTER PAGE

Introduction vii 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[iv] 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

[v] ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE Charles Dickens, Circa 1840 Frontispiece From an oil painting by R. J. Lane. Charles Dickens, 1842 76 From a bust by H. Dexter, executed during Dickens’s first visit to America. Charles Dickens, 1844 90 From a miniature by Margaret Gillies. Charles Dickens, 1849 130 From a daguerreotype by Mayall. Charles Dickens, 1858 184 From a black and white drawing by Baughiet. Charles Dickens, 1859 188 From an oil painting by W. P. Frith, R.A. Charles Dickens, Circa 1860 198 Photograph by J. & C. Watkins. Charles Dickens, 1868 218 From a photograph by Gurney.

EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS

EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS

By G.K. Chesterton CONTENTS

PART I The False Theory CHAPTER PAGE 1. What is Eugenics? 3 2. The First Obstacles 12 3. The Anarchy from Above 22 4. The Lunatic and the Law 31 5. The Flying Authority 46 6. The Unanswered Challenge 61 7. The Established Church of Doubt 73 8. A Summary of a False Theory 82 PART II The Real Aim 1. The Impotence of Impenitence 91 2. True History of a Tramp 101 3. True History of a Eugenist 114 4. The Vengeance of the Flesh 126 5. The Meanness of the Motive 136 6. The Eclipse of Liberty 148 7. The Transformation of Socialism 159 8. The End of the Household Gods 169 9. A Short Chapter 180 Index 185

WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA Contents

WHAT IS AMERICA? A MEDITATION IN A NEW YORK HOTEL A MEDITATION IN BROADWAY IRISH AND OTHER INTERVIEWERS SOME AMERICAN CITIES IN THE AMERICAN COUNTRY THE AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN PRESIDENTS AND PROBLEMS PROHIBITION IN FACT AND FANCY FADS AND PUBLIC OPINION THE EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN THE REPUBLICAN IN THE RUINS IS THE ATLANTIC NARROWING? LINCOLN AND LOST CAUSES WELLS AND THE WORLD STATE [Pg vi]A NEW MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY

POEMS by G.K. CHESTERTON NEW YORK 1916 CONTENTS

I

THREE DEDICATIONS

TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY TO HILAIRE BELLOC TO M. E. W.

II

WAR POEMS

LEPANTO THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913 BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS THE WIFE OF FLANDERS THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY

III

LOVE POEMS

GLENCOE LOVE'S TRAPPIST CONFESSIONAL MUSIC THE DELUGE THE STRANGE MUSIC THE GREAT MINIMUM THE MORTAL ANSWERS A MARRIAGE SONG BAY COMBE

IV

RELIGIOUS POEMS

THE WISE MEN THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT THE BEATIFIC VISION THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS A HYMN A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS THE NATIVITY A CHILD OF THE SNOWS A WORD

V

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES

ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM: AN ODE THE REVOLUTIONIST, OR LINES TO A STATESMAN THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES THE NEW FREETHINKER IN MEMORIAM P.D. SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON A SONG OF SWORDS A SONG OF DEFEAT SONNET AFRICA THE DEAD HERO AN ELECTION ECHO 1906 THE SONG OF THE WHEELS THE SECRET PEOPLE

VI

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

LOST BALLAD OF THE SUN TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY THE HIGHER UNITY THE EARTH'S VIGIL ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET A CIDER SONG THE LAST HERO

VII

BALLADES

BALLADE D'UNE GRANDE DAME A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER A BALLADE OF SUICIDE A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN

The Ballad of St. Barbara

AND OTHER VERSES

BY

GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON

FIRST EDITION 1922 COPYRIGHT CONTENTS PAGE To F. C. In Memoriam Palestine, '19 vii The Ballad of St. Barbara 1 Elegy in a Country Churchyard 13 The Sword of Surprise 14 A Wedding in War-time 15 The Mystery 18 "The Myth of Arthur" 19 The Old Song 20 The Trinkets 24 The Philanthropist 26 On the Downs 27 The Red Sea 30 For a War Memorial 32 Memory 33 The English Graves 35 Nightmare 37 A Second Childhood 40 "Mediævalism" 43 Poland 46 The Hunting of the Dragon 48 Sonnet 51 Fantasia 52 A Christmas Carol 54 To Captain Fryatt 56 [x]For Four Guilds: I. The Glass-Stainers 57 II. The Bridge-Builders 59 III. The Stone-Masons 62 IV. The Bell-Ringers 64 The Convert 67 Songs of Education: I. History 71 II. Geography 74 III. For the Crêche 76 IV. Citizenship 78 V. The Higher Mathematics 80 VI. Hygiene 82

WINE, WATER AND SONG

BY G. K. CHESTERTON

THIRD EDITION CONTENTS Page The Englishman 9 Wine and Water 11 The Song against Grocers 15 The Rolling English Road 20 The Song of Quoodle 24 Pioneers, O Pioneers 27 The Logical Vegetarian 31 “The Saracen's Head” 34 The Good Rich Man 37 The Song against Songs 42 Me Heart 45 The Song of the Oak 49 The Road to Roundabout 53 The Song of the Strange Ascetic 57 The Song of Right and Wrong 60 Who Goes Home? 63

A CHESTERTON CALENDAR

Compiled from the Writings of 'G.K.C.' Both in Verse and in Prose. With a section apart for the Moveable Feasts. Prefatory Note January February March April May June July August September October November December The Moveable Feasts

BIOGRAPHY

FOR

BEGINNERS

BEING A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES FOR THE USE OF UPPER FORMS

Edited by E. CLERIHEW, B.A. With 40 Diagrams by G. K. CHESTERTON LIST OF CONTENTS

Introductory Remarks Sir Christopher Wren Miguel de Cervantes George Bernard Shaw Sir Humphrey Davy J. S. Mill François Liszt Lord Clive King Edward the Confessor The Rev. John Clifford, M.A., LL.B., D.D. Messrs Chapman & Hall Karl Marx Otto the Great Marconi David Hume Mr H. Belloc Job Pizarro The Duke of Fife, K.T., P.C., G.C.V.O. The Duke of Wellington John Bunyan George Hirst Erasmus and the Humanists Besant and Rice Tiziano Vecelli Professor James Dewar, F.R.S. Sir Walter Raleigh Jane Austen Odo of Bayeux David Ricardo Sir Thomas à Mallory Mr Alfred Beit Cimabue President Roosevelt Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, M.P. Mahomet Edvard Grieg Jan Van Eyck Mr T. Werner Laurie Index of Psychology