Chesterton’s first essay collection takes up the cause of things respectable opinion despised: penny dreadfuls, rash vows, skeletons, publicity, nonsense, planets, china shepherdesses, heraldry, farce and humility. Each defence turns on paradox to argue that the world is far more wonderful than we let ourselves notice.
Early Chesterton at his most exuberant, and a fine introduction to his habit of praising the overlooked. Download the free EPUB.