G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
Complete edition of Heretics by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton discusses ideas by H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Kipling and others of his day in his argument for God. Still thought provoking after 100 years, find out why in this complete reproduction of the 1905 British Edition.Deep common sense on every page, it includes great thoughts such as these:“The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know that they are dogmas.”Witty, deep, and positively entertaining, no student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORTHODOXY 32. ON THE NEGATIVE SPIRIT 63. ON MR. RUDYARD KIPLING AND MAKING THE WORLD SMALL 104. MR. BERNARD SHAW 145. MR. H.G. WELLS AND THE GIANTS 186. CHRISTMAS AND THE AESTHETES 257. OMAR AND THE SACRED VINE 288. THE MILDNESS OF THE YELLOW PRESS 319. THE MOODS OF MR. GEORGE MOORE 3510. ON SANDALS AND SIMPLICITY 3711. SCIENCE AND THE SAVAGES 3912. PAGANISM AND MR. LOWES DICKINSON 4213. CELTS AND CELTOPHILES 4714. ON CERTAIN MODERN WRITERS AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY 4915. ON SMART NOVELISTS AND THE SMART SET 5316. ON MR. MCCABE AND A DIVINE FRIVOLITY 5917. ON THE WIT OF WHISTLER 6418. THE FALLACY OF THE YOUNG NATION 6819. SLUM NOVELISTS AND THE SLUMS 7320. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORTHODOXY 78