
G. K. Chesterton · 1874 – 1936
Heretics; St. Francis of Assisi; essays
1905–1923 · Original editions
20pages in 2 volumes
7 h 8 minreading time
8passages linked to Scripture
12links to verses
Contents
St. Francis of AssisiST. FRANCIS OF ASSISIpages 1–3
HereticsI. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy – XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxypages 4–20
- I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy4
- III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small5
- IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw6
- V. Mr. H.G. Wells and the Giants7
- VI. Christmas and the Aesthetes8
- VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine9
- VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press10
- IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore11
- X. On Sandals and Simplicity11
- XI. Science and the Savages12
- XII. Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson13
- XIII. Celts and Celtophiles14
- XIV. On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family14
- XV. On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set15
- XVI. On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity16
- XVII. On the Wit of Whistler17
- XVIII. The Fallacy of the Young Nation18
- XIX. Slum Novelists and the Slums19
- XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy20