Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 / 2008-07-25 00:00:00

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_Varied Types_
_By_
G.K. Chesterton
Author _of_ "The Defendant," etc.
New York: _Dodd, Mead and Company_


PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1905


NOTE
These papers, with certain alterations and additions, are reprinted
with the kind permission of the Editors of _The Daily News_ and _The
Speaker_.
G.K.C.
Kensington.


CONTENTS
Page
Charlotte Bronte 3
William Morris And His School 15
The Optimism Of Byron 29
Pope And The Art Of Satire 43
Francis 59
Rostand 73
Charles II. 85
Stevenson 97
Thomas Carlyle 109
Tolstoy And The Cult Of Simplicity 125
Savonarola 147
The Position Of Sir Walter Scott 159
Bret Harte 179
Alfred The Great 199
Maeterlinck 209
Ruskin 217
Queen Victoria 225
The German Emperor 227
Tennyson 249
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 261


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