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The Uses of Diversity

by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)

On Seriousness

A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the "New Witness". The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from "On Pigs as Pets" to Mormonism and Christian Science. (Summary by Maria Therese)

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Listen next episodes of The Uses of Diversity:
Christian Science , Dickens Again , ''Ego et Shavius Meus'' , Four Stupidities , George Meredith , George Wyndham , Ireland and the Domestic Drama , More Thoughts on Christmas , Mormonism , On Historial Novels , On Lamp-Posts , On Monsters , On Pigs as Pets , On Stage Costume , Our Latin Relations , Pageants and Dress , Questions of Divorce , Taffy , Tennyson , The Domesticity of Detectives , The Duty of the Historian , The Evolution of Emma , The Futurists , The Humour of King Herod , The Irishman , The Japanese , The Lawlessness of Lawyers , The Plan for a New Universe , The Pseudo-Scientific Books , The Romance of Rostand , The Silver Goblets , The Spirits , The Yule Log and the Democrat , Wishes