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The Uses of Diversity

by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)

The Humour of King Herod

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:
Dickens Again , ''Ego et Shavius Meus'' , Four Stupidities , George Wyndham , More Thoughts on Christmas , Mormonism , On Historial Novels , On Monsters , On Stage Costume , Pageants and Dress , Questions of Divorce , Taffy , The Duty of the Historian , The Plan for a New Universe , The Silver Goblets , The Yule Log and the Democrat