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BY THE SAME AUTHOR.Both Reduced to 1s. net.Greybeards at Play.Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen.Rhymes and Sketches, with Cover Design in Nursery Colours.By G. K. CHESTERTON.“One of the cleverest collections of this kind I have ever come across.”—The Sketch.“Very good and very humorous.”—Black and White.“We only wish for one addition to the book: more—of everything.”—The Bookman.“The Bookman,” like Oliver Twist, “asks for more.”Uniform with the Above.Nonsense Rhymes.By COSMO MONKHOUSE.Illustrated by G. K. CHESTERTON.“The most diverting Christmas book of verses we have seen.”—Literature.Mr. Brimley Johnson’s publications include the “Novels of Jane Austen”—Hampshire Edition, with an entirely novel method of illustration; the dainty “York Library”—selections from Lamb, Southey, and Spencer; Lady Duff Gordon’s “Letters from Egypt”—with an Introduction by George Meredith; “Letters from John Chinaman”; “From the Abyss,” by an Inhabitant; “The Gospel Manuscripts”; “Latter Day Parables”—being Dreams and Allegories by Modern Hands; Centenary Edition of “Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures,” and “The Wonderful Story of Dunder Van Haelden,” by Edward Chesterton.BY THE SAME AUTHOR.The Defendant.BYG. K. CHESTERTON.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.A Few Notices.“Clever and humorous ... will interest anybody who can enjoy a paradox neatly put.”—Scotsman.“Really one cannot help agreeing with such an engaging advocate.”—Morning Leader.“We heartily commend Mr. Chesterton’s many novel points of view to the earnest consideration of our readers. ‘The Defendant’ is a book that will be read with both pleasure and profit.”—Aberdeen Journal.“His style is limpid and lucid.”—Sunday Sun.“He is always on the side of the high-spirited, the Quixotic, and the things of the mind.”—Daily Chronicle.“Bright and brilliant.”—The Star.“Mr. Chesterton is one of the most brilliant of the younger journalists.”—Observer.“At once marked by originality of thought and distinction of style.”—Sunday Times.“G. K. Chesterton is a master of paradox.”—Dundee Advertiser.“A series of breezy and thoughtful essays.”—Christian.“Mr. G. K. Chesterton is always interesting and amusing.”—Echo.“Time and again in reading it we have had to lay it down and lie back in our chair and laugh. And yet, perhaps, its dominant note is its noble seriousness.”—Sheffield Telegraph.“Sufficiently epigrammatic to be piquant.”—County Gentleman.“The excruciating joy of reading the Essays.”—Daily News.“Mr. Chesterton has a style that is all his own, a pretty wit and a happy knack of putting things, combined with a dry humour that never fails to make the most unlikely subject interesting.”—Aberdeen Journal.Second Edition Ready.MORE MATTER. HALF PRICE.R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON, 8, York Buildings, Adelphi, W.C.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Both Reduced to 1s. net.

Greybeards at Play.

Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen.

Rhymes and Sketches, with Cover Design in Nursery Colours.

By G. K. CHESTERTON.

“One of the cleverest collections of this kind I have ever come across.”—The Sketch.“Very good and very humorous.”—Black and White.“We only wish for one addition to the book: more—of everything.”—The Bookman.

“One of the cleverest collections of this kind I have ever come across.”—The Sketch.

“Very good and very humorous.”—Black and White.

“We only wish for one addition to the book: more—of everything.”—The Bookman.

“The Bookman,” like Oliver Twist, “asks for more.”

Uniform with the Above.

Nonsense Rhymes.

By COSMO MONKHOUSE.

Illustrated by G. K. CHESTERTON.

“The most diverting Christmas book of verses we have seen.”—Literature.

“The most diverting Christmas book of verses we have seen.”—Literature.

Mr. Brimley Johnson’s publications include the “Novels of Jane Austen”—Hampshire Edition, with an entirely novel method of illustration; the dainty “York Library”—selections from Lamb, Southey, and Spencer; Lady Duff Gordon’s “Letters from Egypt”—with an Introduction by George Meredith; “Letters from John Chinaman”; “From the Abyss,” by an Inhabitant; “The Gospel Manuscripts”; “Latter Day Parables”—being Dreams and Allegories by Modern Hands; Centenary Edition of “Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures,” and “The Wonderful Story of Dunder Van Haelden,” by Edward Chesterton.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

The Defendant.

BY

G. K. CHESTERTON.

Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.

A Few Notices.

“Clever and humorous ... will interest anybody who can enjoy a paradox neatly put.”—Scotsman.“Really one cannot help agreeing with such an engaging advocate.”—Morning Leader.“We heartily commend Mr. Chesterton’s many novel points of view to the earnest consideration of our readers. ‘The Defendant’ is a book that will be read with both pleasure and profit.”—Aberdeen Journal.“His style is limpid and lucid.”—Sunday Sun.“He is always on the side of the high-spirited, the Quixotic, and the things of the mind.”—Daily Chronicle.“Bright and brilliant.”—The Star.“Mr. Chesterton is one of the most brilliant of the younger journalists.”—Observer.“At once marked by originality of thought and distinction of style.”—Sunday Times.“G. K. Chesterton is a master of paradox.”—Dundee Advertiser.“A series of breezy and thoughtful essays.”—Christian.“Mr. G. K. Chesterton is always interesting and amusing.”—Echo.“Time and again in reading it we have had to lay it down and lie back in our chair and laugh. And yet, perhaps, its dominant note is its noble seriousness.”—Sheffield Telegraph.“Sufficiently epigrammatic to be piquant.”—County Gentleman.“The excruciating joy of reading the Essays.”—Daily News.“Mr. Chesterton has a style that is all his own, a pretty wit and a happy knack of putting things, combined with a dry humour that never fails to make the most unlikely subject interesting.”—Aberdeen Journal.

“Clever and humorous ... will interest anybody who can enjoy a paradox neatly put.”—Scotsman.

“Really one cannot help agreeing with such an engaging advocate.”—Morning Leader.

“We heartily commend Mr. Chesterton’s many novel points of view to the earnest consideration of our readers. ‘The Defendant’ is a book that will be read with both pleasure and profit.”—Aberdeen Journal.

“His style is limpid and lucid.”—Sunday Sun.

“He is always on the side of the high-spirited, the Quixotic, and the things of the mind.”—Daily Chronicle.

“Bright and brilliant.”—The Star.

“Mr. Chesterton is one of the most brilliant of the younger journalists.”—Observer.

“At once marked by originality of thought and distinction of style.”—Sunday Times.

“G. K. Chesterton is a master of paradox.”—Dundee Advertiser.

“A series of breezy and thoughtful essays.”—Christian.

“Mr. G. K. Chesterton is always interesting and amusing.”—Echo.

“Time and again in reading it we have had to lay it down and lie back in our chair and laugh. And yet, perhaps, its dominant note is its noble seriousness.”—Sheffield Telegraph.

“Sufficiently epigrammatic to be piquant.”—County Gentleman.

“The excruciating joy of reading the Essays.”—Daily News.

“Mr. Chesterton has a style that is all his own, a pretty wit and a happy knack of putting things, combined with a dry humour that never fails to make the most unlikely subject interesting.”—Aberdeen Journal.

Second Edition Ready.MORE MATTER. HALF PRICE.

R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON, 8, York Buildings, Adelphi, W.C.


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