In this book, chapters alternate in authorship between Lewis and a Dr. E. M. W. Tillyard. It is a debate over the question of whether the poet’s personality is what… Read more Excerpt from ‘The Personal Heresy’ by C. S. Lewis: The Only Hope for Poetry →
by G.K. CHESTERTON You will find me drinking rum, Like a sailor in a slum, You will find me drinking beer like a Bavarian You will find me drinking gin In the lowest kind of inn Because I am a rigid Vegetarian. So I cleared the inn of wine, And I tried to climb the sign, And I tried to hail the constable as “Marion.” But he said I couldn’t speak, And he bowled me to the Beak Because I was a Happy Vegetarian. Oh, I know a Doctor Gluck,… Read more The Logical Vegetarian by G. K. Chesterton →
Here’s an excerpt from Chesterton’s “George Bernard Shaw,” written about his friend and public adversary when he was still living. Although Chesterton is educated and literate, his non-fiction writing… Read more Excerpt from Chesterton’s ‘George Bernard Shaw’: on Shaw as Puritan →
Slow Literature 