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by G. K. Chesterton,G. K. Chesterton,Martin Gardner
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ISBN: 0486471152 Dover Publications Price: $16.95 |
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Chestertonians and other readers will rejoice in the republication of this long-unavailable book of delights. Featuring the author's early work as well as previously unpublished material, this volume abounds in fairy stories, comic verse, and satirical ballads. Best of all, it features a treasury of Chesterton's distinctive color and black-and-white illustrations.
Reprint of the Sheed & Ward, New York, 1938 edition.
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Table of Contents for The Coloured Lands: Fairy Stories, Comic Verse and Fantastic Pictures
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY MAISIE WARD THE COLOURED LANDS (ABOUT 1912) BOB-UP-AND-DOWN (1931) THE WHALE'S WOOING BALLADE OF KINDNESS TO MOTORISTS THE JAZZ HALF-HOURS IN HADES (SCHOOL PERIOD 1891) DREAMS (1901) STILTON AND MILTON IN THE EVENING (1894) TRIOLET (1928) THE END OF THE ANECDOTE (1925) THE WILD GOOSE CHASE (SCHOOL PERIOD ABOUT 1892) THE ARTISTIC SIDE (1930) A BALLADE OF THE GROTESQUE A SONG OF WILD FRUIT (1929) PAINTS IN A PAINT-BOX (1901) A FRAGMENT (ABOUT 1896) LES BOILEAUX THE TWO TAVERNS (1926) TAGTUG AND THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE (1919) BALLADE OF THE TEA-POT THE PROFESSOR AND THE COOK (1926) GIRL GUIDES WONDER AND THE WOODEN POST (1912) A BALLADE OF DEAD MEN THE TAMING OF THE NIGHTMARE (SCHOOL PERIOD ABOUT 1892) ON HOUSEHOLD GODS AND GOBLINS (1922) THE PHANTOM BUTLER (1926) THE JOYS OF SCIENCE (1900) THE LEGEND OF THE SWORD (1928) PLAKKOPYTRIXOPHYLISPERAMBULANTIOBATRIX (1910) CHRISTMAS AND THE FIRST GAMES (1934) A BALLADE OF A STOIC A NIGHTMARE (1907) HOMESICK AT HOME (ABOUT 1896) AFTERWORD BY MARTIN GARDNER COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS A BLUE DEVIL A BLUE STOCKING THE GREEN MAN THE GREEN-GROCER THE DISADVANTAGE OF HAVING TWO HEADS THE ROSE-COLORED SPECTACLES PICTURES FROM THE PAINT-BOX THE MISSING LINK BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS G. K. C.'S DRAWING OF HIMSELF WHILE STILL AT THE SLADE SCHOOL (AGED ABOUT 20) JOB PLAYING PATIENCE LITTLE BO-PEEP HALF-HOUR IN HADES IMMORTAL IDIOTS 1-ABEL STILTON & MILTON THE DESPAIR OF HEROD IMMORTAL IDIOTS 2-WAT TILER AS I WOULD LIKE TO BE, AS I AM POKER PATIENCE MRS CHESTERTON'S DONKEYS IMMORTAL IDIOTS 3-CHARLES I DIOGENES TEACHES ALEXANDER PATIENCE A TRUE VICTORIAN CUTS A DISREPUTABLE AUTHOR IMMORTAL IDIOTS 4-NELSON PUBLISHERS ARRIVING AND FLEEING NATURAL ANNOYANCE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE JUST INDIGNATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS THREE ACRES AND A COW