Discover the wit and wisdom of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Library of the Nursery. In honour of the child the nineteenth century has made one real discovery, the discovery of what are called Nonsense Books. Is, to our mind, even greater. But it is only fair to say that this invention may be criticized in its educational aspect. We must avoid, above all things, confusing those aspects of childhood which are pleasing to children with those which are pleasing to us. And the Young Bongo Bo.

A place to appreciate the works of Hilaire Belloc, the renowned Roman Catholic,. Anglo-French historian, essayist and poet. Monday, August 17, 2015. The reason is, of course, the principle which was a commonplace with antiquity, though it was almost forgotten in the last modern generation, that truth has a power of its own. Mere indignation against organized falsehood, mere revolt against it, is creative. That fruit upon which our modern observatio.