The coloured lands,
Chesterton, G. K. 1874-1936
The coloured lands, by G. K. Chesterton; illustrated by the author. - New York, Sheed & Ward, 1938. - vii, [1], 9-238 p. incl. illus., plates (part col.) 25 cm.
A collection of prose and verse written between 1891 and 1934. Printed in Great Britain. Introduction (p. 9-16) signed: Maisie Ward.
The coloured lands -- Bob-up-and-down -- The whale's wooing -- The disadvantage of having two heads -- Ballade of kindness to motorists -- The jazz -- Half-hours in Hades -- Dreams -- Stilton and Milton -- In the evening -- Triolet -- The end of the anecdote -- The wild goose chase -- The artistic side -- Ballade of the grotesque -- A song of wild fruit -- Paints in a paint-box -- A fragment -- Les boileaux -- The two taverns -- Tagtug and the tree of knowledge -- Ballade of the tea-pot -- The professor and the cook -- Girl guides -- Wonder and the wooden post -- Ballade of dead men -- The taming of the nightmare -- On household gods and goblins -- The phantom butler -- The joys of science -- The legend of the sword -- Plakkopytrixophylisperambulantiobatrix -- Christmas and the first games -- Ballade of a stoic -- A nightmare -- Homesick at home.
39001982
PR4453.C4 / C55
828.91
The coloured lands, by G. K. Chesterton; illustrated by the author. - New York, Sheed & Ward, 1938. - vii, [1], 9-238 p. incl. illus., plates (part col.) 25 cm.
A collection of prose and verse written between 1891 and 1934. Printed in Great Britain. Introduction (p. 9-16) signed: Maisie Ward.
The coloured lands -- Bob-up-and-down -- The whale's wooing -- The disadvantage of having two heads -- Ballade of kindness to motorists -- The jazz -- Half-hours in Hades -- Dreams -- Stilton and Milton -- In the evening -- Triolet -- The end of the anecdote -- The wild goose chase -- The artistic side -- Ballade of the grotesque -- A song of wild fruit -- Paints in a paint-box -- A fragment -- Les boileaux -- The two taverns -- Tagtug and the tree of knowledge -- Ballade of the tea-pot -- The professor and the cook -- Girl guides -- Wonder and the wooden post -- Ballade of dead men -- The taming of the nightmare -- On household gods and goblins -- The phantom butler -- The joys of science -- The legend of the sword -- Plakkopytrixophylisperambulantiobatrix -- Christmas and the first games -- Ballade of a stoic -- A nightmare -- Homesick at home.
39001982
PR4453.C4 / C55
828.91