Lecture 1: Greybeards at Play and The Wild Knight
Chesterton’s Early Poetry
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A Ongoing Series by Dale Ahlquist as Featured in Gilbert! Magazine
Chesterton’s First Book of Essays
Lecture 3: Twelve Types (and Varied Types)
Chesterton’s Second Book of Essays on Historical and Literary Figures
Chesterton’s Appreciation of the Poet: On a Happy Man
Chesterton’s Appreciation of the Now-Forgotten Painter
Lecture 6: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Chesterton’s First Novel
Lecture 7: The Club of Queer Trades
Chesterton’s Send-Up of Sherlock Holmes
Leading Thinkers of Chesterton’s Day and Why They are Wrong
The Best Work of Literary Criticism Ever Written
Lecture 10: The Man Who Was Thursday
Chesterton’s Cosmic Detective Story
Lecture 11: All Things Considered
Essays on “All Things”
The Timeless Defense of Christianity
Lecture 13: George Bernard Shaw
A Thorough Analysis of Shaw
Lecture 14: Tremendous Trifles
Essays Originally from The Daily News
Lecture 15: The Ball and the Cross
The Story of a Duel and a Debate
Lecture 16: What’s Wrong with the World
The Title Says it All
Lecture 17: Alarms and Discursions
Essays from The Daily News
A Masterful Exploration of the Eighteenth-Century Mystic
Lecture 19: Appreciations and Criticisms
Introductions to Each of Charles Dickens’ Novels
Lecture 20: The Innocence of Father Brown
The First Collection of Father Brown Stories
Lecture 21: The Ballad of the White Horse
The Last Great Epic Poem in the English Language
The Story of the Irrepressible Innocent Smith
Lecture 23: A Miscellany of Men
Essays from The Daily News
Lecture 24: The Victorian Age in Literature
Literary Criticism of Nineteenth-Century English Writers
Chesterton’s First Major Play
A Rollicking Novel About Prohibition, Filled with Drinking Songs
Lecture 27: The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Second Collection of the Priest-Detective
How Lepanto Found Its Way Into Print
Lecture 29: The Appetite of Tyranny
World War 1 Propaganda
Lecture 30: A Short History of England
Chesterton’s Complete and Cohesive Story of England
Social Criticism
Chesterton’s First Major Trip to Ireland
Lecture 33: The Superstition of Divorce
Chesterton’s Prophetic Views About Marriage and Family
Lecture 34: The Uses of Diversity
Essays from Various Sources
Chesterton’s Account of His Trip to the Holy Land
Lecture 36: Eugenics and Other Evils
The Case Against a Scientifically-Designed Society
Lecture 37: What I Saw in America
Chesterton’s Account of His 1921 Trip to America
Lecture 38: The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Poems
Chesterton’s Lesser-Known Epic Poem
Lecture 39: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Detective Stories Featuring Horne Fisher
Essays from Diverse Sources
Lecture 41: St. Francis of Assisi
The Best Book Ever Written on St. Francis
Lecture 42: Superstitions of the Sceptic
A Debate with G.G. Coulton, Who Totally Misunderstands the Middle Ages
Lecture 43: Tales of the Long Bow
Chesterton’s “Distributist Novel”
Lecture 44: The Everlasting Man
Chesterton’s Great Book of Apologetics
An Introduction to One of Chesterton’s Heroes
Lecture 46: The Incredulity of Father Brown
The Third Collection of Stories Featuring the Clerical Sleuth
Lecture 47: The Outline of Sanity
The Textbook for Distributism
Lecture 48: The Queen of Seven Swords
Poetry About the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lecture 49: The Catholic Church and Conversion
Chesterton’s Reflections on Conversion in General
Lecture 50: The Return of Don Quixote
Chesterton’s Last Novel
Lecture 51: The Collected Poems
Political Poems Written by a Patriot
Lecture 52: The Secret of Father Brown
The Fourth in the Collection of Mysteries Featuring the Man in Cloth
Lecture 53: The Judgment of Dr. Johnson
Chesterton’s Play About the Great Samuel Johnson
Lecture 54: Robert Louis Stevenson
Chesterton’s Analysis of the Famous Scottish Writer
Lecture 55: Generally Speaking
A Collection of Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 56: The Poet and the Lunatics
Detective Stories Featuring Gabriel Gale
Subtitled: “Why I Am A Catholic”
37 Introductions by Chesterton to Other Books
Lecture 59: Four Faultless Felons
Detective Stories with a Twist
Lecture 60: Come to Think of It
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 61: The Resurrection of Rome
Chesterton’s Account of His Trip to Rome in 1929
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Literary Criticism About One of the Giants of English Literature
Lecture 64: Sidelights on New London and Newer York
Essays that Include Accounts of Chesterton’s Second Trip to America
Lecture 65: Christendom in Dublin
Chesterton’s Account of Attending the World Eucharistic Conference in 1932
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 67: St. Thomas Aquinas
The Best Book Ever Written on St. Thomas Aquinas
Lecture 68: Avowals and Denials
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 69: The Scandal of Father Brown
The Final Collection of the Padre Problem-Solver
Lecture 70: The Well and the Shallows
The Sequel to “The Thing”
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 72: Chesterton’s First Book?
Chesterton’s Ghost-Written Book About an Explorer in New Guinea
Chesterton’s Final Book
Lecture 74: The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
Detective Stories Featuring Mr. Pond
Lecture 75: The Coloured Lands
A Collection of Poems, Drawings, and Stories
Lecture 76: The End of the Armistice
Essays from G.K.’s Weekly that Prophesied World War II
A Collection of Essays from Various Sources
Chesterton’s Best Play
Lecture 79: A Handful of Authors
Literary Essays
Lecture 80: The Glass Walking Stick
Essays from The Illustrated London News
Lecture 81: Lunacy and Letters
Essays from The Daily News
Lecture 82: Where All Roads Lead
A Book of Catholic Apologetics
Lecture 83: The Man Who Was Orthodox
A Collection of Previously Uncollected Chesterton Material
A Collection of Essays from Various Sources
Lecture 85: Chesterton on Shakespeare
Chesterton’s Writings on the Bard
Lecture 86: The Apostle and the Wild Ducks
A Collection of Essays from Various Sources
Lecture 87: The Spirit of Christmas
A Collection of Chesterton’s Writings on Christmas
Lecture 88: A Chesterton Reader
A Chesterton Anthology
Lecture 89: Daylight and Nightmare
Stories with a Supernatural Element
Lecture 90: Chesterton’s Pulpit
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1905-1907
Lecture 91: The Boat on a Stormy Sea
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1908-1910
Lecture 92: Defending the Normal
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1911-1913
Collected Nonsense Verse
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1914-1916
Lecture 95: History Lessons from One Who Was There
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1917-19
Lecture 96: Today’s News Yesterday
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922.
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1923-1925
Lecture 98: Closing the Account
A Lost – and Found – Father Brown story.
Lecture 99: Spiritual Insolence
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928.
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1929-1931
A Collection of Chesterton’s Short Stories and More
A Collection of Chesterton’s Short Stories and More
Lecture 103: Pieces of a Puzzle
A Collection of Chesterton’s Short Stories and More
Lecture 104: Serene Passion and Fiery Peace
Volume 1 of Chesterton’s Collected Poetry
Lecture 105: Point Counter Point
Chesterton’s Witty Replies to Holbrook Jackson
Lecture 106: Chesterton’s Rediscovered First Novel
Chesterton’s Long-Lost First Novel
Lecture 107: “God Himself will not help us to ignore evil, but only to defy and to defeat it.”
Chesterton’s Writings on the Subjects of War and Peace
Lecture 108: I talk of peace; I talk of pain.
Chesterton’s Collected Poetry
Lecture 109: Therefore I Bring These Rhymes to You
The Final Volume of Chesterton’s Collected Poetry
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1932-1934
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1935-1936 (the final columns)
Lecture 112: Creative Vitality
Chesterton’s Essays from The Daily News, 1901-1902
Lecture 113: Short Articles on Huge Subjects
Essays from The Daily News, 1903-1904
Essays from The Daily News, 1905-June 1906
Essays from The Daily News, July 1906 – December 1907
Lecture 116: The General of Generalization
Essays from The Daily News, January, 1908 – June, 1909
Lecture 117: Politics, Cheese, Hair, Eternity, Freaks, and Fields of Blood
Essays from The Daily News, July 1909 – September 1910
Essays from The Daily News, October, 1910 – December, 1911
Essays from The Daily News, 1912-1913
Lecture 120: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part One
Books Chesterton Wanted to Write but Never Did
Lecture 121: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part Two
More Books that Chesterton Wanted to Write but Never Did
Lecture 123: The True Reformer
Chesterton’s Unwritten Book on Savonarola
Introductions to Books About People
Introductions to Books About Places
Introductions to Poetry, Plays, and Novels
Lecture 127: Loving God and Loving Our Neighbor
Introductions to Books about Religion, Philosophy, and Society
Lecture 128: In The Beginning Was…
Essays from The Speaker
Essays from The Daily Herald
Lecture 130: A Primer in Paradox
Essays from Black and White, 1903-1904
Lecture 131: Wise Beyond His Years
Essays from The Daily Herald, 1891-1893
Lecture 132: First Hand Accounts
Essays from The Eye-Witness
Lecture 133: The Loyal Opposition
Essays from The New Witness, 1912-1913
Lecture 134: The Trouble(s) with Being a Journalist
Essays from The Daily News, May-October, 1913