EMMANUEL BURDEN

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

PARIS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE PYRENEES
HILLS AND THE SEA
ON NOTHING AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
ON EVERYTHING
ON SOMETHING
FIRST AND LAST
THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER
A CHANGE IN THE CABINET

A SKETCH OF MR BURDEN—FROM MEMORY

EMMANUEL BURDEN

MERCHANT

OF THAMES ST., IN THE CITY OF
LONDON, EXPORTER OF HARDWARE
A RECORD OF
HIS LINEAGE, SPECULATIONS,
LAST DAYS AND DEATH

BY

HILAIRE BELLOC

WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published

September 1904

Second Edition

December 1904

Third Edition (2s. net)

April 1915

TO
HERBERT A. L. FISHER