“His style is limpid and lucid.”—Sunday Sun.
“He is always on the side of the high-spirited, the Quixotic, and the things of the mind.”—Daily Chronicle.
“Bright and brilliant.”—The Star.
“Mr. Chesterton is one of the most brilliant of the younger journalists.”—Observer.
“At once marked by originality of thought and distinction of style.”—Sunday Times.
“G. K. Chesterton is a master of paradox.”—Dundee Advertiser.
“A series of breezy and thoughtful essays.”—Christian.
“Mr. G. K. Chesterton is always interesting and amusing.”—Echo.
“Time and again in reading it we have had to lay it down and lie back in our chair and laugh. And yet, perhaps, its dominant note is its noble seriousness.”—Sheffield Telegraph.
“Sufficiently epigrammatic to be piquant.”—County Gentleman.