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+ − Nation 110:556 Ap 24 ’20 500w
“He proves in this book that even the most patriotic of Englishmen can treat another patriotism with magnanimity.” F. H.
+ − New Repub 21:298 F 4 ’20 1500w + N Y Times 25:225 My 2 ’20 550w
“The defect in Mr Chesterton’s consideration of the Irish problem is not that he is superficial, but that he is in a certain sense too profound. He sees certain simple, but profound, truths so clearly and so exclusively that he ignores other truths that may possibly be as deeply rooted, and pays too little attention to superficial facts lying outside the categories that he thinks in.”
+ − No Am 211:426 Mr ’20 1050w
“Mr Chesterton does not write for the man in the street; his style is full of brilliant paradox, subtle allusion, and pages in which one must read between the lines for their meaning. But the game is worth the candle.”
+ Outlook 124:291 F 18 ’20 100w
“We know what to expect from Mr Chesterton: vividness, color, wit, epigrams often a little strained but not seldom such as make one catch one’s breath and wonder; clear-cut antitheses—sometimes cut too clear to correspond accurately with situations that are complex and confused, but always a stimulant to thought, and not least arousing when they are most provoking. And it is the true Chestertonian humor that greets us in these ‘Irish impressions.’” H. L. Stewart
+ Review 2:284 Mr 20 ’20 500w R of Rs 61:446 Ap ’20 80w