5. HE HAD A MIND THAT LEAD THE MINDS OF GREAT LEADERS
In addition to influencing many Christian writers of his era (see page 30), Chesterton inspired two great political leaders. In a column published in the United States October 2, 1909, Chesterton complained that the nationalist movement in India was neither nationalist nor Indian, but merely a reaction against British imperialism. He thought that Indian sovereignty, which he supported, should be based on Indian culture and tradition instead. Mahatma Gandhi followed this advice. Back in the British Isles, cagey Irish nationalist Michael Collins took a cue from Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and avoided capture by traveling in plain sight. (Credits: christianitytoday.com) 4. SILENT PARTNER Frances Chesterton faithfully critiqued her husband's work but did not write much of her own. Her only popular piece is the poem (often sung as a carol) "How Far Is It to Bethlehem?" which begins: How far is it to Bethlehem? Not very far. Shall we find the stable-room lit by a star? Can we see the little Child? Is he within? If we lift the wooden latch, may we go in? (Credits: christianitytoday.com) 3. LOST LOVE Way back in 1894, 11 years before he published his first novel, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Chesterton apparently wrote a semi-autobiographical romance about a character named Basil Howe. The manuscript never saw print, possibly because Chesterton's wife, whom he met in 1896, didn't like it. Nearly 100 years later, when hundreds of Chesterton's notebooks and papers were being transferred from his estate to the British Library, a Chesterton scholar discovered and reconstructed the novel. Basil Howe was recently published in the United Kingdom.3. (Credits: christianitytoday.com) 2. ARTFUL DAWDLER Though he made his career as a writer, Chesterton's only formal training was in art. His sketches appeared in his friend Edmund Clerihew Bentley's book Biography for Beginners and, periodically, in G.K.'s Weekly magazine. A sketch, with the caption "I am now ten years old," marked the magazine's tenth anniversary, in 1935. It depicts Chesterton at about the age he finally began to read—he was such a slow learner that his parents once took him to a brain specialist. His brainpower proved to be more than adequate. (Credits: christianitytoday.com) 1. MAN AT PLAY Chesterton's love of theatrics began with childhood puppet shows and remained strong to the end of his life. Pictures of "Top Meadow Productions," the shows he staged at his cottage, depict guests of all ages dressed as eighteenth-century figures, wandering minstrels, and even a bishop. Chesterton particularly liked dressing up as Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), a writer whose physical size and literary style invite many comparisons with Chesterton. (Credits: christianitytoday.com) Did you like reading "Father Brown Mysteries" ? Yes.Then most readers loved reading these 3 books on Amazon as well.
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