Foreword by John Peterson
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Chapter 2: The Club of Queer Trades
Chapter 3: The Man Who Was Thursday
Chapter 4: The Ball and the Cross
Chapter 5: The Innocence of Father Brown
Chapter 6: Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Father Brown?
Chapter 7: Chesterton's Manalive
Chapter 8: Chesterton's Flying Inn
Chapter 9: The Poet and the Lunatics
Chapter 10: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Chapter 11: The Trees of Pride and Other Tales
Chapter 12: Tales of the Long Bow
Chapter 13: The Return of Don Quixote
Chapter 14: Four Faultless Felons
Chapter 15: The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
Afterword by Pasquale Accardo
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I read Martin Gardner's manuscript and really enjoyed doing so. It's
quintessential Gardner, which means it is gracefully written, well-argued,
extremely informative, quite convincing, already a classic. He certainly writes
in an agreeable fashion. I knew from the first page I was reading an MG book. It
is, of course, a collection of columns, chapters, essays, forewords, etc. — John
Robert Colombo
Chesterton's criticism almost always leads the reader to (re)read the subject of
the criticism. Gardner's essays on Chesterton's fiction do exactly the same.
They point out the many virtues of GKC's fiction and invite a new generation to
experience the wonder. — Pasquale Accardo
When the historian of philosophy Étienne Gilson was asked how Chesterton, who
had never had any formal training in philosophy, could have written his
brilliant study of the medieval philosopher-theologian, Thomas Aquinas, Gilson's
simple answer was that "Chesterton was one of the deepest thinkers who ever
existed." And when Isaac Asimov was asked whom he thought was the most
intelligent person on earth, he answered without hesitation, "Martin Gardner." —
John Peterson
Martin Gardner is a science writer best known for the 25 years that he wrote Scientific American’s column on recreational mathematics. In literary circles he is most admired for his Annotated Alice, an in depth study of Lewis Carroll’s two Alice books. His other books range over mathematics, science, pseudoscience, philosophy, religion, and literature. He has also written two novels and edited several anthologies of popular poetry. Mr. Gardner describes himself as a “philosophical theist” in the tradition of Plato, Kant, William James, Charles Peirce, and Miguel de Unamuno. Gilbert Chesterton, H.G. Wells, and Lord Dunsany are three of his literary heroes.
“For more than half a century, Martin Gardner has been the single brightest beacon defending rationality and good science against the mysticism and anti‑intellectualism that surround us.” — Stephen Jay Gould
“Martin Gardner is a national treasure, and Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? should be compulsory reading in every high school and in Congress. It will no doubt hold back the current tidal wave of lunacy about UFOs, Scientology, Creationism, and the like. —Arthur C. Clarke
Martin Gardner’s contribution to contemporary intellectual culture is unique—in its range, its insight, and its understanding of hard questions that matter. — Noam Chomsky
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