Varied Types by G.K. Chesterton, Author of "The Defendant," etc.,New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1905 NOTE: These papers, with certain alterations and additions, are reprinted with the kind permission of the Editors of _The Daily News_ and _The Speaker_. G.K.C., Kensington. CONTENTS Charlotte Bronte William Morris And His School The Optimism Of Byron Pope And The Art Of Satire Francis Rostand Charles II. Stevenson Thomas Carlyle Tolstoy And The Cult Of Simplicity Savonarola The Position Of Sir Walter Scott Bret Harte Alfred The Great Maeterlinck Ruskin Queen Victoria The German Emperor Tennyson Elizabeth Barrett Browning |