Each essays has a currious of a challenging subject. There is the familiar Chestertonian humour in such essays as His sigh is a Hullaballo and Passing Through the Custom, which, with four essays on Spain and others on Architecture, give scope for Chesterton's vivid analysis of form and colour. We have a warning against pedantic criticism in an essays on Wolfe and the Midshipman and there are essays sections on literature and history.