"As the title suggests, this book collects essays in which Chesterton defends unpopular opinions, people and institutions."@en
"G.K. Chesterton's collected essays on subjects ranging from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to heraldry and patriotism. The essays originally appeared in ""The Speaker"" but were edited and revised for republication."@en
"Chesterton's earliest collection of essays covers a wide range of topics, from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to skeletons, slang, and patriotism. Each subject is addressed with his characteristic combination of wit, paradox, and good humor, as he defends seemingly harmless subjects only to reveal many hidden assumptions and dogmas of his time."
"This collection comprises Chestertonian defenses" of penny dreadfuls, rash vows, skeletons, publicity, nonsense, planets, China shepherdesses, useful information, heraldry, ugly things, farce, humility, slang, baby-worship, detective stories, patriotism he even defends the very existence of his own book."@en
"Chesterton's earliest collection of essays covers a wide range of topics, from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to skeletons, slang, and patriotism. Each subject is addressed with his characteristic combination of wit, paradox, and good humor, as he defends seemingly harmless subjects only to reveal many hidden assumptions and dogmas of his time. The essays originally appeared in ""The Speaker"" but were edited and revised for republication."@en