- Chestertonians and other readers will rejoice in the republication of this long-unavailable book of delights. Featuring the author"s early work as well as previously unpublished material, this volume abounds in fairy stories, comic verses, and satirical ballads. Best of all, it features a treasury of Chesterton"s distinctive colour and black-and-white illustrations. This is a reprint of the Sheed & Ward, New York, 1938 edition.