Sidelights on London and Newer York
Chesterton, G.K. Sidelights on London and Newer York. First English Edition. 1932. Book in very good condition; dust jacket in very good minus condition.
In his time, G.K. Chesterton was thought to be a traditionalist and an enemy of the avant-garde. Yet this book is more at home in the 21st Century than much of what was once considered modern. Eschewing fad and fashion, he was ahead of his times. He was also a master of paradox and aphorism. This book, a collection of his essays, concern Jazz-Age Americans, their English counterparts, and the differences thereof.
“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.”
--G.K. Chesterton