The Apostle and the Wild Ducks

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Part I. In General

• A Sermon on Cheapness (1902)
• On Manners (1902)
• For Persons of the Name of Smith (1902)
• The True Vanity of Vanities (1904)
• Written in the Sand (1905)
• A Case of Comrades (1908)
• Something (1910)
• Asparagus (1914)
• The English Spirit and the Flea (1915)
• The Hobby and the Head Waiter (1922)
• In Praise of Pie (1927)
• Culture versus Civilization (1924)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2029
• The Winter Feast (before 1937)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
• They Tell a Story (before 1937)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2031

Part II. Here and There

• Walking Tours (1901)
• The Blindness of the Sightseer (1902)
• The Aesthetes in the Kitchen Garden (1904)
• The Need of Personalities in Politics (1905)
• The Largest Window in the World (1914)
• The Apostle and the Wild Ducks (1922)
• The Travellers' Joys (1926)
• Understanding France (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026
• Salute to New York (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026
• The British Beech (1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027
• Public Monuments (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2029

Part III. The Making of History

• Statues (1907)
• A Theory of Tyrants (1908)
• An Anecdote of Persecution (1908)
• The Return of Pageantry (1911)
• Rational History (1913)
• The Unknown Warrior (1920)
• William Penn and His Royalist Friends (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026

Part IV. On Literature

• Ruskin: the Humorist (1900)
• Literature of Information (1901)
• Eulogy of Robin Hood (1903)
• A Plea for Hasty Journalism (1904)
• The Voice of Shelley (1905)
• The Great Translation (1911)
• Jane Austen's Juvenilia (1922)
• The Countrymen of Mary Webb and Thomas Hardy (1928)
• The Words of Strong Poetry (1933)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028
• The Refrain of the Rover (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2029

Part V. On Reflection

• What is Right with the World (1910)