Transcriber's note

This electronic edition is intended to contain the complete,
unaltered text of the first published edition of _Gilbert
Keith Chesterton_ by Maisie Ward (New York: Sheed & Ward,
1943), with the following exceptions:

The index, and a few other references to page numbers that do
not exist in this edition, have been omitted.

Italics are represented by underscores at the beginning and
end, _like this_.

Footnotes* have been placed directly below the paragraph
referring to them and enclosed in brackets.

[* Like this.]

Any other deviations from the text of the first edition may be
regarded as defects and attributed to the transcriber.





GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON

by

MAISIE WARD