G. K. Chesterton 
Alarms and Discursions 

This volume contains a collection of essays written by G. K. Chesterton. These essays were originally published in the ‚Daily News‘, and cover a range of topics ranging from Gargoyles to strolls around Marble Arch. The essays contained herein include: The Surrender of a Cockney, The Nightmare, The Telegraph Poles, A Drama of Dolls, The Men and His Newspaper, The Appetite of Earth, Simmons and the Social Tie, Cheese, The Red Town, The Furrows, and many more. (Goodreads)