Hilaire Belloc 
On Something (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

This 1910 collection of witty, charming, and often satirical essays on a wide variety of topics by the great Catholic polemicist and apologist includes ‘A Plea for the Simpler Drama, ‘ ‘The Monkey Question: An Appeal to Common Sense, ‘ ‘On Immortality, ‘ and ‘The Way to Fairyland.’

Circa l’autore

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (1870-1953) was born near Paris and became a naturalized British subject in 1902. A member of Parliament (1906-1910) and frequent collaborator with G. K. Chesterton, he is best known for his writings on Catholicism. He published more than 150 volumes, including novels, essays, biographies, verse, and travel writing.