Chesterton: Still Smarter Than the Average Griffin
It is a great pity when the editor of a great writer fails to understand that writer, and thus ends up committing the very error the writer is attacking; but, as Shakespeare said, "That 'tis true 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true." Recently, I was reading the collection, G.K. Chesterton: Essential Writings , edited and introduced by one Mr. William Griffin. Mr. Griffin, in this fine volume ("fine" in the double sense of being both excellent and small), has gathered selections from Mr. Chesterton's various writings, both short and long, which contain elements of the author's spiritual wisdom (the book being part of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series). In addition to headnotes and endnotes to each selection, Mr. Griffin also composed an introduction for the volume, dealing with various aspects of Chesterton, the man and the writer. ...