The Flying Inn

1914 Chesterton, G[ilbert] K[eith] (1874-1936). The Flying Inn. London: Methuen. Rpt. in The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Ed. Iain T. Benson (San Francisco, CA: St. Ignatius Press, 2004), 7: 421-665. The songs found throughout the text were originally published in The New Witness as follows: “A Song Against Grocers.” 1.2 (November 14, 1912): 47; “The Song of the English.” 1.4 (November 28, 1912): 111; “A Song of Songs.” 1.7 (December 19, 1912): 207; “The Song of the Good Rich Man.” 1.9 (January 2, 1913): 271; “A Song of Strange Drinks.” 1.12 (January 23, 1913): 367; “Song of the Happy Vegetarians.” 1.13 (January 30, 1913): 398; “Song of the Temperance Hotel.” 1.14 (February 6, 1913): 436; “The Song of the Strange Ascetic.” 1.16 (February 20, 1913): 495; “The Song of the Second Deluge.” 1.17 (February 27, 1913): 527; “A Song of Dietetic Logic.” 2.45 (September 11, 1913): 591; “A Song of Temperance Reform.” 2.47 (September 25, 1913): 658; “The Song of the Alternative Explanations of the Curvature of the English Country Road.” 2.51 (October 23, 1913): 785; and “Song of the Dog named Quoodle.” 3.56 (November 27, 1913): 111. L, O

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