G.L. Pease Blends: The Old London Series

 

(Smokingpipes.com) In his 1908 apologetical work, Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton alludes to an idea that he had long had for a story: an English sailor sets out for an Island in the South Pacific, but through a navigational error lands back in England itself, believing that he had found an undiscovered country. In Chesterton's mind, such an error could be the happiest of accidents; the journey would join together all the excitement of traveling abroad with the joy of coming home. In many respects, Chesterton's is an apt metaphor for G.L. Pease's "Old London Series." Continued