Varied Types is a classic collection of brief biographical sketches and literary essays by G.K. Chesterton and includes the following works: Charlotte Brontë, William Morris And His School, The Optimism Of Byron, and Pope And The Art Of Satire, among others. Contents: Charlotte Bronte -- William Morris and his school -- The optimism of Byron -- Pope and the art of satire -- Francis -- Rostand -- Charles II -- Stevenson -- Thomas Carlyle -- Tolstoy and the cult of simplicity -- Savonarola -- The position of Sir Walter Scott -- Bret Harte -- Alfred the Great -- Maeterlinck -- Ruskin -- Queen Victoria -- The German emperor -- Tennyson -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
