TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chesterton,G.K.
TI  - If I were a preacher
PY  - 1929///
CY  - London
PB  - Cassell
N1  - Other authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Thomas Horder, Sheila Kaye Smith, Lord Hugh Cecil, Sir Phillip Gibbs, The Rt. Hon. Augustine, Birrell, K.C, The Hon. Bertrand Russell, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, Joseph Collins, John Drinkwater, Henry Noble McCracken, Henry Seidel Canby, Ludwig Lewisohn; Annotations: front end paper [blue pen] Aidan Mackey [pencil] 1st 1929, rear end paper [pencil] 57. Fly leaf [black ink] To Brother Bryan from his affectionate -in-law Sister Grace, Christmas 1929. Title page [title 'If I were a Preacher' annotated with a poem] [black ink] ...Says your Sister Grace, I'd walk about my parish with a smiling face, Just like my Brother Bryan, Leaving not a trace, Of his own heart's deep sorrow, Letting smiles replace, The Mournful tears - what matter sermons? Deeds efface, All windy words - 'keep smiling', And your cheery face, Will do more good than preaching, To the Human Race; Enclosures [two folded photocopies] Title page and contents page of 'If I could Preach Just Once' (USA,1929) [Alternate title?]
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