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# GKC
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/31728/
- Published: 2014-02-19T06:17:12.000Z
- Updated: 2014-02-19T06:17:12.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

**Background**: When I was the editor of *[Gilbert Magazine](http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)*, I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full of Chesterton ancedotes. They were idiosyncratic, historical, and Chestertonian. He gave me permission to use them here. I hope y'all find them as interesting as I have over the years. Most of them have never been published.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Chesterton-Mug-235x300.jpg "Chesterton Mug")

Chesterton Short(s)

In April of 1925, Chesterton completed the illustrations for Hilaire Belloc's novel, *Mr. Petre*. Said Belloc, "He did eight in an hour and a half. But if I hadn't forced him, he'd never have done them at all." \[*Letters from Hilaire Belloc*, London: Hollis & Carter, 1958, pp. 164-65\]