Diary entry, January 5, 1891, cited by Oddie, "The Philosemitism of G. K. Chesterton ," 127. G. K. Chesterton , The Everlasting Man (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947), 166. Those interested in G. K. Chesterton and his writings, Roman Catholicism in early-twentieth-century England, the dynamics of conversion, and religious apologetics will enjoy Fagerberg's book. (5) See Margaret Canovan, G. K. Chesterton : Radical Populist. The answer to this question is explained in this very book, in which G. K. Chesterton , the noted novelist, essayist, controversialist, and poet, is defended as a metaphysician as well.