Manalive Maritain a young man who abruptly

a young man who abruptly departs his Cambridge education to “take to the roads” of England

By Padraic Colum | Illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry

When first published in 1968

He sees that his time of battle has arrived

Manalive Maritain a young man who abruptlyBy G. K. Chesterton A high wind springs up one day in London, having in it something more inspired and authoritative even than the old wind of the proverbfor it was the good wind that blows nobody harm. Arriving on the back of this wind at Beacon House, Innocent Smith quickly introduces to its inhabitants an air of excitement, of mirth, and of wonder. Buoyed and buffeted alike by this air, those in Smiths fellowship are forced to examine life in a new