When I started 'Tremendous trifles', I was expecting more essays like the ones in 'All things considered'. The first two stories are quite different in nature, though. Both 'A piece of chalk' and 'The secret of a train' describe things that Chesterton experienced in daily life. They are small stories, in which Chesterton, as promised in the introduction, focuses on 'trifles'.
The stories themselves are quite readable, but the thing that interests me most at this moment is the insight view I get about the person of Chesterton himself. Though I am still reading a biography, these stories tell me something about his sudden impulses: doing nothing or going out to draw, drawing nature or drawing figures, taking the train or walking.
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