Gilbert K Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown Gilbert K Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown is a collection of eight stories by G. K. Chesterton, the third-published collection featuring the fictional detective Father Brown. It was first published as a book in 1926 by Cassell of London, whose monthly Cassell's Magazine featured the last of the eight stories in its April number, illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.

The 8 stories in this collection are:

"The Resurrection of Father Brown"

"The Arrow of Heaven"

"The Oracle of the Dog"

"The Miracle of Moon Crescent"

"The Curse of the Golden Cross"

"The Dagger with Wings"

"The Doom of the Darnaways"

"The Ghost of Gideon Wise"

According to The FictionMags Index, the first story was original to the collection; the last was published in the April 1926 number of Cassell's Magazine; the six intermediate stories had appeared in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine from December 1923 to July 1925, in a different sequence.