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     Eccentric sleuth, Basil Grant is deftly portrayed by Chesterton: mystic, enigmatic and often considered mad by his brother Rupert - the over-zealous private-eye - and by Charles Swinburne, gullible narrator of the six tales. His methods of detection mystify, but his intuition is sure and invariably leads to the Club of Queer Trades, the existence of which "makes a man feel what a man should feel, that he is still in the childhood of the world".
     These ingenious stories are redolent with mystery, humour, and a surreal quality that has timeless appeal.

I The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown
Ⅱ The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation
Ⅲ The Awful Reason of the Vicar"s Visit
IV The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent
V The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd
VI The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady