"He speaks to our contemporary tradition; no other 'unknown' writer is so often quoted to a world that does not recognize his name, a simple paradox that would greatly amuse him."
(Dale 199)

" detective-stiry writer as the 'real poet of the cuty and the detective the romantic hero who is the protector of civilization. . . who helps the public see the poetry of city life.' 54-orininal source-was his 1901 essay.
(Dale 159)

"If we are in a Chestertonian mood (one of the very best moods to be in, I think), we might say that we can define something only when we know nothing about it."
(Borges)

Borges, Jorge Luis. _This Craft of Verse_. Harvard University Press: Cambridge,Massachusetts. 2000