"Father Brown" one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from english detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of "Father Brown" in 1911. that first collection of stories established G.K.Chesterton`s kindly clericin the front rank of eccentric steuths. This collection contains all the favourite "Father Brown" stories. They represent form quiet wit and compassion which is so different from his moody and caustic predecessor, Conan Doyle`s Sherlock Holmes. Father Brownsilves his mysteries by a mixture of intuition and aympatheticworldlines in a totally believable manner.