The Club of Queer Trades

The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "e;queer trade"e;, using the word "e;queer"e; in the sense of "e;peculiar"e;). To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent trade bei...