Some time ago I was asked to serve as “academic adviser” for a volume of the Children’s Literature Review (Gale Literary Criticism Series) on Hilaire Belloc. I’ve just received my gratis copy and was astonished to see that the retail price for the slim volume is a whopping $418. (Ten copies for me, please!) Obviously it is being marketed to college and university libraries only. Those wishing to read more literary criticism on the work of Belloc, and not just his children’s literature, including essays by noted Bellocians, such as Fr. Schall and Scott Bloch, as well as two essays of mine, one on his attitude to Fascism and the Jews, and the other on his wonderful book, The Four Men, have two options. If they are billionaires, they can reach for their wallets; if not, they should reach for their library cards!