Salisbury, N. C., September 4, 1911.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Author's Introduction[v]
Preface[xi]
Preface to the American Edition[xv]
I.Dublin Days[3]
II.London[31]
III.The Novelist[59]
IV.The Fabian Society[89]
V.The Cart and Trumpet[121]
VI.Shavian Socialism[151]
VII.The Art Critic[195]
VIII.The Music Critic[231]
IX.The Dramatic Critic[261]
X.The Playwright—I[293]
XI.The Playwright—II[335]
XII.The Playwright—III[363]
XIII.The Technician[409]
XIV.The Dramatist[431]
XV.Artist and Philosopher[453]
XVI.The Man[491]
Appendix.—A Genealogy of the Shaw Family.[513]

ILLUSTRATIONS

COVER DESIGN
A Satyric Mask. From an original in the Department of Greek and Roman
Antiquities, British Museum.
COLOURED PLATES
George Bernard Shaw. Lumière autochrome, by Alvin Langdon Coburn[Frontispiece]
Ahenobarbus at Rehearsal. Water-colour of G. B. Shaw, by J. Bernard Partridgefacing p. [246]
PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES
George Bernard Shaw. “The Diabolonian.” Monochrome by Éduard J. Steichenfacing p. [80]
George Bernard Shaw. “The Philosopher.” Monochrome by Alvin Langdon Coburn " [468]
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
Shaw and the biographer. Photo by Mrs. Bernard Shawfacing p. [viii]
Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw, George Carr Shaw, etc." [18]
Shaw at the age of twenty-three" [46]
Sidney Webb" [92]
Henry George" [96]
Karl Marx" [96]
Cover of Fabian Tract, No. 2p. [103]
The Socialist (George Bernard Shaw in 1891)facing p. [116]
The Cart and Trumpet" [144]
A Study of Six Socialists" [164]
Cover design of Fabian Essays, 1890. By Walter Cranep. [179]
Fitzroy Square, Londonfacing p. [196]
William Morris" [211]
George Bernard Shaw. A Cartoon. By Max Beerbohm" [232]
Pope Innocent X." [262]
The Modern Pope of Wit and Wisdom. By Neville S. Lytton" [262]
John Bull's other Playwright. A Cartoon. By E. T. Reed" [270]
William Archer. By Jessie Holliday" [276]
Bernard Shaw. Black-and-white wash sketch by Joseph Simpson" [294]
In Consultation (G. B. S. and the author). By É. J. Steichen" [336]
H. Granville Barker. By A. L. Coburn" [372]
Shaw's House at Ayot St. Lawrence" [422]
George Bernard Shaw. Photo by Histed" [436]
Shaw's present home in London (10, Adelphi Terrace)" [446]
A plaster bust of Shaw. By Troubetzkoy" [480]
G. B. S. (A Cartoon). By Joseph Simpsonp. [497]
A bust of Shaw. By Rodin facing p. [500]
A Prophet, the Press, and Some People. From a water-colour by Jessie Holliday" [506]

FACSIMILES

MANUSCRIPTS
A page of a letter from Bernard Shaw to the biographerfacing p. [vi]
The first and last pages of original MS. of Love Among the Artistspp. [65]-[66]
PLAYBILLS, ETC.
PAGE
Sunday Afternoon Lectures. March, 1886[126]
The Philanderer. Berlin[301]
Mrs. Warren's Profession. Munich[301]
Arms and the Man. London. First performance[311]
You Never Can Tell. Stockholm[326]
The Man of Destiny. Frankfort[326]
Candida. Paris[349]
Candida. Brussels[352]
Man and Superman. New York[365]
Candida. New York[379]
The Doctor's Dilemma. Cologne[395]
Arms and the Man. Frankfort[395]
Press Cuttings. London[403]
A Genealogical Chartfacing p. [514]

DUBLIN DAYS

“If religion is that which binds men to one another, and irreligion that which sunders, then must I testify that I found the religion of my country in its musical genius and its irreligion in its churches and drawing-rooms.”—In the Days of My Youth. By Bernard Shaw. Mainly About People, 1898.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW:
HIS LIFE AND WORKS