Salisbury, N. C., September 4, 1911.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 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 Partridge | facing p. [246] |
| PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES | |
| George Bernard Shaw. “The Diabolonian.” Monochrome by Éduard J. Steichen | facing p. [80] |
| George Bernard Shaw. “The Philosopher.” Monochrome by Alvin Langdon Coburn | " [468] |
| OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS | |
| Shaw and the biographer. Photo by Mrs. Bernard Shaw | facing 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. 2 | p. [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 Crane | p. [179] |
| Fitzroy Square, London | facing 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 Simpson | p. [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 biographer | facing p. [vi] |
| The first and last pages of original MS. of Love Among the Artists | pp. [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 Chart | facing 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