Ind. 61: 396. Ag. 16, ’06. 210w.
“Mr. Shaw is not only entertaining in his plays, as are some other men, but he is also immensely entertaining in his prefaces.”
+ Outlook. 82: 1005. Ap. 28, ’06. 130w. R. of Rs. 33: 767. Je. ’06. 80w.
Shaw, George Bernard. [Three plays for Puritans]; being the third volume of his collected plays. **$1.25. Brentano’s.
A reprint of the 1900 edition of the three plays, The devil’s disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound’s conversion. The volume contains the author’s characteristic preface to the 1900 edition and a note—the only new matter included in the issue—in which the following statement appears: “Now that the turmoil has abated, the platformer, ever ready to seize upon the public’s passing whim, has told all he does not know about Shaw, the dust settled, one gets a clear perspective, and finds him standing pretty firmly after all.”
Shaw, Judson Wade. Uncle Sam and his children. **$1.20. Barnes.
“In prosecuting the work of his organization Mr. Shaw found everywhere a demand for a book that should not simply outline the machinery of the government, but should emphasize its special advantages and the duty of citizens in the use of their privileges. He has accordingly, embodied in the present volume an account of the struggles through which the founders of the country passed, a statement of the principles that actuated them, an outline of our territory and its resources, and some discussion of the perils that threaten us and how to meet and escape them.”—R. of Rs.
+ Bookm. 22: 536. Ja. ’06. 110w. + Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ’05. 40w. N. Y. Times. 10: 408. Je. 17, ’05. 170w.
“His book is a sort of elementary manual of American good-citizenship.”