“In these two more substantial plays, as always, Mr. Shaw makes it plainer than ever, as has already been said, that he is first the determined moralist, the servant of his profoundly passionate convictions; then the architect of what happens to be their vehicle: in this case, satiric and imaginative drama. But scarcely less notable is the demonstration which is here furnished of that other inconvenient and embarrassing fact which Mr. Shaw is at such elaborate pains, when he is on his guard, to conceal: the fact that he is, ‘au fond’ and incurably a poet.” Lawrence Gilman.
| + | No. Am. 186: 284. O. ’07. 2000w. |
“Not even Mr. Bernard Shaw’s wit and paradox can make his play about Ireland ... altogether easy reading.”
| − + | Outlook. 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 40w. |
“The three plays show Mr. Shaw’s characteristic genius.”
| + | R. of Rs. 36: 383. S. ’07. 100w. |
Sheedy, Rev. Morgan M. Briefs for our times. **$1. Whittaker.
6–31412.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The literary quality of the book is very good indeed; and, while the author does not pretend to original thinking, he has the knack of putting ancient truth in a fresh and pleasing, as well as convincing, manner.”