6CHAPTER III
560THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
7CHAPTER IV
561THE CONTROVERSIES ON BAPTISM AND TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
8CHAPTER V
562THE ALTERNATIVE CHRISTS.
9CHAPTER VI
563CREDULITY NO CRITERION.
10CHAPTER VII
564BELIEF IN PERSONAL IMMORTALITY NO CRITERION.
11CHAPTER VIII
565THE SECULAR VIEW NATURAL, NOT RATIONAL, THEREFORE INEVITABLE.
12CHAPTER IX
566“THE HIGHER CRITICISM.”
13CHAPTER X
567THE PERILS OF SALVATIONISM.
14CHAPTER XI
568THE IMPORTANCE OF HELL IN THE SALVATION SCHEME.
15CHAPTER XII
569THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ATONEMENT.
16CHAPTER XIII
570THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY.
17CHAPTER XIV
571CHRISTIANITY AND THE EMPIRE.
18CHAPTER XV
572PROLOGUE
19CHAPTER XVI
573ACT I
20CHAPTER I
574ACT II
21CHAPTER II
575Afterword
22CHAPTER III
576PREFACE TO OVERRULED
23CHAPTER IV
577THE ALLEVIATIONS OF MONOGAMY
24CHAPTER V
578INACCESSIBILITY OF THE FACTS
25CHAPTER VI
579THE CONVENTION OF JEALOUSY
26CHAPTER VII
580THE MISSING DATA OF A SCIENTIFIC NATURAL HISTORY OF MARRIAGE
27CHAPTER VIII
581ARTIFICIAL RETRIBUTION
28CHAPTER IX
582THE FAVORITE SUBJECT OF FARCICAL COMEDY
29CHAPTER X
583THE PSEUDO SEX PLAY
30CHAPTER XI
584ART AND MORALITY
31CHAPTER XII
585THE LIMITS OF STAGE PRESENTATION
32CHAPTER XIII
586PRUDERIES OF THE FRENCH STAGE
33CHAPTER XIV
587OUR DISILLUSIVE SCENERY
34CHAPTER XV
588HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE
35CHAPTER XVI
589FARCICAL COMEDY SHIRKING ITS SUBJECT
36CHAPTER XVII
590OVERRULED (PLAY)
37CHAPTER XVIII
591PREFACE TO PYGMALION
38APPENDIX LETTER TO THE AUTHOR FROM MR. SIDNEY TREFUSIS.
592ACT I
39The Author to the Reader
593ACT II
40BOOK I
594ACT III
41CHAPTER I
595ACT IV
42CHAPTER II
596ACT V
43CHAPTER III
597APPENDIX
44CHAPTER IV
598Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores)
45CHAPTER V
599THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY FOR GREAT CATHERINE
46CHAPTER VI
600THE FIRST SCENE
47CHAPTER VII
601THE SECOND SCENE
48CHAPTER VIII
602THE THIRD SCENE
49CHAPTER IX
603THE FOURTH SCENE
50CHAPTER X
604The Music Cure
51CHAPTER XI
605Beauty’s Duty (Unfinished)
52CHAPTER XII
606O’Flaherty, V. C.
53CHAPTER XIII
607A RECRUITING PAMPHLET
54CHAPTER XIV
608O’FLAHERTY V.C. (PLAY)
55BOOK II
609The Inca Of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta
56CHAPTER I
610PROLOGUE
57CHAPTER II
611INCA OF PERUSALEM (PLAY)
58CHAPTER III
612Augustus Does His Bit
59CHAPTER IV
613PREFACE
60PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 1905
614AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT (PLAY)
61BOOK I
615Skit For The Tiptaft Revue
62CHAPTER I
616Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress: ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS (PLAY)
63CHAPTER II
617HEARTBREAK HOUSE AND HORSEBACK HALL
64CHAPTER III
618Where Heartbreak House Stands
65CHAPTER IV
619The Inhabitants
66CHAPTER V
620Horseback Hall
67CHAPTER VI
621Revolution on the Shelf
68BOOK II
622The Cherry Orchard
69CHAPTER VII
623Nature’s Long Credits
70CHAPTER VIII
624The Wicked Half Century
71CHAPTER IX
625Hypochondria
72CHAPTER X
626Those who do not know how to live must make a Merit of Dying
73CHAPTER XI
627War Delirium
74BOOK III
628Madness in Court
75CHAPTER XII
629The Long Arm of War
76CHAPTER XIII
630The Rabid Watchdogs of Liberty
77CHAPTER XIV
631The Sufferings of the Sane
78CHAPTER XV
632Evil in the Throne of Good
79CHAPTER XVI
633Straining at the Gnat and swallowing the Camel
80CHAPTER XVII
634Little Minds and Big Battles
81BOOK IV
635The Dumb Capables and the Noisy Incapables
82CHAPTER XVIII
636The Practical Business Men
83CHAPTER XIX
637How the Fools shouted the Wise Men down
84CHAPTER XX
638The Mad Election
85CHAPTER XXI
639The Yahoo and the Angry Ape
86PREFACE
640Plague on Both your Houses!
87BOOK THE FIRST. ISLINGTON
641How the Theatre fared
88CHAPTER I
642The Soldier at the Theatre Front
89CHAPTER II
643Heartbreak House
90CHAPTER III
644Commerce in the Theatre
91CHAPTER IV
645Unser Shakespeare
92CHAPTER V
646The Higher Drama put out of Action
93CHAPTER VI
647Church and Theatre
94CHAPTER VII
648The Next Phase
95CHAPTER VIII
649The Ephemeral Thrones and the Eternal Theatre
96CHAPTER IX
650How War muzzles the Dramatic Poet
97BOOK THE SECOND. AESTHETICS
651ACT I
98CHAPTER I
652ACT II
99CHAPTER II
653ACT III
100CHAPTER III
654In the Beginning
101CHAPTER IV
655ACT I
102CHAPTER V
656ACT II
103CHAPTER VI
657The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
104CHAPTER VII
658The Thing Happens
105CHAPTER VIII
659Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
106CHAPTER IX
660ACT I
107CHAPTER X
661ACT II
108BOOK THE THIRD. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
662ACT III
109CHAPTER I
663ACT IV
110CHAPTER II
664As Far as Thought Can Reach
111CHAPTER III
665The War Indemnities (unfinished)
112CHAPTER IV
666Preface
113CHAPTER V
667JOAN THE ORIGINAL AND PRESUMPTUOUS
114CHAPTER VI
668JOAN AND SOCRATES
115CHAPTER VII
669CONTRAST WITH NAPOLEON
116CHAPTER VIII
670WAS JOAN INNOCENT OR GUILTY?
117CHAPTER IX
671JOAN'S GOOD LOOKS
118BOOK THE FOURTH. FLIRTATION
672JOAN'S SOCIAL POSITION
119CHAPTER I
673JOAN'S VOICES AND VISIONS
120CHAPTER II
674THE EVOLUTIONARY APPETITE
121CHAPTER III
675THE MERE ICONOGRAPHY DOES NOT MATTER
122CHAPTER IV
676THE MODERN EDUCATION WHICH JOAN ESCAPED
123CHAPTER V
677FAILURES OF THE VOICES
124CHAPTER VI
678JOAN A GALTONIC VISUALIZER
125CHAPTER VII
679JOAN'S MANLINESS AND MILITARISM
126CHAPTER VIII
680WAS JOAN SUICIDAL?
127CHAPTER IX
681JOAN SUMMED UP
128EPILOGUE
682JOAN'S IMMATURITY AND IGNORANCE
129Short Stories
683THE MAID IN LITERATURE
130Aerial Football: The New Game
684PROTESTANT MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
131The Emperor and the Little Girl
685COMPARATIVE FAIRNESS OF JOAN'S TRIAL
132The Miraculous Revenge
686JOAN NOT TRIED AS A POLITICAL OFFENDER
133The Theatre of the Future
687THE CHURCH UNCOMPROMISED BY ITS AMENDS
134A Dressing Room Secret
688CRUELTY, MODERN AND MEDIEVAL
135Don Giovanni Explains
689CATHOLIC ANTI-CLERICALISM
136Beauty’s Duty
690CATHOLICISM NOT YET CATHOLIC ENOUGH
137Still After The Doll’s House
691THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF GOD
138The Author’s Apology
692CREDULITY, MODERN AND MEDIEVAL
139Still After the Doll’s House
693TOLERATION, MODERN AND MEDIEVAL
140The Domesticity of Franklyn Barnabas
694VARIABILITY OP TOLERATION
141The Death of an Old Revolutionary Hero
695THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GENIUS AND DISCIPLINE
142The Serenade
696JOAN AS THEOCRAT
143A Sunday on the Surrey Hills
697UNBROKEN SUCCESS ESSENTIAL IN THEOCRACY
144Cannonfodder
698MODERN DISTORTIONS OF JOAN'S HISTORY
145The Black Girl in Search of God
699HISTORY ALWAYS OUT OF DATE
146Plays
700THE REAL JOAN NOT MARVELLOUS ENOUGH FOR US
147Plays Unpleasant:
701THE STAGE LIMITS OF HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION
148Widowers’ Houses (1892)
702A VOID IN THE ELIZABETHAN DRAMA
149ACT I
703TRAGEDY, NOT MELODRAMA
150ACT II
704THE INEVITABLE FLATTERIES OF TRAGEDY
151ACT III
705SOME WELL-MEANT PROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PLAY
152The Philanderer (1898)
706THE EPILOGUE
153ACT I
707TO THE CRITICS, LEST THEY SHOULD FEEL IGNORED
154ACT II
708SCENE I
155ACT III
709SCENE II
156ACT IV
710SCENE III
157Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1898)
711SCENE IV
158THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY
712SCENE V
159ACT I
713SCENE VI
160ACT II
714EPILOGUE
161ACT III
715The Glimpse Of Reality: A Tragedietta
162ACT IV
716Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace To The Author
163Plays Pleasant:
717Preface
164Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894)
718ACT I
165INTRODUCTION
719ACT II
166ACT I
720Mr Shaw Replies to His Critics
167ACT II
721A Walk and a Talk with Mr Shaw
168ACT III
722Bernard Shaw's Denial
169Candida (1898)
723Mr Shaw and Democracy
170ACT I
724The Apple-Cart Again
171ACT II
725Preface
172ACT III
726MONEY AND HAPPINESS
173You Never Can Tell (1897)
727THE VAMPIRE AND THE CALF
174ACT I
728THE OLD SOLDIER AND THE PUBLIC HOUSE
175ACT II
729THE UNLOADING MILLIONAIRES
176ACT III
730DELUSIONS OF POVERTY
177ACT IV
731TRYING IT FOR AN HOUR
178Three Plays for Puritans:
732CONSOLATIONS OF THE LANDED GENTRY
179The Devil’s Disciple
733MISERIES OF THE VAGRANT ROOTLESS RICH
180ACT I
734THE REDEMPTION FROM PROPERTY
181ACT II
735FUNDAMENTAL NATURAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
182ACT III
736THE CATHOLIC SOLUTION
183NOTES TO THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE
737NEED FOR A COMMON FAITH
184PROLOGUE
738RUSSIA REDISCOVERS THE CHURCH SYSTEM
185AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROLOGUE
739WHY THE CHRISTIAN SYSTEM FAILED
186ACT I
740GOVERNMENT BY EVERYBODY
187ACT II
741FAILURE ALL ROUND
188ACT III
742OBSOLETE VOWS
189ACT IV
743SUPERNATURAL PRETENSIONS
190ACT V
744ECLECTIC DEMOCRACY
191NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
745ACT I
192Captain Brassbound’s Conversion
746ACT II
193ACT I
747ACT III
194ACT II
748From the Malvern Festival Book, 1932
195ACT III
749Why "Too True to be Good" Failed: A Moral in Favour of a National Theatre
196NOTES TO CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND’S CONVERSION
750Village Wooing: A Comedietta for Two Voices
197Other Plays:
751FIRST CONVERSATION
198The Man Of Destiny
752SECOND CONVERSATION
199The Gadfly Or The Son of the Cardinal
753THIRD CONVERSATION
200ACT I.
754Preface
201ACT II.
755EXTERMINATION
202ACT III.
756KILLING AS A POLITICAL FUNCTION
203ACT IV.
757THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
204The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded
758PRESENT EXTERMINATIONS
205PREFACE
759PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS MISS THE POINT
206ACT I
760KING CHARLES'S HEAD
207ACT II
761RIGHT TO EXTERMINATE CONFERRED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY
208ACT IV
762DISGUISES UNDER WHICH PRIVATE EXTERMINATION OPERATES
209NOTE ON MODERN PRIZEFIGHTING
763PRIVATE POWERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
210Man And Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy
764CRUELTY'S EXCUSES
211EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY
765LEADING CASE OF JESUS CHRIST
212ACT I
766"CROSSTIANITY"
213ACT II
767CHRISTIANITY AND THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
214ACT III (pt. 1)
768THE RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT
215ACT III (pt. 2)
769INADEQUACY OF PENAL CODES
216ACT IV
770LIMITED LIABILITY IN MORALS
217John Bull’s Other Island
771NATURAL LIMIT TO EXTERMINATION
218ACT I
772INCOMPATIBILITY OF PEASANTRY WITH MODERN CIVILIZATION
219ACT II
773A PEASANT VICTORY IS A VICTORY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY
220ACT III
774PREVENTIVE EXTERMINATION: ITS DIFFICULTIES
221ACT IV
775TEMPERAMENTAL DIFFICULTIES
222How He Lied To Her Husband
776IMPORTANCE OF LAZINESS FOR FALLOWING
223PREFACE
777STANDARD RELIGION INDISPENSABLE
224HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND (PLAY)
778ECLECTIC RELIGIONS
225PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA: FIRST AID TO CRITICS
779IMPORTANCE OF FREE THOUGHT
226THE GOSPEL OF ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT
780TOLERATION MOSTLY ILLUSORY
227THE SALVATION ARMY
781LEADING CASES: SOCRATES AND JESUS
228BARBARA’S RETURN TO THE COLORS.
782THE CASE OF GALILEO
229WEAKNESSES OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
783FIGMENT OF THE SELFREGARDING ACTION
230CHRISTIANITY AND ANARCHISM
784INCOMPLETENESS OF THE GREAT TRIALS
231SANE CONCLUSIONS
785A MODERN PASSION PLAY IMPOSSIBLE
232ACT I
786DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READER AND SPECTATOR
233ACT II
787THE SACREDNESS OF CRITICISM
234ACT III
788ACT I
235Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction: OR, THE FATAL GAZOGENE
789ACT II
236PREFACE
790Preface on Days of Judgment
237DOUBTFUL CHARACTER BORNE BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
791PROLOGUE
238DOCTOR’S CONSCIENCES
792SCENE I
239THE PECULIAR PEOPLE
793SCENE II
240RECOIL OF THE DOGMA OF MEDICAL INFALLIBILITY ON THE DOCTOR
794SCENE III
241WHY DOCTORS DO NOT DIFFER
795ACT I
242THE CRAZE FOR OPERATIONS
796ACT II
243CREDULITY AND CHLOROFORM
797The Simple Truth of the Matter
244MEDICAL POVERTY
798The Six of Calais
245THE SUCCESSFUL DOCTOR
799Prefatory Note
246THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELFRESPECT IN SURGEONS
800THE SIX OF CALAIS
247ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE?
801Author's Note
248BACTERIOLOGY AS A SUPERSTITION
802Arthur and the Acetone
249ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OF IMMUNIZATION
803ACT I
250THE PERILS OF INOCULATION
804ACT II
251TRADE UNIONISM AND SCIENCE
805ACT III
252DOCTORS AND VIVISECTION
806The Millionairess
253THE PRIMITIVE SAVAGE MOTIVE
807PREFACE ON BOSSES
254THE HIGHER MOTIVE. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.
808ACT I
255THE FLAW IN THE ARGUMENT
809ACT II
256LIMITATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE
810ACT III
257A FALSE ALTERNATIVE
811ACT IV
258CRUELTY FOR ITS OWN SAKE
812Cymbeline Refinished: A Variation on Shakespeare’s Ending
259OUR OWN CRUELTIES
813Foreword
260THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUELTY
814ACT V
261SUGGESTED LABORATORY TESTS OF THE VIVISECTOR’S EMOTIONS
815Preface
262ROUTINE
816HOODWINKED HEROISM
263THE OLD LINE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST
817ENGLAND FRIGHTENED AND GREAT
264VIVISECTING THE HUMAN SUBJECT
818ENGLAND SECURE AND LAZY
265“THE LIE IS A EUROPEAN POWER”
819HISTORY STOPS YESTERDAY: STATECRAFT WORKS BLINDFOLD
266AN ARGUMENT WHICH WOULD DEFEND ANY CRIME
820WE SPLIT THE ATOM
267THOU ART THE MAN
821AN AMORAL VICTORY
268WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS AND WILL NOT GET
822CIVILIZATION'S WILL TO LIVE ALWAYS DEFEATED BY DEMOCRACY
269THE VACCINATION CRAZE
823INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENTS ARE THE CRUELLEST
270STATISTICAL ILLUSIONS
824HITLER
271THE SURPRISES OF ATTENTION AND NEGLECT
825PSEUDO MESSIAH AND MADMAN
272STEALING CREDIT FROM CIVILIZATION
826DEMOCRACY MISUNDERSTOOD
273BIOMETRIKA
827"GREAT MEN"
274PATIENT-MADE THERAPEUTICS
828WE CAN AND MUST LIVE LONGER
275THE REFORMS ALSO COME FROM THE LAITY
829THE NEXT DISCOVERY
276FASHIONS AND EPIDEMICS
830ACT I
277THE DOCTOR’S VIRTUES
831ACT II
278THE DOCTOR’S HARDSHIPS
832ACT III
279THE PUBLIC DOCTOR
833ACT IV
280MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
834Author's Note
281THE SOCIAL SOLUTION OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEM
835New Shaw Play and Germany
282THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
836For the Press
283THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM
837Telescoping "Geneva"
284THE LATEST THEORIES
838Further Meditations on Shaw's "Geneva" by Shaw
285ACT I
839Preface
286ACT II
840STAGE CHAPTERS OF HISTORY
287ACT III
841NEWTON'S RECTILINEAR UNIVERSE
288ACT IV
842CHARLES'S GOLDEN DAYS
289ACT V
843THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS
290The Interlude At The Playhouse
844THE COUPLED VOTE
291PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED
845ACT I
292THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE
846ACT II
293MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE
847Playlet on the British Party System
294WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN
848Buoyant Billions: A Comedy of No Manners
295SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY
849Preface
296A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE
850ACT I THE WORLD BETTERER
297A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN
851ACT II THE ADVENTURE
298HEARTH AND HOME
852ACT III THE DISCUSSION
299TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
853ACT IV THE END
300LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES
854The Author Explains
301THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA
855Shakes versus Shav: Preface
302FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
856Preface, § i
303WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN
857THE NEW PSYCHOBIOLOGY
304THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY
858AM I A PATHOLOGICAL CASE?
305THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS
859DIVINE PROVIDENCE
306WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
860MENTAL CAPACITY DIFFERS AND DIVIDES
307THE QUESTION OF POPULATION
861SATANIC SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
308THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
862MENDACITY COMPULSORY IN KINGCRAFT AND PRIESTCRAFT
309MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY
863G.B.S. MIRACLE FAKER
310THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY
864PARENTAL DILEMMAS
311DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY
865Preface, § ii
312THE OLD MAID’S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
866THE ALL OR NOTHING COMPLEX
313IBSEN’S CHAIN STITCH
867CATHOLICISM IMPRACTICABLE
314REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL
868THE TARES AND THE WHEAT
315DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE
869THE THIRTYNINE ARTICLES
316MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL
870A HUNDRED RELIGIONS AND ONLY ONE SAUCE
317THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX
871THE MARXIST CHURCH
318THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN
872SHOULD I BE SHOT IN RUSSIA?
319UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS
873COMPATIBILITIES
320IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY
874BOHEMIAN ANARCHISM
321DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR
875SHAM DEMOCRACY
322HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS
876Preface, § iii
323SPURIOUS “NATURAL” AFFECTION
877THE POLITICAL TIME LAG
324CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY
878ADULT SUFFRAGE IS MOBOCRACY
325SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA
879THE MARXIST CLASS WAR
326A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE
880WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
327THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY
881POLITICAL MATHEMATICS
328DIVORCE
882RENT AND VALUE THE ASS'S BRIDGES
329IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE
883STATISTICS VITAL
330DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY
884THE ESTHETIC TEST
331ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY
885SUBCONSCIOUS CAPACITIES
332LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY
886EXAMINATIONS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
333CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
887Preface, § iv
334DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY
888THE WRONG SORT OF MEMORY
335OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA
889SOME RESULTS
336WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?
890CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
337THE COST OF DIVORCE
891ENGLAND'S SHAMEFACED LEADERSHIP
338CONCLUSIONS
892THE THREATENING FUTURE: HOMILIES NO USE
339GETTING MARRIED (PLAY) (pt. 1)
893First Fable
340GETTING MARRIED (PLAY) (pt. 2)
894Second Fable
341PREFACE
895Third Fable
342THE CENSORSHIP
896Fourth Fable
343A READABLE BLUEBOOK
897Fifth Fable
344HOW NOT TO DO IT
898Sixth and Last Fable
345THE STORY OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
899Why She Would Not
346WHY THE MANAGERS LOVE THE CENSORSHIP
900SCENE I
347A TWO GUINEA INSURANCE POLICY
901SCENE II
348WHY THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERED
902SCENE III
349THE PEERS ON THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
903SCENE IV
350THE COMMITTEE’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE THEATRE
904SCENE V
351A BAD BEGINNING
905Miscellaneous Works of G. B. Shaw
352A COMIC INTERLUDE
906What do Men of Letters Say? - The New York Times Articles on War (1915):
353AN ANTI-SHAVIAN PANIC
907"Common Sense About the War" by G. B. Shaw
354A RARE AND CURIOUS FIRST EDITION
908I.
355THE TIMES TO THE RESCUE
909II. RECRUITING.
356THE COUNCIL OF TEN
910III. THE TERMS OF PEACE.
357THE SENTENCE
911"Shaw's Nonsense About Belgium" By Arnold Bennett: Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES.
358THE EXECUTION
912"Bennett States the German Case" by G. B. Shaw: Letter to The Daily News of London.
359PART I
913Flaws in Shaw's Logic By Cunninghame Graham: Letter to The Daily News of London.
360THE WITNESS’S QUALIFICATIONS
914Editorial Comment on Shaw By The New York World
361THE DEFINITION OF IMMORALITY
915Comment by Readers of Shaw To the Editor of The New York Times
362WHAT TOLERATION MEANS
916Open Letter to President Wilson[1] by G. B. Shaw
363THE CASE FOR TOLERATION
917A German Letter to G. Bernard Shaw By Herbert Eulenberg
364THE LIMITS TO TOLERATION
918“Mr. G. Bernard Shaw on Socialism” (Speech)
365THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND CENSORSHIP
919The Miraculous Revenge
366WHY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN?
920PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
367THE DIPLOMATIC OBJECTION TO THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN
921PREFACE: 1913
368THE OBJECTION OF COURT ETIQUET
922PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
369WHY NOT AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP?
923THE TWO PIONEERS
370THE WEAKNESS OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S DEPARTMENT
924IDEALS AND IDEALISTS
371AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP STILL WORSE THAN THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S
925THE WOMANLY WOMAN
372THE PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES OF CENSORSHIP
926THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANTI-IDEALIST: EXTRAVAGANZAS
373THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL
927BRAND, 1866
374THE LICENSING OF THEATRES
928PEER GYNT, 1867
375THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LICENSING AND CENSORSHIP
929EMPEROR AND GALILEAN, 1873
376PROSTITUTION AND DRINK IN THEATRES
930THE OBJECTIVE ANTI-IDEALIST PLAYS
377WHY THE MANAGERS DREAD LOCAL CONTROL
931THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH, 1869
378DESIRABLE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL CONTROL
932PILLARS OF SOCIETY, 1877
379SUMMARY
933A DOLL’S HOUSE, 1879
380PREFACE RESUMED
934GHOSTS, 1881
381MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER’S PROTEST
935DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLAY
382ELIZA AND HER BATH
936DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN
383A KING’S PROCTOR
937DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN’S ADMIRERS
384COUNSEL’S OPINION
938AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, 1882
385WANTED: A NEW MAGNA CHARTA
939THE WILD DUCK, 1884
386PROPOSED: A NEW STAR CHAMBER
940ROSMERSHOLM, 1886
387POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROPOSAL
941THE LADY FROM THE SEA, 1888
388STAR CHAMBER SENTIMENTALITY
942HEDDA GABLER, 1890
389ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
943THE LAST FOUR PLAYS DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
390SHALL THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS STARVE?
944THE MASTER BUILDER, 1892
391LORD GORELL’S AWAKENING
945LITTLE EYOLF, 1894
392JUDGES: THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIMITATIONS
946JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, 1896
393CONCLUSION
947WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, 1900
394THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET (PLAY)
948THE LESSON OF THE PLAYS
395Press Cuttings
949WHAT IS THE NEW ELEMENT IN THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL?
396PREFACE: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
950THE TECHNICAL NOVELTY IN IBSEN’S PLAYS
397Trailing Clouds of Glory
951NEEDED: AN IBSEN THEATRE
398The Child is Father to the Man
952Economic
399What is a Child?
953Rent.
400The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
954Exchange Value.
401The Manufacture of Monsters
955Wages.
402Small and Large Families
956The Transition to Social Democracy
403Children as Nuisances
957The Impossibilities Of Anarchism
404Child Fanciers
958Anarchists and Socialists
405Childhood as a State of Sin
959Individualist Anarchism
406School
960Communist Anarchism
407My Scholastic Acquirements
961Democracy
408Schoolmasters of Genius
962The Anarchist Spirit
409What We Do Not Teach, and Why
963PREFACE TO THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION
410Taboo in Schools
964PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
411Alleged Novelties in Modern Schools
965PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
412What is to be Done?
966PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS
413Children’s Rights and Duties
967THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS
414Should Children Earn their Living?
968THE RHINE GOLD
415Children’s Happiness
969WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST
416The Horror of the Perpetual Holiday
970THE VALKYRIES
417University Schoolboyishness
971SIEGFRIED
418The New Laziness
972BACK TO OPERA AGAIN
419The Infinite School Task
973SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT
420The Rewards and Risks of Knowledge
974PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM
421English Physical Hardihood and Spiritual Cowardice
975DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN
422The Risks of Ignorance and Weakness
976THE LOVE PANACEA
423The Common Sense of Toleration
977NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE
424The Sin of Athanasius
978ANARCHISM NO PANACEA
425The Experiment Experimenting
979SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED
426Why We Loathe Learning and Love Sport
980NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS
427Antichrist
981PROLOGUE
428Under the Whip
982A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY
429Technical Instruction
983FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED
430Docility and Dependence
984WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND
431The Abuse of Docility
985WAGNER’S OWN EXPLANATION
432The Schoolboy and the Homeboy
986THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST
433The Comings of Age of Children
987THE MUSIC OF THE RING
434The Conflict of Wills
988THE REPRESENTATIVE THEMES
435The Demagogue’s Opportunity
989THE CHARACTERIZATION
436Our Quarrelsomeness
990THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC
437We Must Reform Society before we can Reform Ourselves
991THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
438The Pursuit of Manners
992THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE
439Not too much Wind on the Heath, Brother
993BAYREUTH
440Wanted: a Child’s Magna Charta
994BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND
441The Pursuit of Learning
995WAGNERIAN SINGERS
442Children and Game: a Proposal
996Letter to Beatrice Webb
443The Parents’ Intolerable Burden
997PREFACE TO THE REVOLUTIONIST’S HANDBOOK
444Mobilization
998FOREWORD
445Children’s Rights and Parents’ Wrongs
999AND YET
446How Little We Know About Our Parents
1000I. ON GOOD BREEDING
447Our Abandoned Mothers
1001II. PROPERTY AND MARRIAGE
448Family Affection
1002III. THE PERFECTIONIST EXPERIMENT AT ONEIDA CREEK
449The Fate of the Family
1003IV. MAN’S OBJECTION TO HIS OWN IMPROVEMENT
450Family Mourning
1004V. THE POLITICAL NEED FOR THE SUPERMAN
451Art Teaching
1005VI. PRUDERY EXPLAINED
452The Impossibility of Secular Education
1006VII. PROGRESS AN ILLUSION
453Natural Selection as a Religion
1007VIII. THE CONCEIT OF CIVILIZATION
454Moral Instruction Leagues
1008IX. THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
455The Bible
1009X. THE METHOD
456Artist Idolatry
1010Maxims For Revolutionists
457“The Machine”
1011The New Theology
458The Provocation to Anarchism
1012How to Write A Popular Play: An Essay
459Imagination
10131
460Government by Bullies
10142: WHY THE CRITICS ARE ALWAYS WRONG
461MISALLIANCE (PLAY) (pt. 1)
10153: THE INTERPRETER OF LIFE
462MISALLIANCE (PLAY) (pt. 2)
10164: HOW THE GREAT DRAMATISTS TORTURE THE PUBLIC
463PREFACE TO THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
1017PARENTS AND CHILDREN
464How the Play came to be Written
1018Trailing Clouds of Glory
465Thomas Tyler
1019The Child is Father to the Man
466Frank Harris
1020What is a Child?
467Harris “durch Mitleid wissend”
1021The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
468“Sidney’s Sister: Pembroke’s Mother”
1022The Manufacture of Monsters
469Shakespear’s Social Standing
1023Small and Large Families
470This Side Idolatry
1024Children as Nuisances
471Shakespear’s Pessimism
1025Child Fanciers
472Gaiety of Genius
1026Childhood as a State of Sin
473Jupiter and Semele
1027School
474The Idol of the Bardolaters
1028My Scholastic Acquirements
475Shakespear’s alleged Sycophancy and Perversion
1029Schoolmasters of Genius
476Shakespear and Democracy
1030What We Do Not Teach, and Why
477Shakespear and the British Public
1031Taboo in Schools
478THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS (PLAY)
1032Alleged Novelties in Modern Schools
479Fanny’s First Play
1033What is to be Done?
480PREFACE TO FANNY’S FIRST PLAY
1034Children's Rights and Duties
481INDUCTION
1035Should Children Earn their Living?
482ACT I
1036Children's Happiness
483ACT II
1037The Horror of the Perpetual Holiday
484ACT III
1038University Schoolboyishness
485EPILOGUE
1039The New Laziness
486PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
1040The Infinite School Task
487WHY NOT GIVE CHRISTIANITY A TRIAL?
1041The Rewards and Risks of Knowledge
488WHY JESUS MORE THAN ANOTHER?
1042English Physical Hardihood and Spiritual Cowardice
489WAS JESUS A COWARD?
1043The Risks of Ignorance and Weakness
490WAS JESUS A MARTYR?
1044The Common Sense of Toleration
491THE GOSPELS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
1045The Sin of Athanasius
492THE GOSPELS NOW UNINTELLIGIBLE TO NOVICES
1046The Experiment Experimenting
493WORLDLINESS OF THE MAJORITY
1047Why We Loathe Learning and Love Sport
494RELIGION OF THE MINORITY. SALVATIONISM
1048Antichrist
495THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATONEMENT AND PUNISHMENT
1049Under the Whip
496SALVATION AT FIRST A CLASS PRIVILEGE; AND THE REMEDY
1050Technical Instruction
497RETROSPECTIVE ATONEMENT, AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE REDEEMER
1051Docility and Dependence
498COMPLETION OF THE SCHEME BY LUTHER AND CALVIN
1052The Abuse of Docility
499JOHN BARLEYCORN
1053The Schoolboy and the Homeboy
500LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
1054The Comings of Age of Children
501THE HONOR OF DIVINE PARENTAGE
1055The Conflict of Wills
502MATTHEW
1056The Demagogue's Opportunity
503THE ANNUNCIATION: THE MASSACRE: THE FLIGHT
1057Our Quarrelsomeness
504JOHN THE BAPTIST
1058We Must Reform Society before we can Reform Ourselves
505JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS
1059The Pursuit of Manners
506THE SAVAGE JOHN AND THE CIVILIZED JESUS
1060Not too much Wind on the Heath, Brother
507JESUS NOT A PROSLETYST
1061Wanted: a Child's Magna Charta
508THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
1062The Pursuit of Learning
509THE MIRACLES
1063Children and Game: a Proposal
510MATTHEW IMPUTES DIGNITY TO JESUS
1064The Parents' Intolerable Burden
511THE GREAT CHANGE
1065Mobilization
512JERUSALEM AND THE MYSTICAL SACRIFICE
1066Children's Rights and Parents' Wrongs
513NOT THIS MAN BUT BARRABAS
1067How Little We Know About Our Parents
514THE RESURRECTION
1068Our Abandoned Mothers
515DATE OF MATTHEW’S NARRATIVE
1069Family Affection
516CLASS TYPE OF MATTHEW’S JESUS
1070The Fate of the Family
517MARK: THE WOMEN DISCIPLES AND THE ASCENSION
1071Family Mourning
518LUKE
1072Art Teaching
519LUKE THE LITERARY ARTIST
1073The Impossibility of Secular Education
520THE CHARM OF LUKE’S NARRATIVE
1074Natural Selection as a Religion
521THE TOUCH OF PARISIAN ROMANCE
1075Moral Instruction Leagues
522WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH
1076The Bible
523JOHN
1077Artist Idolatry
524A NEW STORY AND A NEW CHARACTER
1078"The Machine"
525JOHN THE IMMORTAL EYEWITNESS
1079The Provocation to Anarchism
526THE PECULIAR THEOLOGY OF JESUS
1080Imagination
527JOHN AGREED AS TO THE TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION
1081Government by Bullies
528CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPELS
1082Memories of Oscar Wilde
529FASHIONS OF BELIEF
1083The Intelligent Women’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism: Excerpts
530CREDIBILITY AND TRUTH
1084Women in the Labour Market
531CHRISTIAN ICONOLATRY AND THE PERILS OF THE ICONOCLAST
1085Socialism and Marriage
532THE ALTERNATIVE TO BARRABAS
1086Socialism and Children
533THE REDUCTION TO MODERN PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANITY
1087Letter to Frank Harris
534MODERN COMMUNISM
1088How These Doctors Love One Another!
535REDISTRIBUTION
1089The Black Girl in Search of God
536SHALL HE WHO MAKES, OWN
1090The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home
537LABOR TIME
1091On Capital Punishment
538THE DREAM OF DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO MERIT
1092Essays on Bernard Shaw
539VITAL DISTRIBUTION
1093Introduction to the First Edition
540EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
1094The Problem of a Preface
541THE CAPTAIN AND THE CABIN BOY
1095The Irishman
542THE POLITICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO INEQUALITY
1096The Puritan
543JESUS AS ECONOMIST
1097The Progressive
544JESUS AS BIOLOGIST
1098The Critic
545MONEY THE MIDWIFE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM
1099The Dramatist
546JUDGE NOT
1100The Philosopher
547LIMITS TO FREE WILL
1101The Quintessence of Shaw by James Huneker
548JESUS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
1102I
549WHY JESUS DID NOT MARRY
1103II
550INCONSISTENCY OF THE SEX INSTINCT
1104III
551FOR BETTER OR WORSE
1105IV
552THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE
1106Old and New Masters: Bernard Shaw by Robert Lynd
553CELIBACY NO REMEDY
1107George Bernard Shaw: A Poem by Oliver Herford
554AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION