6CHAPTER I
375Art Teaching
7CHAPTER II
376The Impossibility of Secular Education
8CHAPTER III
377Natural Selection as a Religion
9CHAPTER IV
378Moral Instruction Leagues
10CHAPTER V
379The Bible
11CHAPTER VI
380Artist Idolatry
12CHAPTER VII
381“The Machine”
13CHAPTER VIII
382The Provocation to Anarchism
14CHAPTER IX
383Imagination
15CHAPTER X
384Government by Bullies
16CHAPTER XI
385MISALLIANCE (PLAY) (pt. 1)
17CHAPTER XII
386MISALLIANCE (PLAY) (pt. 2)
18CHAPTER XIII
387How the Play came to be Written
19CHAPTER XIV
388Thomas Tyler
20CHAPTER XV
389Frank Harris
21CHAPTER I
390Harris “durch Mitleid wissend”
22CHAPTER II
391“Sidney’s Sister: Pembroke’s Mother”
23CHAPTER III
392Shakespear’s Social Standing
24CHAPTER IV
393This Side Idolatry
25CHAPTER V
394Shakespear’s Pessimism
26CHAPTER VI
395Gaiety of Genius
27CHAPTER VII
396Jupiter and Semele
28CHAPTER VIII
397The Idol of the Bardolaters
29CHAPTER IX
398Shakespear’s alleged Sycophancy and Perversion
30CHAPTER X
399Shakespear and Democracy
31CHAPTER XI
400Shakespear and the British Public
32CHAPTER XII
401THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS (PLAY)
33CHAPTER XIII
402PREFACE TO FANNY’S FIRST PLAY
34CHAPTER XIV
403INDUCTION
35CHAPTER XV
404ACT I
36CHAPTER XVI
405ACT II
37CHAPTER XVII
406ACT III
38CHAPTER XVIII
407EPILOGUE
39The Author to the Reader
408WHY NOT GIVE CHRISTIANITY A TRIAL?
40BOOK I
409WHY JESUS MORE THAN ANOTHER?
41CHAPTER I
410WAS JESUS A COWARD?
42CHAPTER II
411WAS JESUS A MARTYR?
43CHAPTER III
412THE GOSPELS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
44CHAPTER IV
413THE GOSPELS NOW UNINTELLIGIBLE TO NOVICES
45CHAPTER V
414WORLDLINESS OF THE MAJORITY
46CHAPTER VI
415RELIGION OF THE MINORITY. SALVATIONISM
47CHAPTER VII
416THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATONEMENT AND PUNISHMENT
48CHAPTER VIII
417SALVATION AT FIRST A CLASS PRIVILEGE; AND THE REMEDY
49CHAPTER IX
418RETROSPECTIVE ATONEMENT, AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE REDEEMER
50CHAPTER X
419COMPLETION OF THE SCHEME BY LUTHER AND CALVIN
51CHAPTER XI
420JOHN BARLEYCORN
52CHAPTER XII
421LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
53CHAPTER XIII
422THE HONOR OF DIVINE PARENTAGE
54CHAPTER XIV
423THE ANNUNCIATION: THE MASSACRE: THE FLIGHT
55BOOK II
424JOHN THE BAPTIST
56CHAPTER I
425JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS
57CHAPTER II
426THE SAVAGE JOHN AND THE CIVILIZED JESUS
58CHAPTER III
427JESUS NOT A PROSLETYST
59CHAPTER IV
428THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
60PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 1905
429THE MIRACLES
61BOOK I
430MATTHEW IMPUTES DIGNITY TO JESUS
62CHAPTER I
431THE GREAT CHANGE
63CHAPTER II
432JERUSALEM AND THE MYSTICAL SACRIFICE
64CHAPTER III
433NOT THIS MAN BUT BARRABAS
65CHAPTER IV
434THE RESURRECTION
66CHAPTER V
435DATE OF MATTHEW’S NARRATIVE
67CHAPTER VI
436CLASS TYPE OF MATTHEW’S JESUS
68BOOK II
437THE WOMEN DISCIPLES AND THE ASCENSION
69CHAPTER VII
438LUKE THE LITERARY ARTIST
70CHAPTER VIII
439THE CHARM OF LUKE’S NARRATIVE
71CHAPTER IX
440THE TOUCH OF PARISIAN ROMANCE
72CHAPTER X
441WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH
73CHAPTER XI
442A NEW STORY AND A NEW CHARACTER
74BOOK III
443JOHN THE IMMORTAL EYEWITNESS
75CHAPTER XII
444THE PECULIAR THEOLOGY OF JESUS
76CHAPTER XIII
445JOHN AGREED AS TO THE TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION
77CHAPTER XIV
446CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPELS
78CHAPTER XV
447FASHIONS OF BELIEF
79CHAPTER XVI
448CREDIBILITY AND TRUTH
80CHAPTER XVII
449CHRISTIAN ICONOLATRY AND THE PERILS OF THE ICONOCLAST
81BOOK IV
450THE ALTERNATIVE TO BARRABAS
82CHAPTER XVIII
451THE REDUCTION TO MODERN PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANITY
83CHAPTER XIX
452MODERN COMMUNISM
84CHAPTER XX
453REDISTRIBUTION
85CHAPTER XXI
454SHALL HE WHO MAKES, OWN
86ACT I
455LABOR TIME
87ACT II
456THE DREAM OF DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO MERIT
88ACT III
457VITAL DISTRIBUTION
89ACT I
458EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
90ACT II
459THE CAPTAIN AND THE CABIN BOY
91ACT III
460THE POLITICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO INEQUALITY
92ACT IV
461JESUS AS ECONOMIST
93THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY
462JESUS AS BIOLOGIST
94ACT I
463MONEY THE MIDWIFE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM
95ACT II
464JUDGE NOT
96ACT III
465LIMITS TO FREE WILL
97ACT IV
466JESUS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
98The Man Of Destiny (1897)
467WHY JESUS DID NOT MARRY
99INTRODUCTION
468INCONSISTENCY OF THE SEX INSTINCT
100ACT I
469FOR BETTER OR WORSE
101ACT II
470THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE
102ACT III
471CELIBACY NO REMEDY
103ACT I
472AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION
104ACT II
473THE VINDICTIVE MIRACLES AND THE STONING OF STEPHEN
105ACT III
474PAUL
106ACT I
475THE CONFUSION OF CHRISTENDOM.
107ACT II
476THE SECRET OF PAUL’S SUCCESS
108ACT III
477PAUL’S QUALITIES
109ACT IV
478THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
110ACT I
479THE CONTROVERSIES ON BAPTISM AND TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
111ACT II
480THE ALTERNATIVE CHRISTS.
112ACT III
481CREDULITY NO CRITERION.
113BURGOYNE
482BELIEF IN PERSONAL IMMORTALITY NO CRITERION.
114BRUDENELL
483THE SECULAR VIEW NATURAL, NOT RATIONAL, THEREFORE INEVITABLE.
115ACT I
484“THE HIGHER CRITICISM.”
116ACT II
485THE PERILS OF SALVATIONISM.
117ACT III
486THE IMPORTANCE OF HELL IN THE SALVATION SCHEME.
118SOURCES OF THE PLAY
487THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ATONEMENT.
119ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DIALECTS
488THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY.
120PROLOGUE
489CHRISTIANITY AND THE EMPIRE.
121AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROLOGUE
490PROLOGUE
122ACT I
491ACT I
123ACT II
492ACT II
124ACT III
493THE ALLEVIATIONS OF MONOGAMY
125ACT IV
494INACCESSIBILITY OF THE FACTS
126ACT V
495THE CONVENTION OF JEALOUSY
127CLEOPATRA’S CURE FOR BALDNESS
496THE MISSING DATA OF A SCIENTIFIC NATURAL HISTORY OF MARRIAGE
128APPARENT ANACHRONISMS
497ARTIFICIAL RETRIBUTION
129CLEOPATRA
498THE FAVORITE SUBJECT OF FARCICAL COMEDY
130BRITANNUS
499THE PSEUDO SEX PLAY
131JULIUS CAESAR
500ART AND MORALITY
132ACT I.
501THE LIMITS OF STAGE PRESENTATION
133ACT II.
502PRUDERIES OF THE FRENCH STAGE
134ACT III.
503OUR DISILLUSIVE SCENERY
135SCENE I
504HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE
136SCENE II
505FARCICAL COMEDY SHIRKING ITS SUBJECT
137PREFACE
506OVERRULED (PLAY)
138ACT I
507A Professor of Phonetics
139Scene I
508ACT I
140Scene II
509ACT II
141ACT IV
510ACT III
142NOTE ON MODERN PRIZEFIGHTING
511ACT IV
143EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY
512ACT V
144ACT I
513APPENDIX
145ACT II
514THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY FOR GREAT CATHERINE
146ACT III (pt. 1)
515THE FIRST SCENE
147ACT III (pt. 2)
516THE SECOND SCENE
148ACT IV
517THE THIRD SCENE
149ACT I
518THE FOURTH SCENE
150ACT II
519The Music Cure (1913)
151ACT III
520A RECRUITING PAMPHLET
152ACT IV
521O’FLAHERTY V.C. (PLAY)
153PREFACE
522ACT I. SCENE V.
154HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND (PLAY)
523Glastonbury Skit (unfinished) (1916)
155THE GOSPEL OF ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT
524PROLOGUE
156THE SALVATION ARMY
525INCA OF PERUSALEM (PLAY)
157BARBARA’S RETURN TO THE COLORS.
526PREFACE
158WEAKNESSES OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
527AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT (PLAY)
159CHRISTIANITY AND ANARCHISM
528Skit For The Tiptaft Revue (1917)
160SANE CONCLUSIONS
529ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS (PLAY)
161ACT I
530Where Heartbreak House Stands
162ACT II
531The Inhabitants
163ACT III
532Horseback Hall
164OR, THE FATAL GAZOGENE
533Revolution on the Shelf
165DOUBTFUL CHARACTER BORNE BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
534The Cherry Orchard
166DOCTOR’S CONSCIENCES
535Nature’s Long Credits
167THE PECULIAR PEOPLE
536The Wicked Half Century
168RECOIL OF THE DOGMA OF MEDICAL INFALLIBILITY ON THE DOCTOR
537Hypochondria
169WHY DOCTORS DO NOT DIFFER
538Those who do not know how to live must make a Merit of Dying
170THE CRAZE FOR OPERATIONS
539War Delirium
171CREDULITY AND CHLOROFORM
540Madness in Court
172MEDICAL POVERTY
541The Long Arm of War
173THE SUCCESSFUL DOCTOR
542The Rabid Watchdogs of Liberty
174THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELFRESPECT IN SURGEONS
543The Sufferings of the Sane
175ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE?
544Evil in the Throne of Good
176BACTERIOLOGY AS A SUPERSTITION
545Straining at the Gnat and swallowing the Camel
177ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OF IMMUNIZATION
546Little Minds and Big Battles
178THE PERILS OF INOCULATION
547The Dumb Capables and the Noisy Incapables
179TRADE UNIONISM AND SCIENCE
548The Practical Business Men
180DOCTORS AND VIVISECTION
549How the Fools shouted the Wise Men down
181THE PRIMITIVE SAVAGE MOTIVE
550The Mad Election
182THE HIGHER MOTIVE. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.
551The Yahoo and the Angry Ape
183THE FLAW IN THE ARGUMENT
552Plague on Both your Houses!
184LIMITATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE
553How the Theatre fared
185A FALSE ALTERNATIVE
554The Soldier at the Theatre Front
186CRUELTY FOR ITS OWN SAKE
555Heartbreak House
187OUR OWN CRUELTIES
556Commerce in the Theatre
188THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUELTY
557Unser Shakespeare
189SUGGESTED LABORATORY TESTS OF THE VIVISECTOR’S EMOTIONS
558The Higher Drama put out of Action
190ROUTINE
559Church and Theatre
191THE OLD LINE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST
560The Next Phase
192VIVISECTING THE HUMAN SUBJECT
561The Ephemeral Thrones and the Eternal Theatre
193“THE LIE IS A EUROPEAN POWER”
562How War muzzles the Dramatic Poet
194AN ARGUMENT WHICH WOULD DEFEND ANY CRIME
563ACT I
195THOU ART THE MAN
564ACT II
196WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS AND WILL NOT GET
565ACT III
197THE VACCINATION CRAZE
566The Infidel Half Century
198STATISTICAL ILLUSIONS
567THE DAWN OF DARWINISM
199THE SURPRISES OF ATTENTION AND NEGLECT
568THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS
200STEALING CREDIT FROM CIVILIZATION
569POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL
201BIOMETRIKA
570COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS
202PATIENT-MADE THERAPEUTICS
571IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?
203THE REFORMS ALSO COME FROM THE LAITY
572HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION
204FASHIONS AND EPIDEMICS
573THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
205THE DOCTOR’S VIRTUES
574FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION
206THE DOCTOR’S HARDSHIPS
575CREATIVE EVOLUTION
207THE PUBLIC DOCTOR
576VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY
208MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
577THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS
209THE SOCIAL SOLUTION OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEM
578THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS
210THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
579HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED
211THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM
580THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION
212THE LATEST THEORIES
581HEREDITY AN OLD STORY
213ACT I
582DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION
214ACT II
583CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
215ACT III
584DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT
216ACT IV
585IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE
217ACT V
586PALEY’S WATCH
218The Interlude At The Playhouse (1907)
587THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!
219THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE
588THE MOMENT AND THE MAN
220MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE
589THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
221WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN
590WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD
222SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY
591HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE
223A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE
592DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE
224A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN
593THREE BLIND MICE
225HEARTH AND HOME
594THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELFCONTROL
226TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
595A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE
227LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES
596THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
228THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA
597HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
229FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
598WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS
230WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN
599DARWIN AND KARL MARX
231THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY
600WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO
232THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS
601THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM
233WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
602THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS
234THE QUESTION OF POPULATION
603POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS
235THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
604THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
236MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY
605CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE
237THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY
606THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM
238DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY
607RELIGION AND ROMANCE
239THE OLD MAID’S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
608THE DANGER OF REACTION
240IBSEN’S CHAIN STITCH
609A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA
241REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL
610WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS
242DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE
611A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES
243MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL
612THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
244THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX
613THE ARTIST-PROPHETS
245THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN
614EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE
246UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS
615MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER
247IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY
616ACT I
248DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR
617ACT II
249HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS
618PART II. The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
250SPURIOUS “NATURAL” AFFECTION
619PART III. The Thing Happens
251CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY
620ACT I
252SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA
621ACT II
253A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE
622ACT III
254THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY
623ACT IV
255DIVORCE
624PART V. As Far as Thought Can Reach
256IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE
625The War Indemnities (unfinished) (1921)
257DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY
626I.
258ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY
627II. RECRUITING.
259LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY
628III. THE TERMS OF PEACE.
260CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
629Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES.
261DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY
630Letter to The Daily News of London.
262OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA
631Letter to The Daily News of London.
263WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?
632Editorial Comment on Shaw By The New York World
264THE COST OF DIVORCE
633Shaw Empty of Good Sense By Christabel Pankhurst
265CONCLUSIONS
634Comment by Readers of Shaw To the Editor of The New York Times
266GETTING MARRIED (PLAY) (pt. 1)
635Open Letter to President Wilson[1] by G. B. Shaw
267GETTING MARRIED (PLAY) (pt. 2)
636A German Letter to G. Bernard Shaw By Herbert Eulenberg
268THE CENSORSHIP
637On Socialism: A Speech (1885)
269A READABLE BLUEBOOK
638PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
270HOW NOT TO DO IT
639PREFACE: 1913
271THE STORY OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
640PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
272WHY THE MANAGERS LOVE THE CENSORSHIP
641THE TWO PIONEERS
273A TWO GUINEA INSURANCE POLICY
642IDEALS AND IDEALISTS
274WHY THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERED
643THE WOMANLY WOMAN
275THE PEERS ON THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
644BRAND, 1866
276THE COMMITTEE’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE THEATRE
645PEER GYNT, 1867
277A BAD BEGINNING
646EMPEROR AND GALILEAN, 1873
278A COMIC INTERLUDE
647THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH, 1869
279AN ANTI-SHAVIAN PANIC
648PILLARS OF SOCIETY, 1877
280A RARE AND CURIOUS FIRST EDITION
649A DOLL’S HOUSE, 1879
281THE TIMES TO THE RESCUE
650GHOSTS, 1881
282THE COUNCIL OF TEN
651DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLAY
283THE SENTENCE
652DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN
284THE EXECUTION
653DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN’S ADMIRERS
285PART I
654AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, 1882
286THE WITNESS’S QUALIFICATIONS
655THE WILD DUCK, 1884
287THE DEFINITION OF IMMORALITY
656ROSMERSHOLM, 1886
288WHAT TOLERATION MEANS
657THE LADY FROM THE SEA, 1888
289THE CASE FOR TOLERATION
658HEDDA GABLER, 1890
290THE LIMITS TO TOLERATION
659THE MASTER BUILDER, 1892
291THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND CENSORSHIP
660LITTLE EYOLF, 1894
292WHY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN?
661JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, 1896
293THE DIPLOMATIC OBJECTION TO THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN
662WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, 1900
294THE OBJECTION OF COURT ETIQUET
663THE LESSON OF THE PLAYS
295WHY NOT AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP?
664WHAT IS THE NEW ELEMENT IN THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL?
296THE WEAKNESS OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S DEPARTMENT
665THE TECHNICAL NOVELTY IN IBSEN’S PLAYS
297AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP STILL WORSE THAN THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S
666NEEDED: AN IBSEN THEATRE
298THE PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES OF CENSORSHIP
667Anarchists and Socialists
299THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL
668Individualist Anarchism
300THE LICENSING OF THEATRES
669Communist Anarchism
301THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LICENSING AND CENSORSHIP
670Democracy
302PROSTITUTION AND DRINK IN THEATRES
671PREFACE TO THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION
303WHY THE MANAGERS DREAD LOCAL CONTROL
672PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
304DESIRABLE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL CONTROL
673PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
305SUMMARY
674PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS
306MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER’S PROTEST
675THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS
307ELIZA AND HER BATH
676THE RHINE GOLD
308A KING’S PROCTOR
677WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST
309COUNSEL’S OPINION
678THE VALKYRIES
310WANTED: A NEW MAGNA CHARTA
679SIEGFRIED
311PROPOSED: A NEW STAR CHAMBER
680BACK TO OPERA AGAIN
312POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROPOSAL
681SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT
313STAR CHAMBER SENTIMENTALITY
682PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM
314ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
683DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN
315SHALL THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS STARVE?
684THE LOVE PANACEA
316LORD GORELL’S AWAKENING
685NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE
317JUDGES: THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIMITATIONS
686ANARCHISM NO PANACEA
318CONCLUSION
687SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED
319THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET (PLAY)
688NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS
320Press Cuttings (1909)
689PROLOGUE
321Trailing Clouds of Glory
690A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY
322The Child is Father to the Man
691FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED
323What is a Child?
692WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND
324The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
693WAGNER’S OWN EXPLANATION
325The Manufacture of Monsters
694THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST
326Small and Large Families
695THE MUSIC OF THE RING
327Children as Nuisances
696THE REPRESENTATIVE THEMES
328Child Fanciers
697THE CHARACTERIZATION
329Childhood as a State of Sin
698THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC
330School
699THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
331My Scholastic Acquirements
700THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE
332Schoolmasters of Genius
701BAYREUTH
333What We Do Not Teach, and Why
702BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND
334Taboo in Schools
703WAGNERIAN SINGERS
335Alleged Novelties in Modern Schools
704Letter to Beatrice Webb (1898)
336What is to be Done?
705PREFACE TO THE REVOLUTIONIST’S HANDBOOK
337Children’s Rights and Duties
706FOREWORD
338Should Children Earn their Living?
707AND YET
339Children’s Happiness
708I. ON GOOD BREEDING
340The Horror of the Perpetual Holiday
709II. PROPERTY AND MARRIAGE
341University Schoolboyishness
710III. THE PERFECTIONIST EXPERIMENT AT ONEIDA CREEK
342The New Laziness
711IV. MAN’S OBJECTION TO HIS OWN IMPROVEMENT
343The Infinite School Task
712V. THE POLITICAL NEED FOR THE SUPERMAN
344The Rewards and Risks of Knowledge
713VI. PRUDERY EXPLAINED
345English Physical Hardihood and Spiritual Cowardice
714VII. PROGRESS AN ILLUSION
346The Risks of Ignorance and Weakness
715VIII. THE CONCEIT OF CIVILIZATION
347The Common Sense of Toleration
716IX. THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
348The Sin of Athanasius
717X. THE METHOD
349The Experiment Experimenting
718Maxims For Revolutionists (1903)
350Why We Loathe Learning and Love Sport
719The New Theology (1907)
351Antichrist
7201
352Under the Whip
7212: WHY THE CRITICS ARE ALWAYS WRONG
353Technical Instruction
7223: THE INTERPRETER OF LIFE
354Docility and Dependence
7234: HOW THE GREAT DRAMATISTS TORTURE THE PUBLIC
355The Abuse of Docility
724Memories of Oscar Wilde (1916)
356The Schoolboy and the Homeboy
725Introduction to the First Edition
357The Comings of Age of Children
726The Problem of a Preface
358The Conflict of Wills
727The Irishman
359The Demagogue’s Opportunity
728The Puritan
360Our Quarrelsomeness
729The Progressive
361We Must Reform Society before we can Reform Ourselves
730The Critic
362The Pursuit of Manners
731The Dramatist
363Not too much Wind on the Heath, Brother
732The Philosopher
364Wanted: a Child’s Magna Charta
733I
365The Pursuit of Learning
734II
366Children and Game: a Proposal
735III
367The Parents’ Intolerable Burden
736IV
368Mobilization
737Old and New Masters: Bernard Shaw by Robert Lynd
369Children’s Rights and Parents’ Wrongs
738George Bernard Shaw: A Poem by Oliver Herford
