Is virtually the story of the social, economic and æsthetic life of the
last twenty-five years. It is a sympathetic, yet independent interpretation
of the most potent individual force in society. Cultivated America will
find here the key to all that is baffling and elusive in Shaw; it is a
cinematographic picture of his mind with a background disclosing all the
formative influences that combined to produce this universal genius.
_The press of the world has united in its praise; let us send you some of
the comments. It is a large demy 8vo volume cloth, gilt top, 628 pages,
with 35 full page illustrations in color, photogravure and halftone and
numerous pictures in the text._
_$5.00 Net_
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_The Changing Drama_
By ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, M.A. Ph.D.
_Author of_ "European Dramatists," "George Bernard Shaw--His Life and
Work." Etc.
A vital book, popular in style, cosmopolitan in tone, appraising the drama
of the past sixty years, its changes, contributions and tendencies. Has an
expression of the larger realities of the art and life of our time.
_E. E. Hale_ in _The Dial_: "One of the most widely read dramatic critics
of our day; few know as well as he what is 'up' in the dramatic world, what
are the currents of present-day thought, what people are thinking,
dreaming, doing, or trying to do."
_New York Times_: "Apt, happily allusive, finely informed essays on the
dramatists of our own time--his essay style is vigorous and pleasing."
_Book News Monthly_: "Shows clear understanding of the evolution of form
and spirit, and the differentiation of the forces--spiritual, intellectual
and social--which are making the theatre what it is today... we can
recollect no book of recent times which has such contemporaneousness, yet
which regards the subject with such excellent perspective... almost
indispensable to the general student of drama... a book of rich perspective
and sound analysis. The style is simple and direct."
_Geo. Middleton_ in _La Follette's_: "The best attempt to formulate the
tendencies which the drama is now taking in its evolutionary course."
_Argonaut_: "Marked by insight, discernment and enthusiasm."
_Large 12mo. Dignified binding Net, $1.75_
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_Short Plays_
By MARY MACMILLAN
_To fill a long-felt want. All have been successfully presented. Suitable
for Women's Clubs, Girls' Schools, etc. While elaborate enough for big
presentation, they may be given very simply._
_Review of Reviews_:
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