AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
APPENDIX
ANDROCLES AND THE LION
PROLOGUE
ACT I
ACT II
ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS
Arms and the Man
AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT
A TRUE-TO-LIFE FARCE
AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT
BACK TO METHUSELAH
A Metabiological Pentateuch
THE INFIDEL HALF CENTURY
THE DAWN OF DARWINISM
THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS
POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL
COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS
IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?
HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION
THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION
CREATIVE EVOLUTION
VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY
THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS
THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS
HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED
THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION
HEREDITY AN OLD STORY
DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION
CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT
IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE
PALEY'S WATCH
THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!
THE MOMENT AND THE MAN
THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD
HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE
DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE
THREE BLIND MICE
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELF-CONTROL
A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE
THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS
DARWIN AND KARL MARX
WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO
THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM
THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS
POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS
THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE
THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM
RELIGION AND ROMANCE
THE DANGER OF REACTION
A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA
WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS
A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES
THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
THE ARTIST-PROPHETS
EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE
MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER
BACK TO METHUSELAH.
PART I—In the Beginning
ACT I
ACT II
PART II—The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
PART III—The Thing Happens
PART IV—Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
PART V.—As Far as Thought can Reach
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
CLEOPATRA’S CURE FOR BALDNESS
APPARENT ANACHRONISMS
CLEOPATRA
BRITANNUS
JULIUS CAESAR
CANDIDA
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
NOTES TO CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION
SOURCES OF THE PLAY
CASHEL BYRON’S PROFESSION
PROLOGUE
I
II
III
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
FANNY'S FIRST PLAY
PREFACE TO FANNY'S FIRST PLAY
FANNY'S FIRST PLAY
INDUCTION
THE PLAY
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
EPILOGUE
GETTING MARRIED
Preface To "Getting Married"
PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED
THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE
WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN
SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY
A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE
A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN
HEARTH AND HOME
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES
THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA
FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN
THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY
THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS
WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
THE QUESTION OF POPULATION
THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY
THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY
THE OLD MAID'S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
IBSEN'S CHAIN STITCH
REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL
DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE
MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL
THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX
THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN
UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS
IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY
DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR
HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS
SPURIOUS "NATURAL" AFFECTION
CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA
A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE
THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY
DIVORCE
IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE
DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY
ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY
LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY
CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY
OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA
WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?
THE COST OF DIVORCE
CONCLUSIONS
GETTING MARRIED
GREAT CATHERINE (WHOM GLORY STILL ADORES)
"In Catherine's reign, whom Glory still adores" BYRON
THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY FOR GREAT CATHERINE
GREAT CATHERINE
THE FIRST SCENE
THE SECOND SCENE
THE THIRD SCENE
THE FOURTH SCENE
HEARTBREAK HOUSE A FANTASIA IN THE RUSSIAN MANNER ON ENGLISH THEMES
1913-1916
HEARTBREAK HOUSE AND HORSEBACK HALL
HEARTBREAK HOUSE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND
PREFACE
HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND
JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
MAJOR BARBARA
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
MAN AND SUPERMAN
A COMEDY AND A PHILOSOPHY By Bernard Shaw
EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY
My dear Walkley:
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
Maxims for Revolutionists
MISALLIANCE
MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION
With The Author’s Apology (1902)
THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY
MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
O'FLAHERTY V.C.: A RECRUITING PAMPHLET
O'FLAHERTY V.C.
PREFACE TO ANDROCLES AND THE LION: ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
WHY JESUS MORE THAN ANOTHER?
WAS JESUS A COWARD?
WAS JESUS A MARTYR?
THE GOSPELS WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
THE GOSPELS NOW UNINTELLIGIBLE TO NOVICES.
WORLDLINESS OF THE MAJORITY.
RELIGION OF THE MINORITY. SALVATIONISM.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATONEMENT AND PUNISHMENT
SALVATION AT FIRST A CLASS PRIVILEGE; AND THE REMEDY
RETROSPECTIVE ATONEMENT, AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE REDEEMER
COMPLETION OF THE SCHEME BY LUTHER AND CALVIN
JOHN BARLEYCORN
LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
THE HONOR OF DIVINE PARENTAGE
MATTHEW.
THE ANNUNCIATION: THE MASSACRE: THE FLIGHT
JOHN THE BAPTIST
JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS
THE SAVAGE JOHN AND THE CIVILIZED JESUS
JESUS NOT A PROSLETYST
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
THE MIRACLES
MATTHEW IMPUTES DIGNITY TO JESUS.
THE GREAT CHANGE.
JERUSALEM AND THE MYSTICAL SACRIFICE.
NOT THIS MAN BUT BARRABAS
THE RESURRECTION.
DATE OF MATTHEW'S NARRATIVE.
CLASS TYPE OF MATTHEW'S JESUS
MARK.
THE WOMEN DISCIPLES AND THE ASCENSION.
LUKE.
LUKE THE LITERARY ARTIST.
THE CHARM OF LUKE'S NARRATIVE.
THE TOUCH OF PARISIAN ROMANCE.
WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH.
JOHN.
A NEW STORY AND A NEW CHARACTER.
JOHN THE IMMORTAL EYEWITNESS.
THE PECULIAR THEOLOGY OF JESUS.
JOHN AGREED AS TO THE TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION.
CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPELS.
FASHIONS OF BELIEF.
CREDIBILITY AND TRUTH.
CHRISTIAN ICONOLATRY AND THE PERILS OF THE ICONOCLAST.
THE ALTERNATIVE TO BARRABAS.
THE REDUCTION TO MODERN PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANITY.
MODERN COMMUNISM.
REDISTRIBUTION.
SHALL HE WHO MAKES, OWN.
LABOR TIME.
THE DREAM OF DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO MERIT.
VITAL DISTRIBUTION.
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
THE CAPTAIN AND THE CABIN BOY.
THE POLITICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO INEQUALITY.
JESUS AS ECONOMIST.
JESUS AS BIOLOGIST.
MONEY THE MIDWIFE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM.
JUDGE NOT.
LIMITS TO FREE WILL.
JESUS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY.
WHY JESUS DID NOT MARRY.
INCONSISTENCY OF THE SEX INSTINCT.
FOR BETTER OR WORSE.
THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE.
CELIBACY NO REMEDY.
AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION.
THE VINDICTIVE MIRACLES AND THE STONING OF STEPHEN.
PAUL.
THE CONFUSION OF CHRISTENDOM.
THE SECRET OF PAUL'S SUCCESS.
PAUL'S QUALITIES
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
THE CONTROVERSIES ON BAPTISM AND TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
THE ALTERNATIVE CHRISTS.
CREDULITY NO CRITERION.
BELIEF IN PERSONAL IMMORTALITY NO CRITERION.
THE SECULAR VIEW NATURAL, NOT RATIONAL, THEREFORE INEVITABLE.
"THE HIGHER CRITICISM."
THE PERILS OF SALVATIONISM.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HELL IN THE SALVATION SCHEME.
THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ATONEMENT.
THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHRISTIANITY AND THE EMPIRE.
OVERRULED
PREFACE TO OVERRULED.
PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA: FIRST AID TO CRITICS
THE GOSPEL OF ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT
THE SALVATION ARMY
BARBARA'S RETURN TO THE COLORS.
WEAKNESSES OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
CHRISTIANITY AND ANARCHISM
SANE CONCLUSIONS
PRESS CUTTINGS
PYGMALION
PREFACE TO PYGMALION.
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
PREFACE TO THE REVOLUTIONIST'S HANDBOOK
AND YET
JOHN TANNER
ON GOOD BREEDING
PROPERTY AND MARRIAGE
THE PERFECTIONIST EXPERIMENT AT ONEIDA CREEK
MAN'S OBJECTION TO HIS OWN IMPROVEMENT
THE POLITICAL NEED FOR THE SUPERMAN
PRUDERY EXPLAINED
PROGRESS AN ILLUSION
THE CONCEIT OF CIVILIZATION
THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
THE METHOD
THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE OR, CONSTANCY UNREWARDED
THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
PREFACE TO THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
How the Play came to be Written
Thomas Tyler
Frank Harris
Harris "durch Mitleid wissend"
"Sidney's Sister: Pembroke's Mother"
Shakespear's Social Standing
This Side Idolatry
Shakespear's Pessimism
Gaiety of Genius
Jupiter and Semele
The Idol of the Bardolaters
Shakespear's alleged Sycophancy and Perversion
Shakespear and Democracy
Shakespear and the British Public
THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
NOTES TO THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA: PREFACE ON DOCTORS
DOUBTFUL CHARACTER BORNE BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
DOCTOR'S CONSCIENCES
THE PECULIAR PEOPLE
RECOIL OF THE DOGMA OF MEDICAL INFALLIBILITY ON THE DOCTOR
WHY DOCTORS DO NOT DIFFER
THE CRAZE FOR OPERATIONS
CREDULITY AND CHLOROFORM
MEDICAL POVERTY
THE SUCCESSFUL DOCTOR
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-RESPECT IN SURGEONS
ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE?
BACTERIOLOGY AS A SUPERSTITION
ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OF IMMUNIZATION
THE PERILS OF INOCULATION
DOCTORS AND VIVISECTION
THE PRIMITIVE SAVAGE MOTIVE
THE HIGHER MOTIVE. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.
THE FLAW IN THE ARGUMENT
LIMITATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE
A FALSE ALTERNATIVE
OUR OWN CRUELTIES
THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUELTY
ROUTINE
THE OLD LINE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST
VIVISECTING THE HUMAN SUBJECT
"THE LIE IS A EUROPEAN POWER"
AN ARGUMENT WHICH WOULD DEFEND ANY CRIME
THOU ART THE MAN
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS AND WILL NOT GET
THE VACCINATION CRAZE
STATISTICAL ILLUSIONS
THE SURPRISES OF ATTENTION AND NEGLECT
STEALING CREDIT FROM CIVILIZATION
BIOMETRIKA
PATIENT-MADE THERAPEUTICS
THE REFORMS ALSO COME FROM THE LAITY
FASHIONS AND EPIDEMICS
THE DOCTOR'S VIRTUES
THE DOCTOR'S HARDSHIPS
THE PUBLIC DOCTOR
What then is to be done?
MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
THE SOCIAL SOLUTION OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEM
THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM
THE LATEST THEORIES
THE IMPOSSIBILITIES OF ANARCHISM
THE INCA OF PERUSALEM: AN ALMOST HISTORICAL COMEDIETTA
PROLOGUE
THE PLAY
THE IRRATIONAL KNOT
TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 1905
THE WATERS OF MARAH,
BY ELINOR MCQUINCH.
"MARIAN."
THE MAN OF DESTINY
The Miraculous Revenge
THE MIRACULOUS REVENGE
THE PERFECT WAGNERITE A COMMENTARY ON THE NIBLUNG'S RING
Preface to the First German Edition
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
Preface to the First Edition
THE PERFECT WAGNERITE
PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS
THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS
THE RHINE GOLD
WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST
THE VALKYRIES
SIEGFRIED
BACK TO OPERA AGAIN
SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT
PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM
DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN
THE LOVE PANACEA
NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE
ANARCHISM NO PANACEA
SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED
NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS
PROLOGUE
A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY
FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED
WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND
WAGNER'S OWN EXPLANATION
THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST
THE MUSIC OF THE RING
THE REPRESENTATIVE THEMES
THE CHARACTERIZATION
THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE
BAYREUTH
BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND
WAGNERIAN SINGERS
THE PHILANDERER
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET
THE CENSORSHIP
A READABLE BLUEBOOK
HOW NOT TO DO IT
THE STORY OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
WHY THE MANAGERS LOVE THE CENSORSHIP
A TWO GUINEA INSURANCE POLICY
WHY THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERED
THE PEERS ON THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
THE COMMITTEE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE THEATRE
A BAD BEGINNING
A COMIC INTERLUDE
AN ANTI-SHAVIAN PANIC
A RARE AND CURIOUS FIRST EDITION
THE TIMES TO THE RESCUE
THE COUNCIL OF TEN
THE SENTENCE
THE EXECUTION
THE REJECTED STATEMENT
PART I
THE WITNESS'S QUALIFICATIONS
THE DEFINITION OF IMMORALITY
WHAT TOLERATION MEANS
THE CASE FOR TOLERATION
THE LIMITS TO TOLERATION
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND CENSORSHIP
WHY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN?
THE DIPLOMATIC OBJECTION TO THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN
THE OBJECTION OF COURT ETIQUET
WHY NOT AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP?
THE WEAKNESS OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S DEPARTMENT
AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP STILL WORSE THAN THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S
THE PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES OF CENSORSHIP
THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL
THE REJECTED STATEMENT: PART TWO
THE LICENSING OF THEATRES
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LICENSING AND CENSORSHIP
PROSTITUTION AND DRINK IN THEATRES
WHY THE MANAGERS DREAD LOCAL CONTROL
DESIRABLE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL CONTROL
SUMMARY
PREFACE RESUMED
MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER'S PROTEST
ELIZA AND HER BATH
A KING'S PROCTOR
COUNSEL'S OPINION
WANTED: A NEW MAGNA CHARTA
PROPOSED: A NEW STAR CHAMBER
POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROPOSAL
STAR CHAMBER SENTIMENTALITY
ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
SHALL THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS STARVE?
LORD GORELL'S AWAKENING
JUDGES: THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIMITATIONS
CONCLUSION
THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET
A TREATISE ON PARENTS AND CHILDREN
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
The Child is Father to the Man
What is a Child?
The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
The Manufacture of Monsters
Small and Large Families
Children as Nuisances
Child Fanciers
Childhood as a State of Sin
School
My Scholastic Acquirements
Schoolmasters of Genius
What We Do Not Teach, and Why
Taboo in Schools
Alleged Novelties in Modern Schools
What is to be Done?
Children's Rights and Duties
Should Children Earn their Living?
Children's Happiness
The Horror of the Perpetual Holiday
University Schoolboyishness
The New Laziness
The Infinite School Task
The Rewards and Risks of Knowledge
English Physical Hardihood and Spiritual Cowardice
The Risks of Ignorance and Weakness
The Common Sense of Toleration
The Sin of Athanasius
The Experiment Experimenting
Why We Loathe Learning and Love Sport
Antichrist
Under the Whip
Technical Instruction
Docility and Dependence
The Abuse of Docility
The Schoolboy and the Homeboy
The Comings of Age of Children
The Conflict of Wills
The Demagogue's Opportunity
Our Quarrelsomeness
We Must Reform Society before we can Reform Ourselves
The Pursuit of Manners
Not too much Wind on the Heath, Brother
Wanted: a Child's Magna Charta
The Pursuit of Learning
Children and Game: a Proposal
The Parents' Intolerable Burden
Mobilization
Children's Rights and Parents' Wrongs
How Little We Know About Our Parents
Our Abandoned Mothers
Family Affection
The Fate of the Family
Family Mourning
Art Teaching
The Impossibility of Secular Education
Natural Selection as a Religion
Moral Instruction Leagues
The Bible
Artist Idolatry
"The Machine"
The Provocation to Anarchism
Imagination
Government by Bullies
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
