Shaw, George Bernard

(i) to the journalist Henry William Massingham, describing the writing of Shaw’s most recent play ("...It has been an infernal experience; and unless I can get my weekend in the country I shall perish, like Swift, in the mad house...") and declining his invitation to address Steinway Hall, 12 February 1920; (ii) two letters to his friend and fellow-Fabian, Edward Pease, the first discussing his commission rates for a book, the second a sub-standard 'Nursery Report' ("...the statement that Louis XIV formed our party system is about the limit to which hopeless muddlement can go..."), 10 September 1910 and 26 August 1917; (iii) to Oesterheld and Co., publishers in Berlin, about the possible translation of Strindberg’s works into English, 14 June 1927; in total 5 pages, with 2 autograph address pages, 8vo and 12mo, 10 September 1910 to 14th June 1924, minor staining, one letter creased

"…I should be rather a dangerous substitute… I might easily set a pace in the way of entertainment that Dr Walsh might find it hard to live up to in his lowered condition. A very dull speaker who will make them long to have their beloved pastor back again is what is wanted…"