In 1934, when The Children's Hour was first produced and published, American playgoers and readers became aware of a challenging new dramatist who could make of the most delicate of themes a play of force and ringing conviction. Since then Lillian Hellman has advanced her reputation as one of America's leading playwrights. Each new work reveals a wider sympathy and mounting power.  This volume contains an introduction by Miss Hellman and six of her plays in their complete and unabridged texts: The Children's Hour, Days to Come, The Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine, Another Part of the Forest, and The Autumn Garden.