For many years the editors of the Mod-ern Library sought to include in the series a representative collection of plays by Bernard Shaw. Until now all their efforts were in vain because the author was adamant in his determina-tion that no selection from his works could be issued during his lifetime in a reprint series. Finally, by special ar-rangement with Bernard Shaw's Amer-ican publishers (Dodd, Mead & Co.) and his estate, we are able to fulfill the twenty-five-year hope and offer in a single volume four of the major plays, with the famous prefaces complete and unabridged. An Introduction by Lours Kronenberger matches the brilliance and perception of the Shavian plays.