Research Catalog

Title

George Bernard Shaw letter of 1909 February 2 to the editor of The Times : manuscript copy.

Author

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

Publication

between circa 1909 and circa 1933.

Supplementary Content

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Details

Description

1 item (2 pages); 23 x 18 cm + accompanying material

Summary

Bernard Shaw, born George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish writer of novels, plays, poems, short stories, and literary criticism. The item is a manuscript copy of George Bernard Shaw's letter to the editor of The Times of London, dated February 2, 1909, published on February 5, 1909. Shaw responds to a letter published in The Times on January 29, 1909 by English writer H.W. Mallock. Mallock had criticized remarks on income inequality made by Keir Hardie, M.P. at a Labour Party conference in Portsmouth, England on January 27th, as reported by the press. Shaw defended Hardie and questioned Mallock's knowledge of socialism and political economy in general, initiating an exchange of letters in the newspapers. The manuscript, in an unknown hand, is accompanied by an undated typed transcript of the item (3 pages), and a small half-tone photographic portrait of Shaw.

Subject

• Mallock, W. H. 1849-1923 > Correspondence
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 20th century > Correspondence
• Dramatists, Irish > 20th century > Correspondence
• Letters to the editor > England > London
• Socialism
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1901-1910

Genre/Form

• Letters (correspondence)
• Letters to the editor.
• Manuscripts (documents)

Note

• Originally thought to be in the hand of George Bernard Shaw.
• End date estimated from letterhead address on dealer's description.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Jon Bresler;

Publications (note)

• The Shaw-Mallock letters are published in Bernard Shaw's Socialism and Superior Brains: A Reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian Tract No. 146), London: Fabian Society, 1909.

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS 186093

OCLC

1333444078

Author

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950, author.

Title

George Bernard Shaw letter of 1909 February 2 to the editor of The Times : manuscript copy.

Production

between circa 1909 and circa 1933.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Publications

The Shaw-Mallock letters are published in Bernard Shaw's Socialism and Superior Brains: A Reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian Tract No. 146), London: Fabian Society, 1909.

Source

Gift; Jon Bresler; 2022.

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Occupation

Authors.

Dramatists.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS 186093