at his back gate. Mr. Shaw still looks as if a
half-raw beefsteak and a mug of Bass would do
him a world of good. But who can tell? He
might then lose some of his effervescence--that
quality of humour so happily described by Ed-
mund Gosse when he spoke of the vegetable
spirits of George Bernard Shaw.

The new play, John Bull Other Island, was
first played in London by the Stage Society last
November. It is said--by Shaw's warmest
enemies--to be witty, entertaining, and dra-
matically boneless. There is no alternative
now for Mr. Shaw--he must visit America,
lecture, and become rich. It is the logical con-
clusion of his impromptu career, for it was first
in America that the Shaw books and plays were
successful and appreciated; the plays largely
because of the bold efforts of Arnold Daly and
Winchell Smith, two young dramatic revolution-
ists. And Mr. Shaw may rediscover America
for the Americans!

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