Fabian Essays in Socialism. Essays by G. Bernard Shaw; Sidney Webb; Sydney Olivier; William Clarke; Annie Besant; Graham Wallas and Hubert Bland. London: Walter Scott, 1889. Pp, 233. A good copy, handsomely rebound in quarter leather and cloth boards.

A collection of pieces by various hands, edited by G.B. Shaw, and with two contributions by him.

In 1884 The Fabian Society was founded in England with the aim of bringing about a socialist society by means of intellectual debate, the publication of books and pamphlets, and the “permeation” of socialist ideas into the universities, the press, government institutions, and political parties. George Bernard Shaw was one of the Society’s early members.