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G.B. SHAW M.S.S. AUCTIONED IN U.S. CARNERA NOW CHARGED WITH

Famous Author Dislikes | First Name.

SHAVIAN COMPLEX

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In December he fought no fewer i

How He Helped Harris How far Shaw helped Frank) Harris in the Harris biography of Shaw is casually confirmed in the letters: The publisher was keen on than six successful fights, the most saving the proof sheets... but 1 impressive being the one against The following article, dealing destroyed every scrap of it! so that "King" Levinsky, whom he beat so with an auction of first editions and neither I nor anyone else will ever decisively that critica began serious- autograph letters of Mr. Bernard know how much of the book is F. ly to consider his claims for the

Shaw in New York, appeared re-H, and how much G. B. §.”~ -

cently in the London Evening We learn, too, that although he is titlo."

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Ernie Schaaf is the protege of

A catalogue just received from der Shaw has "never yet accepted Sharkey, though he has not the de- In his America brings the surprising news a farthing for public speaking." fence of the Champion. that Dr. Archibald Henderson is The letters contain many varia-most recent bouts he has taken ter selling by unrestricted auction Itions on Shaw's venerable pose as

Against Max New York his voluminous colles super-egotist. "Surely the right rifle punishment. tion of Bernard Shaw first editions thing to do," he tells his biographer, Baer he was subjected to heavy and autograph lettera.

"s to begin with a vivid romantic punishment and was carried out of No celebrity has ever had a bio- picture of the miraculous Shaw, the the ring unconscious at the close of grapher more flatteringly assiduous wanderful personality, the bril-the last round. than Mr. Shaw found in Dr. Hen Hant, the witty, the paradoxical, the The bell, however, saved him on derson. Boswell possibly got more accomplished, the critic of a thou-that occasion from a knock out de- kicks, but not so many directions sand arts and the master of half a cision. as to how the blography was to be dozen." written.

The letters, mainly a collection of Mr. Shaw's directions to his bio-i grapher, are amply quoted in the catalogues. They throw light on many aspects of the Shavian com- plex.

The great man dislikes his first name, "Why all these Georges?" he writes in one letter. "I loathe being Georged. Please immortalise | me as Bernard Shaw or even G.B.S., but NOT as Jorge Bernard Shaw, a detestable phrase. It doesn't Bing."

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