Excerpt from The Social Plays of Arthur Wing Pinero: Edited With a General Introduction, and a Critical Preface to Each Play; The Gay Lord Quex; Iris The present library edition of the weightiest and most important plays of Sir Arthur Pinero has been edited with the kind co-operation of the author himself; his secretary, Miss Eveleen Mills; his London publisher, Mr. William Heinemann; and his American publishers, Messrs. Walter H. Baker co. Of Boston. The editor is especially in debted to Mr. F. E. Chase, of Walter H. Baker Co., for generously loaning the American copyrights of the plays that have been selected to appear in this library edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.