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Title: Mrs. Warren's Daughter
A Story of the Woman's Movement

Author: Sir Harry Johnston

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MRS. WARREN'S DAUGHTER

A Story of the Woman's Movement

By

SIR HARRY JOHNSTON

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920

TO

MY JURY OF MATRONS:

WINIFRED JOHNSTON ELLA HEPWORTH-DIXON
CATHERINE WELLS ANGELA MOND
BEATRICE SANDS MARGARET POWYS
ANNETTE HENDERSON FLORENCE FELLOWES
MARY LEVY RAY ROCKMAN-BRAHAM
FLORENCE TRAVERS MAUD PARRY

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT--IN THE MAIN--IT HAS
THEIR SYMPATHY AND APPROVAL.

H. H. JOHNSTON

POLING,
_March, 1920_

PREFACE

The earlier part of Vivien Warren's life and that of her mother,
Catherine Warren, was told by Mr. George Bernard Shaw in his play,
"Mrs. Warren's Profession," published first in 1898.

(_Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant_: 1. _Unpleasant_. Constable and
Co., 6th Edition.)

I have his permission to continue the story from 1898 onwards. To
understand my sequel it is not necessary to have read the play which
so brilliantly placed the Warren problem before us. But as most
persons of average good education have found Mr. Shaw's comedies
necessary to their mental furnishing, their understanding of
contemporary life, it is probable that all who would be drawn to
this book are already acquainted with the story of Mrs. Warren, and
will be interested in learning what happened after that story was
laid down by Mr. Shaw in 1897. I would in addition placate hostile
or peevish reviewers by reminding them of the continuity of human
histories; of biographies, real--though a little disguised by the
sauce of fiction--and unreal--because e