was not allowed a licence for dramatic performance in London under the censorship system of the time (Lord Chamberlain's Office). Its publication was permitted, and in 1907 Garnett published the play, which dealt with an unmarried mother, together with an open letter to the censor. The letter was in fact written by the critic William Archer. This was one battle in a campaign being waged at the time, under the leadership of Bernard Shaw, to free the stage. Garnett lived at The Cearne, Crockham Hill, near Edenbridge in Kent. His London address was 19, Pond Place, Chelsea. Works An Imaged World (1894) The Art of Winnifred Matthews (1902) The Breaking Point, a Censured Play. With Preface and a Letter to the Censor (1907) Hogarth (1911) Tolstoy: His Life and Writings (1914) The great war in 1916, a neutral's indictment (1917) with Louis Raemaekers, H. Perry Robinson, and M. B. Huish Turgenev: a study (1917) Papa's War and Other Satires (1918) Friday Nights: Literary Criticisms and Appreciations (1922; new ed. 1929) Letters from W. H. Hudson, 1901–1922 (1923), editor Letters from Joseph Conrad 1895–1924 (1928), editor The trial of Jeanne d' Arc and other plays (1931), editor Letters from John Galsworthy 1900–1932 (1934), editor Edward Thomas: A selection of letters to Edward Garnett (1981 reprint) References Edward Garnett (1950) H. E. Bates The Garnett Family (1961) Carolyn G. Heilbrun Edward Garnett: A Life in Literature (1982) George Jefferson An Uncommon Reader: A Life of Edward Garnett, Mentor and Editor of Literary Genius (2017) Helen Smith External links 1868 births 1937 deaths English book editors Edward Members of the Fabian Society People educated at the City of London School British literary editors British literary critics