Back to Methuselah though Kennedy stated that he was quoting Shaw—"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface ("An Infidel Half Century") and a series of five plays: "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden)", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day", "The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000", and "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920". All were written during 1918–20, published simultaneously by
How and Why Wonder Books search of these numbers indicates that they were never assigned to published volumes. Although the above lists are comprehensive for How and Why Wonder Book volumes published by Grosset & Dunlap and Transworld in the 1960s and 1970s, it should also be noted that certain volumes in the series continued to be published by Price Stern Sloan into the 1980s and that additional unique titles were added to the series. New How and Why Wonder Book titles included "Radiation," "Ships and Submarines," "Planet Earth," "Living Things," "Automobiles," "Motorcycles," "Space," "Robots," "Aircraft," and the "Solar System." None of these titles was