On his return to England Beerbohm published his first book, "The Works of Max Beerbohm" (1896), a collection of his essays which had first appeared in "The Yellow Book". His first piece of fiction, "The Happy Hypocrite", was published in volume XI of "The Yellow Book" in October 1896. Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw himself, in 1898 he followed Shaw as drama critic for the "Saturday Review", on whose staff he remained until 1910. At that time the "Saturday Review" was undergoing renewed popularity under its new owner, the writer Frank Harris, who would later become a close friend of Beerbohm's.