ABSTRACT
founded in 1884 believed that socialism being inevitable, should not be pursued by revolutionary means. It took its name from the Roman General Quintus Fabius Maximus who avoided direct conflict with the enemy. It powerfully influenced the English Labour Party most of whose intellectuals belonged to it. FABIAN ESSAYS (Dec. 1889) by George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb, Sydney Olivier, Graham Wallas, Hubert Bland, William Clarke and Annie Besant, set out how socialism could be introduced in a country with free and parliamentary institutions. The Essays derived some publicity from their appearance shortly after the London Dock Strike and were widely read and influential.
