Note: Part III of the "Pentateuch", or sequence of five plays (always published together and sometimes considered one) that follows the long Preface in the collection Back to Methusaleh. The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170 The 1921 Brentano's (US, May) and Constable (UK, June) first editions/printings identically use the long variant title only in the "Contents" list of the five plays, at the end of the Preface. They show the short title alone at the head of this play, whose preceding title page displays three lines:   Part III   The Thing Happens   XXXIV The US edition also uses the short title of the play as its running header, rather than "Back to Methuselah" as for the Preface. (both publications viewed at HathiTrust)