Why is inherited member not allowed?

You have to declare the over-ridden functions as part of your class definition

class Circle : public Shape
    {
    public:
        Circle(int);
        virtual void area(); // overrides Shape::area
        void perimeter();    // overrides Shape::perimeter
        virtual void volume();
    private:
        int r;
    };

Note that the use of virtual here is optional.

As n.m. noted, you should also include a virtual destructor in Shape. You may also want to make its virtual functions pure virtual (based on your comment about Shape being abstract)

class Shape
{
public:
    virtual ~Shape() {}
    virtual void area() = 0;
    virtual void perimeter() = 0;
    virtual void volume() = 0;
};

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