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Leonard Barnes

Author

The Negro in the British Empire

The year 1933 is the centenary of the year in which the British Parliament passed its famous Act abolishing slavery in the colonies. It is curious to reflect that, had the United States not fought for and won their independence fifty years before, th [...]

Art and the Collective Life

Art depends upon individuality. We regard every genuine artistic product as personal to, and distinctive of, its author. So true is this that criticism is often able to determine questions of authenticity on internal evidence alone. And our use of th [...]