Berens, Lewis Henry
Entry updated 30 June 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1855-1913) English-born businessman and author, in Australia from 1876 for some years, whose The Story of My Dictatorship [for various vts see Checklist below] (1887-1888 Our Commonwealth; 1894) with Ignatius Singer, set in the very Near Future, describes in dialogue form the disputatious creation of a Utopia on socialist lines in London. [JC]
Lewis Henry Berens
born Birmingham, England: 1855
died 5 December 1913
works (selected)
- The Story of My Dictatorship (New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1894) with Ignatius Singer [first appeared 1887-1888 Our Commonwealth: binding unknown/]
- The Story of My Dictatorship: Dedicated (Without Permission) to the National Association (Auckland, New Zealand: F W Harradence, 1894) [probable vt of the above, but possibly the first edition: binding unknown/]
- The Story of My Dictatorship: The Taxation of Land Values Clearly Explained (London: "Land Values" Publication, 1905) [exp vt of the above: binding unknown/]
- The Story of My Dictatorship: A Plea for Freedom and Equality of Opportunity (London: "Land Values" Publication, 1907) [vt of the above: binding unknown/]
- The Story of My Dictatorship: An Account of an Eventful Experience Abridged from the Record Made by L H Berens and I Singer (London: Henry George Foundation, 1934) [cut vt of the above: binding unknown/]
- Dictator – Democrat: Abridged and Adapted from the Story of my Dictatorship by Lewis H Berens and Ignatius Singer (Melbourne, Victoria: Henry George Foundation, Australia, 1945) [apparent vt of the above: binding unknown/]
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