Henry James Stenning (1889–1971), known in print as H. J. Stenning and also known as Harry Stenning, was an English socialist and translator.

Life

Born in Westminster, Stenning left school aged thirteen and a half.The Contributors
, ''Journal of William Morris Studies'', Vol. 2, No. 4 (1970), p.36. Retrieved 24 April 2013. He joined the Social Democratic Federation in 1906, aged sixteen, and was a peace campaigner during World War I. He later joined the Independent Labour Party, ILP, working at the ILP bakery in Bermondsey after the war. In 1920 he criticised Bolshevism as 'a recrudescence of Blanquism' in an article for ''Labour Leader'',Ian Bullock
Labour Leader and the Bolsheviks
2005. Retrieved 24 April 2013. and published a translation of Karl Kautsky's ''The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. He also worked as a publisher's reader, and from 1925 ran a law stationers' business in the City of London.

Works

Translations

* ''The dictatorship of the proletariat'' by Karl Kautsky. Manchester: National Labour Press, [1918] * ''The manifesto of the Moscow International, signed by Lenin, Trotsky, Fritz Platten, Platten, Grigory Zinoviev, Zinoviev, and Christian Rakovsky, Rakovsky''. Manchester: National Labour Press, [1919] * ''The march towards socialism'' by Edgard Milhaud. London: Leonard Parsons, 1920. * (tr. with T. C. Partington) ''The life and teaching of Karl Marx'' by Max Beer. London, Manchester: National Labour Press, 1921. * ''Georgia: a social-democratic peasant republic. Impressions and observations'' by Karl Kautsky. London: International Bookshops, [1921]. * ''Social struggles in antiquity'' by Max Beer. London: Leonard Parsons, 1922. * ''Socialisation in theory and practice'' by Heinrich Ströbel. London: P. S. King, 1922. * ''The German revolution and after'' by Heinrich Ströbel. London: Jarrolds, [1923]. * ''The isles of wisdom'' by Alexander Moszkowski. London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1924. * ''Social struggles in the Middle Ages'' by Max Beer. London: L. Parsons, 1924. * ''Social struggles and socialist forerunners'' by Max Beer. London: L. Parsons, [1924]. * ''The art of the theatre'' by Sarah Bernhardt. Translated from the French. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1924]. * ''Samuel Pepys: a portrait in miniature'' by Jean Lucas-Dubreton. London: A. M. Philpot, ltd., [1924?]. * ''The labour revolution'' by Karl Kautsky. London: Allen & Unwin, 1925. * ''The Anglo-Russian Report : A Criticism of the Report of the British Trades Union Delegation to Russia, from the Point of View of International Socialism'' by Friedrich Adler (politician), Friedrich Adler. London: P. S. King & Son, ltd, 1925. * ''The Austrian Revolution'' by Otto Bauer. London: L. Parsons, 1925. * ''Social Struggles and Thought (1750–1860)'' by Max Beer. London: L. Parsons, [1925]. * ''The economic doctrines of Karl Marx'' by Karl Kautsky. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1925. * ''Vienna under socialist rule'' by Robert Danneberg. London: Labour Party, [1925]. * ''Selected essays'' by Karl Marx. London: Leonard Parsons, 1926. * ''Thomas More and his Utopia: with a historical introduction'' by Karl Kautsky. New York: International Publishers, 1927. * ''Cromwell & communism: socialism and democracy in the great English revolution'' by Eduard Bernstein. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1930. * ''In defence of capitalism'' by Adolf Weber (economist), Adolf Weber. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1930. * ''The experiment of Bolshevism'' by Arthur Feiler. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1930. * ''Before Jutland: Admiral von Spee's last voyage; Battle of Coronel, Coronel & the Battle of the Falkland Islands, battle of the Falklands'' by Captain Hans Pochhammer. London: Jarrolds Limited, 1931. * ''The call of the North'' by H. H. Houben. London: E. Mathews & Marrot, 1932.. * ''Jovial King. Napoleon's youngest brother'' by Friedrich Max Kircheisen. London: E. Mathews & Marrot, 1932. * ''Fighting the French in Morocco'' by Albert Bartels. London: Alston Rivers, 1932. * ''Kings in exile'' by Otto Ernst. London: Jarrolds, 1933. * ''The resurrection of the dead'' by Karl Barth. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. * ''Man into woman. An authentic record of a change of sex. The true story of the miraculous transformation of the Danish painter Lili Elbe, Einar Wegener-Andreas Sparre'' by Niels Hoyer. London: Jarrolds, 1933. * ''Creation's doom'' by Desiderius Papp. London: Jarrolds, 1934. * ''Germany's secret armaments'' by Helmut Klotz. London: Jarrolds, 1934. * ''Life and death: the autobiography of a surgeon'' by Andrea Majocchi. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1937. * ''Tariff levels and the economic unity of Europe: an examination of tariff policy, export movements and the economic integration of Europe, 1913–1931'' by Heinrich Liepman. London: G. Allen & Unwin. * ''Maginot of the line'' by Pierre Belperron. London: Williams and Norgate, 1940. * ''Paul Gauguin: letters to his wife and friends'', ed. Maurice Malingue. London: Saturn Press, [1948]. * ''Tragic Empress. The story of Elizabeth of Austria'' by Maurice Paléologue. London: Saturn Press, [1950]. * ''London'' by Jacques Boussard. London; printed in France: Nicholas Kaye, 1951. * ''Venus in Furs. Together with the Back Czarina'' by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. London: Luxor Press, [1965]. * ''Practical handicraft: I. Working in metal, leather, clay and other media'' by Prof. Fritz Walter. London: Mills & Boon, 1967.

Other

* 'Socialist Unity', ''Socialist Review'', 12, (April 1914), pp. 157–64 * (ed. with intro.) ''The causes of war'' by W. R. Inge, Lord Beaverbrook and others. London: Allen & Unwin, 1935.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenning, Henry James 1889 births 1971 deaths English translators Independent Labour Party politicians Social Democratic Federation members English male non-fiction writers 20th-century British translators 20th-century English male writers