KDC397359 Design for the cover of \'The British Barbarians\' by Grant Allen (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: novel published in the \'Keynote\' series in 1896 in which the hero of the book, Bertram Ingledew, applies the techniques of anthropology to an English village in Surrey, dissecting the class system, property ownership and the position of women; novels featuring \'New Woman\' protagonists published by John Lane in the last decade of the 19th century; innovative literary publications that addressed social issues concerning women, marriage and society; Grant Allen (1848-99);); English, out of copyright.