These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as seen before the great cataclysm of World War I. Gardiner was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. His essays were and are highly regarded. - Summary by David Wales
Chapters
1 Preface 2 min 2 King Edward VII 20 min 3 George Bernard Shaw 19 min 4 Arthur James Balfour 19 min 5 John Singer Sargent 16 min 6 George Meredith 15 min 7 The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) 19 min 8 The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) 17 min 9 Sir Edward Grey 17 min 10 James Keir Hardie 13 min 11 Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) 19 min 12 Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) 16 min 13 John Redmond 15 min 14 Florence Nightingale 15 min 15 The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) 15 min 16 David Lloyd George 17 min 17 Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) 16 min 18 Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) 20 min 19 Rufus Isaacs, K.C 13 min 20 The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) 13 min 21 Prince Bulow 17 min 22 Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) 15 min 23 General Booth 17 min 24 Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) 15 min 25 Thomas Hardy 17 min 26 Henry Chaplin 16 min 27 Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) 14 min 28 Winston Churchill 19 min 29 The Rev. R.J. Campbell 13 min 30 The Speaker {James William Lowther} 14 min 31 Herbert Samuel 14 min 32 The Tsar (Nicholas II) 20 min 33 Dr. Horton 14 min 34 Philip Snowdon 11 min 35 Robert Burdon Haldane 17 min 36 John Burns 18 min 37 William Jennings Bryan 18 min 38 Lewis Harcourt 16 min 39 Augustine Birrell, K.C 17 min 40 Rudyard Kipling 15 min 41 Gilbert K. Chesterton 22 min
