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
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Preface Read by David Wales 2:17
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George Bernard Shaw Read by David Wales 18:46
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Arthur James Balfour Read by David Wales 18:41
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John Singer Sargent Read by David Wales 15:36
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George Meredith Read by David Wales 15:23
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The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) Read by David Wales 19:03
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The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) Read by David Wales 17:29
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Sir Edward Grey Read by David Wales 16:40
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James Keir Hardie Read by David Wales 13:10
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Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) Read by David Wales 19:00
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Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) Read by David Wales 16:25
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John Redmond Read by David Wales 14:47
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Florence Nightingale Read by David Wales 14:40
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The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) Read by David Wales 14:35
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David Lloyd George Read by David Wales 17:01
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Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) Read by David Wales 15:51
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Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) Read by David Wales 20:22
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Rufus Isaacs, K.C. Read by David Wales 13:21
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The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) Read by David Wales 12:38
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Prince Bulow Read by David Wales 16:32
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Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) Read by David Wales 15:16
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General Booth Read by David Wales 16:33
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Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) Read by David Wales 14:36
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Thomas Hardy Read by David Wales 16:53
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Henry Chaplin Read by David Wales 15:51
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Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) Read by David Wales 13:48
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Winston Churchill Read by David Wales 19:19
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The Rev. R.J. Campbell Read by David Wales 13:19
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The Speaker {James William Lowther} Read by David Wales 13:46
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Herbert Samuel Read by David Wales 13:34
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The Tsar (Nicholas II) Read by David Wales 19:34
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Dr. Horton Read by David Wales 14:00
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Philip Snowdon Read by David Wales 11:24
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Robert Burdon Haldane Read by David Wales 16:38
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John Burns Read by David Wales 17:45
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William Jennings Bryan Read by David Wales 17:59
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Lewis Harcourt Read by David Wales 15:34
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Augustine Birrell, K.C. Read by David Wales 17:25
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Rudyard Kipling Read by David Wales 14:50
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Gilbert K. Chesterton Read by David Wales 21:57
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