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In fine, a bigger man than any of his books. One of the greatest reporters the press has ever had, one of the half-dozen—if so many—best masters of descriptive writing now alive. A chap who suffered nervous breakdowns prior to 1914 and who turned to iron in the moment of crisis. A militant pacifist because he has really seen war waged. A lover and fighter for justice, and a preacher of mercy. There is about him, despite the abolition of miracle and the rapid transformation of the world into a factory and a machine, some of that lost radiance of a day when men set forth to conquer in the name of their faith, or to spread a gospel which might redeem the world.

BOOKS BY PHILIP GIBBS

Fiction:

1908The Individualist
1908The Spirit of Revolt
1909The Street of Adventure
1910Intellectual Mansions, S. W.
1911Oliver’s Kind Women
1912Helen of Lancaster Gate
1913A Master of Life
1914Beauty and Nick
In England: The Custody of the Child
1920Wounded Souls
In England: Back to Life
1922Venetian Lovers
1923The Middle of the Road
1924Heirs Apparent
1924Little Novels of Nowadays

Historical:

1899Founders of the Empire
1906The Romance of Empire
1906Men and Women of the French Revolution
1908The Romance of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham
1909King’s Favorite
1912Adventures of War with Cross and Crescent
1915The Soul of the War
1917The Battles of the Somme
1918The Struggle in Flanders
First title: From Bapaume to Passchendaele
1919The Way to Victory
In England: Open Warfare
1920Now It Can Be Told
In England: Realities of War
1920People of Destiny
1921More That Must Be Told
In England: The Hope of Europe
1924Adventures in Journalism

Essays:

1903Knowledge Is Power
1905Facts and Ideas
1913The Eighth Year: A Vital Problem of Married Life
1913The New Man: A Portrait of the Latest Type

SOURCES ON PHILIP GIBBS