The Bookman (London)

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The Bookman was a monthly magazine published in London from 1891 until 1934 by Hodder & Stoughton. [1] It was a catalogue of the current publications that also contained reviews, advertising and illustrations. [2] William Robertson Nicoll, Arthur St. John Adcock and Hugh Ross Williamson were editors. Contributors included G. K. Chesterton, Walter Pater, Gertrude Atherton, Guy Thorne, J. M. Barrie, Edward Thomas, W. B. Yeats, Arthur Ransome, M.R. James and Samuel Beckett.

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References

  1. Sutherland, John. The Bookman in The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction, 2nd Edition, 2009, ISBN   978-1-4082-0390-3.
  2. Bookman

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