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The Book Monthly (London, UK)


December 1916

The Book Monthly: An Illustrated Record, Guide and Magazine for Book Sellers, Librarians & Publishers, for Bookbuyers, Readers & Writers was published in London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., between Oct 1903 and June 1920 (irregular issues July 1915-Dec 1918). Founded and edited by Scottish journalist James Milne, literary editor of The Daily Chronicle (1904-1918), The Book Monthly was a pioneer in the use of best-seller lists in Britain. Its Christmas 1919 number included a feature titled 'Old Yule Lamps and New' in which well-known writers commented upon Christmas books, then and now.

In June 1920, Milne contacted Conrad with a request for a photograph to accompany an article on The Rescue that appeared in The Graphic on 10 July that year.

Sources
Davies, Laurence, et al., ed. The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983-2007. 9 vols.
Keating, Peter. The Haunted Study: A Social History of the English Novel 1875-1914. London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. 440.