['Exclusive' interviews on book matters with H. G. Wells and John Galsworthy, in the first two issues of magazine.] The Book Window. A Guide to Book Buying and Book Reading.

The first issue 44pp., 12mo, with pink order slip. The second issue 48pp., 12mo (paginated 45-92). Uniform: stapled in brown printed wraps.In fair condition, on aged paper, with rusting from staples. The first issue has articles by Ambrose Heal, Hal Warwick, Henry Arthur Jones, S. P. B. Mais, Eleanor E. Helme, Irene Beeston and Rose Fyleman. The interview with H. G. Wells is on pp.3-5. Wells asks what the 'object' of the new magazine is, and is told, 'to foster and develop the reading and possessing of books'. His reply to this begins: 'Then your first problem is to devise means of destroying the pernicious habit of book borrowing. There is a deep-rooted idea in the ordinary English mind that it is extravagant and wrong to own books. That had its origin in the social conditions of more than a century ago. [...]' On being told Arnold Bennett's opinion on 'the question of the greatest novels in the world' Wells replies 'Arnold has his moments'. Following the interview, on p.5, is a list of 'The Works of H. G. Wells', advertising the forthcoming publication of 'Meanwhile', described as 'a full-length novel in which Mr. Wells is to pass a severe criticism on the Government for its handling of the miners' and general strikes. It is promised that it will be faithful to its secondary title of The Picture of a Lady.' The only named contributors to the second issue are Warwick and Mais. The interview with Galsworthy is on pp.47-49, and is followed by his poem 'Picardy', and p.50, carrying a full-page list of his works. Topics include 'the use of fiction as a means of propaganda' and the 'fashion' for trilogies of novels. COPAC only lists the magazine at the British Library, apart from a copy of the first issue at the Victoria and Albert Museum.