James Bone (16 May 1872 – 23 November 1962[1]) was a British journalist, most notably London correspondent for the Manchester Guardian for 33 years.

[2] [3] He was also the primary author of four travel books, one about Glasgow, one about Edinburgh and two about London.

[5][6] After leaving school aged 14, Bone worked briefly for the Laird Line, which operated passenger and trade routes between Scotland and Ireland, before joining his father at the North British Daily Mail.

Also in 1901, to coincide with the Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), Bone's first book, Glasgow in 1901, was published under the pseudonym, James Hamilton Muir, a name formed from his own name and those of his co-author and friend, Archibald Hamilton Charteris, the nephew of Scottish theologian, Archibald Charteris.,[4] and his brother, the book's illustrator, Muirhead Bone.

His wife died in 1950, but Bone lived to see his 90th birthday in 1962, receiving birthday messages from Queen Elizabeth II, President John F. Kennedy, and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.