Method for development of silver halide light-sensitive black and white material

A method for the development of a silver halide light-sensitive material, wherein a silver halide light-sensitive material, which has been exposed to imaging radiation, is developed with a developing solution containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I):

• ##STR27## wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an ammonium group or a group which is cleaved under alkaline conditions;
• L represents a divalent organic group comprising an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an ether group, a thioether group, --CO--, --CS-- or --NR--, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, either alone or as a combination of two or more;
• X represents an amino group, a quaternary ammonium group, a hydroxyl group or a heterocyclic group;
• and n represents 0 or 1, wherein said developing solution contains a hydroquinone compound as a principal developing agent.