John Buchan
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Buchan in 1936
Novels↙29
Collections↙2
Poems↙4
Books edited↙14
Non-fiction↙42
Biographies↙10
References and footnotes

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), was a Scottish novelist, historian, biographer and editor. Outside the field of literature he was, at various times, a barrister, a publisher, a lieutenant colonel in the Intelligence Corps, the Director of Information—reporting directly to prime minister David Lloyd George—during the First World War and a Unionist MP who served as Governor General of Canada, the fifteenth to hold the office since Canadian Confederation.[1][2][3]

Born in Perth, Scotland, Buchan was admitted to the University of Glasgow in 1892 to study classics; during his first year at university he edited the works of Francis Bacon, which were published in 1894.[4] The following year he was awarded a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford; shortly after his arrival he also published his first novel, Sir Quixote of the Moors, which he dedicated to Gilbert Murray, his university tutor.[5] By the time he left the university he had published five books,[1] including Scholar-Gipsies, his first work of non-fiction.[2][6]

Much of Buchan's non-fiction mirrored his circumstances: his time in South Africa resulted in The African Colony, and the First World War led to a series of books about the war in general, and the Scottish and South African forces in particular.[7] He interspersed his non-fiction with further novels, and also wrote ten biographies and four volumes of poetry, as well as numerous articles and stories for magazines and journals.[5] During the war he wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps, the novel which has been adapted for film and television more than any of his other work, (film versions in 1935, 1959 and 1978 and a 2008 television version).[8]

Editor

Musa Piscatrix, first UK edition, 1896
The Long Road to Victory, first UK edition, 1920

Buchan was the general editor of the Teaching of History series, published by T. Nelson Publishers between 1928 and 1930. In 1900 he was also a member of the editorial board of The Spectator.[9]

Works edited by Buchan
Title[9][10] Year of first
publication 		Author First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Notes Ref.
Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon 1894 Francis Bacon Walter Scott Publishing Co [11]
Musa Piscatrix 1896 Various John Lane [12]
The Compleat Angler 1901 Izaak Walton Methuen Publishing [13]
The Long Road to Victory 1920 Various T. Nelson Publishers [14]
Miscellanies: Literary and Historical 1921 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Hodder & Stoughton [15]
Great Hours in Sport 1921 Various T. Nelson Publishers [16]
The Nations of Today 1923–24 Various Hodder & Stoughton Six unnumbered volumes [17]
A History of English Literature 1923 Various T. Nelson Publishers Abridged and published in 1937 as A Shorter History of English Literature.[9] [18]
The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular Poetry 1924 Various Hodder & Stoughton [19]
Modern Short Stories 1926 Various T. Nelson Publishers [20]
Essays and Studies 1926 Members of the English Association Oxford University Press, Oxford [10]
South Africa 1927 Various British Empire Educational Press [10]
A General Survey of British History 1928 Various T. Nelson Publishers Eleven volumes [10]
The Poetry of Neil Munro 1931 Neil Munro William Blackwood & Sons [21]

Novels

The Thirty-Nine Steps, first UK edition
Frontispieces of Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895) and Greenmantle (1916)
Novels by Buchan
Title[9][22][23] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Ref.
Sir Quixote of the Moors 1895 T. Fisher Unwin [24]
John Burnet of Barns 1898 John Lane [25]
A Lost Lady of Old Years 1899 John Lane [26]
The Half-Hearted 1900 Isbister. Serialised in Good Words, 1900[27] [28]
A Lodge in the Wilderness 1906 William Blackwood & Sons [29]
Prester John 1910 T. Nelson Publishers [30]
Salute to Adventurers 1915 T. Nelson Publishers [31]
The Thirty-Nine Steps 1915 William Blackwood & Sons [32]
The Power-House 1916 William Blackwood & Sons [33]
Greenmantle 1916 Hodder & Stoughton [34]
Mr Standfast 1918 Hodder & Stoughton [35]
The Path of the King 1921 Hodder & Stoughton [36]
Huntingtower 1922 Hodder & Stoughton [37]
Midwinter 1923 Hodder & Stoughton [38]
The Three Hostages 1924 Hodder & Stoughton [39]
John Macnab 1925 Hodder & Stoughton [40]
The Dancing Floor 1926 Hodder & Stoughton [41]
Witch Wood 1927 Hodder & Stoughton [42]
The Courts of the Morning 1929 Hodder & Stoughton [43]
Castle Gay 1930 Hodder & Stoughton [44]
The Blanket of the Dark 1931 Hodder & Stoughton [45]
The Gap in the Curtain 1932 Hodder & Stoughton [46]
The Magic Walking Stick 1932 Hodder & Stoughton [47]
A Prince of the Captivity 1933 Hodder & Stoughton [48]
The Free Fishers 1934 Hodder & Stoughton [49]
The House of the Four Winds 1935 Hodder & Stoughton [50]
The Island of Sheep 1936 Hodder & Stoughton [51]
Sick Heart River 1941 Hodder & Stoughton [52]

Non-fiction

Cover of Scholar-Gipsies (1896), Buchan's first work of non-fiction
Cover of The Battle of Jutland, a history of the 1916 sea battle
Buchan, c. 1910–15
Non-fiction by Buchan
Title[9][53] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Ref.
Scholar-Gipsies 1896 John Lane [54]
A History of Brasenose College 1898 Robinson [55]
The African Colony 1903 William Blackwood & Sons [56]
The Law Relating to the Taxation of Foreign Income 1905 Stevens [57]
Some Eighteenth Century Byways 1908 William Blackwood & Sons [58]
Nine Brasenose Worthies 1909 Clarendon Press, Oxford [59]
What the Home Rule Bill Means 1912 T. Nelson Publishers [59]
Nelson's History of the War (24 volumes) 1914–19 T. Nelson Publishers [60]
Britain's War by Land 1915 Oxford University Press, Oxford [61]
The Achievement of France 1915 Methuen Publishing [62]
Ordeal by Marriage 1915 Clay Publishing [59]
The Future of the War 1916 Boyle, Sons & Watchurst [59]
The Battle of the Somme, First Phase 1916 T. Nelson Publishers [63]
The Purpose of War 1916 J. M. Dent & Sons [10]
The Battle of Jutland 1916 T. Nelson Publishers [64]
The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase 1917 T. Nelson Publishers [65]
These for Remembrance 1919 Privately printed, London [66]
The Island of Sheep[a] 1919 Hodder & Stoughton [68]
The Battle Honours of Scotland 1914–1918 1919 Outram [10]
The History of the South African Forces in France 1920 T. Nelson Publishers [69]
A History of the Great War 1922 T. Nelson Publishers [70]
A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys 1922 T. Nelson Publishers [71]
The Last Secrets 1923 T. Nelson Publishers [72]
The Margins of Life 1923 Birkbeck College [73]
Days to Remember[b] 1923 T. Nelson Publishers [74]
The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1678–1918 1925 T. Nelson Publishers [75]
Two Ordeals of Democracy 1925 Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass [76]
The Fifteenth (Scottish) Division 1914-1919[c] 1926 William Blackwood & Sons [77]
Homilies and Recreations 1926 T. Nelson Publishers [78]
The Causal and the Casual in History 1929 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [79]
The Kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929[d] 1930 Hodder & Stoughton [80]
Montrose and Leadership 1930 Oxford University Press, Oxford [81]
The Novel and the Fairy Tale 1931 The English Association [82]
Andrew Lang and the Borders 1932 Oxford University Press, Oxford [83]
The Massacre of Glencoe 1933 Peter Davies [84]
Gordon at Khartoum 1934 Peter Davies [85]
The King's Grace 1935 Hodder & Stoughton [86]
Naval Episodes Of The Great War 1938 T. Nelson Publishers [87]
The Interpreter's House 1938 Hodder & Stoughton [88]
Presbyterianism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 1938 Church of Scotland, Edinburgh [89]
Memory Hold-the-Door 1940 Hodder & Stoughton [90]
Comments and Characters 1940 T. Nelson Publishers [91]
Canadian Occasions 1940 Hodder & Stoughton [92]

Biographies

Buchan in ceremonial dress as the Governor General of Canada
Biographies by Buchan
Title[9][53] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Ref.
Sir Walter Raleigh 1897 Blackwell Publishing, Oxford[e] [93]
The Marquis of Montrose 1913 T. Nelson Publishers [94]
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall 1913 William Blackwood & Sons [95]
Francis and Riversdale Grenfell: A Memoir 1920 T. Nelson Publishers [96]
Lord Minto: A Memoir 1924 T. Nelson Publishers [97]
The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott 1925 T. Nelson Publishers [98]
Montrose 1928 T. Nelson Publishers [99]
Sir Walter Scott 1932 Cassell [100]
Julius Caesar 1932 Peter Davies [101]
Oliver Cromwell 1934 Hodder & Stoughton [102]
Augustus 1937 Hodder & Stoughton [103]

Poetry collections

Buchan in native Indian ceremonial head dress
Poetry collections by Buchan
Title[9][22] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Ref.
The Pilgrim Fathers 1898 Blackwell Publishing, Oxford [104]
Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People (includes short stories) 1899 John Lane [105]
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (includes short stories) 1912 W Blackwood & Sons [106]
Poems: Scots and English 1917 T.C. & E.C. Jack [107]

Short story collections

Short story collections by Buchan
Title[9][22] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated) 		Ref.
Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People (includes poetry) 1899 John Lane [105]
The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales 1902 W Blackwood & Sons [108]
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (includes poetry) 1912 W Blackwood & Sons [106]
The Runagates Club 1928 Hodder & Stoughton [109]
The Long Traverse 1941 Hodder & Stoughton [110]
The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy 1984 Donald M. Grant, Publisher, West Kingston, RI [111]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Published anonymously by "Cadmus and Harmonia", ie John and Susan Buchan. Buchan re-used the title for his 1936 novel of the same name.[67]
  2. ^ Co-written with Henry Newbolt.[74]
  3. ^ Co-written with John Stewart.[77]
  4. ^ Co-written with George Adam Smith.[80]
  5. ^ Revised and enlarged for a second edition in 1911 by T. Nelson Publishers.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Matthew 2004.
  2. ^ a b Daniell 1992, p. 4.
  3. ^ "Lord Tweedsmuir". The Times. No. 48537. London. 12 February 1940. p. 8.
  4. ^ Daniell 1992, p. 5.
  5. ^ a b MacLeod 1984, p. 19.
  6. ^ "Lord Tweedsmuir: A Notable Figure in British Literary and Political Life". The Manchester Guardian. Manchester. 12 February 1940. p. 3.
  7. ^ Daniell 1992, pp. 5–6.
  8. ^ MacLeod 1984, p. 22.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "John Buchan". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 5 July 2014. (subscription required)
  10. ^ a b c d e f Daniell 1992, p. 11.
  11. ^ "Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon: edited, with an introduction, by John Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Musa Piscatrix". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  13. ^ "The Compleat Angler. ... Edited, with an introduction and notes, by J. Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  14. ^ "The Long Road to Victory. (By various authors) Edited by J. Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Miscellanies: Literary and Historical". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Great Hours in Sport. (By various authors) Edited by J. Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  17. ^ Cox 1988, p. 54.
  18. ^ "A History of English Literature. Edited by J. Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  19. ^ "The Northern Muse". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Modern Short Stories. Collected by J. Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  21. ^ "The Poetry of Neil Munro". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  22. ^ a b c Cox 1988, pp. 51–54.
  23. ^ MacLeod 1988, p. 21.
  24. ^ "Sir Quixote of the Moors. Being some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  25. ^ "John Burnet of Barns. A romance". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  26. ^ "A Lost Lady of Old Years. A romance". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  27. ^ "Index". Good Words. Vol. 41. 1900.
  28. ^ "The Half-Hearted". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  29. ^ "A Lodge in the Wilderness". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  30. ^ "Prester John". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  31. ^ "Salute to Adventurers". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  32. ^ "The Thirty-nine Steps". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  33. ^ "The Power-House". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  34. ^ "Greenmantle". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  35. ^ "Mr. Standfast". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  36. ^ "The Path of the King". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  37. ^ "Huntingtower". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  38. ^ "Midwinter. Certain travellers in old England. (A novel)". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  39. ^ "The Three Hostages". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  40. ^ "John Macnab". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  41. ^ "The Dancing Floor". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  42. ^ "Witch Wood". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  43. ^ "The Courts of the Morning". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  44. ^ "Castle Gay". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  45. ^ "The Blanket of the Dark". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  46. ^ "The Gap in the Curtain". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  47. ^ "The Magic Walking-Stick". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  48. ^ "A Prince of the Captivity". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  49. ^ "The Free Fishers". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  50. ^ "The House of the Four Winds". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  51. ^ "The Island of Sheep". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  52. ^ "Sick Heart River". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  53. ^ a b Cox 1988, pp. 51–53.
  54. ^ "Scholar Gipsies". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  55. ^ "Brasenose College". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  56. ^ "The African Colony: studies in the reconstruction". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  57. ^ "The Law Relating to the Taxation of Foreign Income, etc". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  58. ^ "Some Eighteenth Century Byways, and other essays". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  59. ^ a b c d Daniell 1992, p. 10.
  60. ^ "Nelson's History of the War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  61. ^ "Britain's War by Land". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  62. ^ "The Achievement of France". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  63. ^ "The Battle of the Somme. First (second) phase". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  64. ^ "The Battle of Jutland". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  65. ^ "The Battle of the Somme, second phase". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  66. ^ "These for Remembrance: Memoirs of 6 Friends Killed in the Great War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  67. ^ Lownie 2013, p. 190.
  68. ^ "The Island of Sheep". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 12 January 2016. Published anonymously by "Cadmus and Harmonia", ie John and Susan Buchan
  69. ^ "The History of the South African Forces in France". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  70. ^ "A History of the Great War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  71. ^ "A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  72. ^ "The Last Secrets. The final mysteries of exploration". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  73. ^ "The Margins of Life". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  74. ^ a b "Days to Remember. The British Empire in the Great War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  75. ^ "The history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1678–1918". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  76. ^ "Two Ordeals of Democracy". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  77. ^ a b "The Fifteenth-Scottish-Division, 1914–1919". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  78. ^ "Homilies and Recreations". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  79. ^ "The Causal and the Casual in History, The Rede Lecture, 1929". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  80. ^ a b "The Kirk in Scotland 1560–1929". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  81. ^ "Montrose and Leadership". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  82. ^ "The Novel and the Fairy Tale". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  83. ^ "Andrew Lang and the Border". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  84. ^ "The Massacre of Glencoe". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  85. ^ "Gordon at Khartoum". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  86. ^ "The King's Grace 1910–1935". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  87. ^ "Naval Episodes of the Great War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  88. ^ "The Interpreter's House. The Chancellor's installation address delivered before the University of Edinburgh". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  89. ^ "Presbyterianism Yesterday, To-Day, and To-Morrow". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  90. ^ "Memory Hold-the-Door". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  91. ^ "Comments and Characters". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  92. ^ "Canadian Occasions; Addresses". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  93. ^ "Sir Walter Raleigh. The Stanhope Essay, 1897". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  94. ^ "The Marquis of Montrose / John Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  95. ^ "Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  96. ^ "Francis and Riversdale Grenfell / John Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  97. ^ "Lord Minto: a memoir / by John Buchan". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  98. ^ "The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  99. ^ "Montrose". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  100. ^ "Sir Walter Scott". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  101. ^ "Julius Caesar, etc". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  102. ^ "Oliver Cromwell". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  103. ^ "Augustus". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  104. ^ "The Pilgrim Fathers. The Newdigate Prize Poem 1898". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  105. ^ a b "Grey Weather. Moorland Tales of My Own People". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  106. ^ a b "The Moon Endureth. Tales and fancies". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  107. ^ "Poems: Scots and English". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  108. ^ "The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  109. ^ "The Runagates Club". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  110. ^ "The Long Traverse". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  111. ^ "The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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