List of works by John Buchan

John Buchan
bibliography
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

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

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

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

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

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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