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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]

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

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		AuthorFirst edition publisher
(London, unless otherwise stated)		NotesRef.
Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon1894Francis BaconWalter Scott Publishing Co[11]
Musa Piscatrix1896VariousJohn Lane[12]
The Compleat Angler1901Izaak WaltonMethuen Publishing[13]
The Long Road to Victory1920VariousT. Nelson Publishers[14]
Miscellanies: Literary and Historical1921Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyHodder & Stoughton[15]
Great Hours in Sport1921VariousT. Nelson Publishers[16]
The Nations of Today1923–24VariousHodder & StoughtonSix unnumbered volumes[17]
A History of English Literature1923VariousT. Nelson PublishersAbridged and published in 1937 as A Shorter History of English Literature.[9][18]
The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular Poetry1924VariousHodder & Stoughton[19]
Modern Short Stories1926VariousT. Nelson Publishers[20]
Essays and Studies1926Members of the English AssociationOxford University Press, Oxford[10]
South Africa1927VariousBritish Empire Educational Press[10]
A General Survey of British History1928VariousT. Nelson PublishersEleven volumes[10]
The Poetry of Neil Munro1931Neil MunroWilliam 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 Moors1895T. Fisher Unwin[24]
John Burnet of Barns1898John Lane[25]
A Lost Lady of Old Years1899John Lane[26]
The Half-Hearted1900Isbister. Serialised in Good Words, 1900[27][28]
A Lodge in the Wilderness1906William Blackwood & Sons[29]
Prester John1910T. Nelson Publishers[30]
Salute to Adventurers1915T. Nelson Publishers[31]
The Thirty-Nine Steps1915William Blackwood & Sons[32]
The Power-House1916William Blackwood & Sons[33]
Greenmantle1916Hodder & Stoughton[34]
Mr Standfast1918Hodder & Stoughton[35]
The Path of the King1921Hodder & Stoughton[36]
Huntingtower1922Hodder & Stoughton[37]
Midwinter1923Hodder & Stoughton[38]
The Three Hostages1924Hodder & Stoughton[39]
John Macnab1925Hodder & Stoughton[40]
The Dancing Floor1926Hodder & Stoughton[41]
Witch Wood1927Hodder & Stoughton[42]
The Courts of the Morning1929Hodder & Stoughton[43]
Castle Gay1930Hodder & Stoughton[44]
The Blanket of the Dark1931Hodder & Stoughton[45]
The Gap in the Curtain1932Hodder & Stoughton[46]
The Magic Walking Stick1932Hodder & Stoughton[47]
A Prince of the Captivity1933Hodder & Stoughton[48]
The Free Fishers1934Hodder & Stoughton[49]
The House of the Four Winds1935Hodder & Stoughton[50]
The Island of Sheep1936Hodder & Stoughton[51]
Sick Heart River1941Hodder & 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-Gipsies1896John Lane[54]
A History of Brasenose College1898Robinson[55]
The African Colony1903William Blackwood & Sons[56]
The Law Relating to the Taxation of Foreign Income1905Stevens[57]
Some Eighteenth Century Byways1908William Blackwood & Sons[58]
Nine Brasenose Worthies1909Clarendon Press, Oxford[59]
What the Home Rule Bill Means1912T. Nelson Publishers[59]
Nelson's History of the War (24 volumes)1914–19T. Nelson Publishers[60]
Britain's War by Land1915Oxford University Press, Oxford[61]
The Achievement of France1915Methuen Publishing[62]
Ordeal by Marriage1915Clay Publishing[59]
The Future of the War1916Boyle, Sons & Watchurst[59]
The Battle of the Somme, First Phase1916T. Nelson Publishers[63]
The Purpose of War1916J. M. Dent & Sons[10]
The Battle of Jutland1916T. Nelson Publishers[64]
The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase1917T. Nelson Publishers[65]
These for Remembrance1919Privately printed, London[66]
The Island of Sheep[a]1919Hodder & Stoughton[68]
The Battle Honours of Scotland 1914–19181919Outram[10]
The History of the South African Forces in France1920T. Nelson Publishers[69]
A History of the Great War1922T. Nelson Publishers[70]
A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys1922T. Nelson Publishers[71]
The Last Secrets1923T. Nelson Publishers[72]
The Margins of Life1923Birkbeck College[73]
Days to Remember[b]1923T. Nelson Publishers[74]
The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1678–19181925T. Nelson Publishers[75]
Two Ordeals of Democracy1925Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass[76]
The Fifteenth (Scottish) Division 1914-1919[c]1926William Blackwood & Sons[77]
Homilies and Recreations1926T. Nelson Publishers[78]
The Causal and the Casual in History1929Cambridge University Press, Cambridge[79]
The Kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929[d]1930Hodder & Stoughton[80]
Montrose and Leadership1930Oxford University Press, Oxford[81]
The Novel and the Fairy Tale1931The English Association[82]
Andrew Lang and the Borders1932Oxford University Press, Oxford[83]
The Massacre of Glencoe1933Peter Davies[84]
Gordon at Khartoum1934Peter Davies[85]
The King's Grace1935Hodder & Stoughton[86]
Naval Episodes Of The Great War1938T. Nelson Publishers[87]
The Interpreter's House1938Hodder & Stoughton[88]
Presbyterianism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow1938Church of Scotland, Edinburgh[89]
Memory Hold-the-Door1940Hodder & Stoughton[90]
Comments and Characters1940T. Nelson Publishers[91]
Canadian Occasions1940Hodder & 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 Raleigh1897Blackwell Publishing, Oxford[e][93]
The Marquis of Montrose1913T. Nelson Publishers[94]
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall1913William Blackwood & Sons[95]
Francis and Riversdale Grenfell: A Memoir1920T. Nelson Publishers[96]
Lord Minto: A Memoir1924T. Nelson Publishers[97]
The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott1925T. Nelson Publishers[98]
Montrose1928T. Nelson Publishers[99]
Sir Walter Scott1932Cassell[100]
Julius Caesar1932Peter Davies[101]
Oliver Cromwell1934Hodder & Stoughton[102]
Augustus1937Hodder & 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 Fathers1898Blackwell Publishing, Oxford[104]
Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People (includes short stories)1899John Lane[105]
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (includes short stories)1912W Blackwood & Sons[106]
Poems: Scots and English1917T.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)1899John Lane[105]
The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales1902W Blackwood & Sons[108]
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (includes poetry)1912W Blackwood & Sons[106]
The Runagates Club1928Hodder & Stoughton[109]
The Long Traverse1941Hodder & Stoughton[110]
The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy1984Donald M. Grant, Publisher, West Kingston, RI[111]

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