List of works by John Buchan

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Novels↙29
Collections↙2
Poems↙4
Books edited↙14
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]

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

Notes and references

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