JOHN BUCHAN CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Transcribed from the bibliography in the Volunteer’s Handbook at the John Buchan Heritage Museum.)
Each item has the National Library of Scotland catalogue number.
1894.
Bacon, Francis; Lord Verulam and Viscount St Albans (1561-1626); Buchan, John (editor, and Introduction). Essays and apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon. London, 1894. NLS: Ba.9.
1895
Buchan, John. Sir Quixote of the Moors. London, 1895. NLS: U.85.g.
1896
Buchan, John (compiler). Musa Piscatrix. London, 1896. NLS:268.b.
[An anthology of angling verse.]
Includes: Dedication to Andrew Lang, and five of his poems.
Ballade of the Tweed. 87-88
The last chance. 89.
April on Tweed. 90
The real and the ideal. 91
The last cast. 92-94.
Buchan, John. Scholar Gipsies. London, 1896. NLS: ABS.2.85.73.
Includes:
Scholar Gipsies. 1-18
April in the hills. 19-22
Milestones. 23-28
May-fly fishing. 29-36
The men of the uplands. 37-57
Gentlemen of leisure. 59-76.
Sentimental travelling. 77-97
Urban greenery. 99-103
Nature and the art of words. 105-111
Afternoon. 113-127
Night on the heather. 129-144
On Cademuir Hill. 145-155
An individualist. 157-169
The drove road. 171-186
Nuces relictae. 187—201
Ad astra. 203-206
1897
Buchan, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. Oxford, 1897. NLS: Hall.224.e.
1898
Buchan, John. Brasenose College, London, 1898. NLS: R.92.g
Buchan, John. John Burnet of Barns. London, 1898. NLS: T.226.d
Buchan, John. The Pilgrim Fathers: the newdigate prize poem, 1898. Oxford, 1898. NLS: L.199.g.1 (17)
1899
Buchan, John. A lost lady of old years, a romance. London, 1899. NLS: Vts.9.d.24.
Buchan, John. Grey weather. Moorland tales of my own people. London, 1899. NLS: Vts.9.e.20.
Includes:
Ballad for grey weather. ix-x [verse]
Prester John. 3-21
At the article of death. 25-36
Politics and the may-fly. 39-52
A reputation. 55-74
A journey of little profit. 77-97
At the rising of the waters. 101-118
The earlier affection. 121-145
The black fishers. 149-156
Summer weather. 159-173
The oasis in the snow. 177-190
The herd of Stanlan. 193-216
Streams of water in the south. 219-244
The moor-song. 247-264
Comedy in the full moon. 267-297
1900
Buchan John. The half-hearted. London, 1900. NLS: U.72.a.
1901
Walton, Izaak (1593-1683); Buchan, John (editor). The compleat angler. London, 1901. NLS: T.147.i.
1902
Buchan, John. The watcher by the threshold, and other tales. Edinburgh, 1902. NLS: Vts.150.d.4.
1903
Buchan, John. The African colonies. Studies in the reconstruction. Edinburgh, 1903. NLS: S.26.c.
1905
Buchan, John. The law relating to the taxation of foreign income. London,1905. 1xxxiv123,[1]pp.23 cm. NLS: Yale Law School Library:-
1906
Buchan, John. A lodge in the wilderness. Edinburgh,1906. NLS: T.161.e.
1908
Buchan, John. Some eighteenth century byways, and other essays. Edinburgh, 1908. NLS: T.160.f.
Includes:
Prince Charles Edward. 1-23
Lady Louisa Stuart. 24-56
Mr Secretary Murray (John Murray of Broughton). 57-68
Lord Mansfield. 69-103
Charles II. 104-112
The making of modern Scotland. 113-192.
Castlereagh. 193-200
A comic Chesterfield (the eleventh Earl of Buchan). 201-225.
[Buchan relies overmuch on Sir Walter Scott’s spiteful comments
on the Earl of Buchan.]
A Scottish lady of the old school (Lady John Scott). 226-231.
The Victorian chancellors. 232-260
The first Lord Dudley. 261-279
Mr Balfour as a man of letters. 268-279
John Bunyan. 280-293
Count Tolstoi and the idealism of war. 294-300
The heroic age of Ireland. 301-307
Rabelais. 308-314
Thedor Mommsen. 315-320
The apocalyptic style. 321-345
1909
Buchan, John. Nine Brasenose worthies.19th cent. Oxford, 1909. NLS: Dur.2693.
1910
Buchan, John. Prester John. London,1910. NLS: T.51.i. [American title: The great diamond pipe.]
1911
Buchan, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. London, 1911. NLS: T.172.e. [see 1897 title]
1912
Buchan, John. The Moon endureth: tales and fancies. Edinburgh, 1912. NLS: NG.1179.h.2.
Includes:
From the Pentlands, looking north and south, xi-xiv [verse]
The Company of the Marjolaine. 1-38
Avignon, 1759. 39-40 [verse]
A lucid interval. 41-82
The shorter catechism 9revised version0. 83-84 [verse]
The Lemnian. 85-110
Atta’s song. 111-114 [verse]
Space. 115-141
Stocks and stones. 142-143 [verse]
Streams of water in the south. 145-166 Not printed in N.Y. edition
The Gipsy’s song to the Lady Cassilis. 167-168 [verse] “
The grove of Ashtarath. 169-205
Wood magic. 206-207 [verse]
The riding of Ninemileburn. 209-226. Not printed in N.Y. edition.
Plain folk. 227-230 [verse] Not printed in New York edition.
The kings of Orion. 231-264
Babylon. 265-268 [verse]
The green glen. 269-304
The wise years. 305-307 [verse]
The rime of True Thomas. 309-324.Not printed in New York edition
Buchan, John.: The moon endureth: tales and fancies. New York. 1912. NLS: H2.94.621
Includes:
From the Pentlands, looking north and south. Ix-xii [verse]
The company of the Marjolaine. 3-36
Avignon, 1759. 37-40
A lucid interval. 41-78
The shorter catechism (revised version). 79-82 [verse]
The Lemnian. 83-105
Atta’s song. 106-110 [verse]
Space. 111-134
Stocks and stones. 135-138 [verse]
The grove of Ashtaroth. 139-171
Wood magic. 172-1776 [verse]
The kings of Orion. 177-207
Babylon. 208-214 [verse]
The green glen. 215-246
The wise years. 247-252 [verse]
Fountainblue. 253-298. Not printed in Edinburgh edition.
Buchan, John. What the Home Rule Bill means: a speech delivered at Innetleithen on December 18th, 1912. Peebles, 1912. 30pp. NLS: QP1.78.132. (photocopy) [Against Irish home rule.]
1913
Buchan, John. Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall. Edinburgh, 1913. NLS: H2.78.1621.
Buchan, John. The Marquis of Montrose. London, 1913. NLS: S.167.h.
1915
Buchan, John (editor). Nelson’s History of the War. 24 volumes. London, 1915-1919. NLS: R.28.f.
Buchan, John. Salute to adventurers. London, 1915. NLS: Vts.215.g.13.
Buchan, John. The thirty-nine steps. Edinburgh,1915 NLS: Vts.138.h.
1916
Buchan, John. Greenmantle. London, 1916. NLS: Vts.215.g.24.
Buchan, John. The power-house. Edinburgh 1916. NLS: Vts.215.i.7.
1917
Buchan, John. Poems, Scots and English. London, 1917. NLS:T.22.a.
1919
Buchan, John. Mr Standfast. London, 1919. NLS: T.207.a.
Cadmus and Harmonia (pseudonyms, i.e. John Buchan and Susan Buchan). The island of sheep. London, 1919. NLS: U.86.i.
Buchan, John. These for remembrance. London, 1919. NLS: H4.88.1058
Includes memoirs of:
Tommy Nelson (Thomas Arthur Nelson). 1-18
Bron Lucas (Auberon Thomas Herbert Lucas). 19-28
Cecil Rawling. 29-38
Basil Blackwood (Basil Temple Blackwood). 39-47
Jack Wortly (Jack Stuart-Wortly). 49-59
Raymond Asquith. 61-82.
1920
Buchan, John. Francis and Riverdale Grenfell. A memoir. London, 1920. NLS: S.139.b.
Buchan, John. The history of the South African forces in France. London, 1920. NLS: R.30.b.
1921
Buchan, John. The path of the king. London, 1921. NLS: Vts.146.j.10.
Buchan, John. The history of the Great War. 4 volumes.London,1921-22 NLS: L.199.g.
Primrose, Archibald Philip; Buchan, John (editor). Miscellanies, literary and historical. 2 volumes. London, 1921. NLS: NG.1555.g.3.
1922
Buchan, John. A book of escapes and hurried journeys. London, 1922. NLS: S.114.h.
Includes:
The flight to Varennes. 13-37
The railway raid in Georgia. 39-56
The escape of King Charles after Worcester. 57-89
From Pretoria to the sea. 91-117
The escape of Prince Charles Edward. 119-168
Two African journeys. 169-191
The great Montrose. 193-222
The flight of lieutenants Parer and McIntosh across the world 223-235
Lord Nithsdale’s escape. 237-249
Sir Robert Cary’s ride to Edinburgh. 251-263
The escape of Princess Clemintina. 265-282
On the roof of the world. 283-304
Buchan, John. Huntingtower. London, 1922. NLS: NE.523.e.11.
1923
Buchan, John. A history of English literature. London, 1923. NLS:T.145.b
Buchan, John; Newbolt, Henry John, Sir. Days to remember. The Brirish Empire in the Great War. London, 1923. NLS: R.32.g.
Buchan, John. Midwinter.Certain travellers in old England. London, 1923. NLS: Vts.138.g.9.
Buchan, John. The last secrets. The final mysteries of exploration. London, 1923. NLS: S.69.i.
Includes:
Lhasa. 15-43
The Gorges of the Bramaputra. 45-57
The North Pole. 59-101
The Mountains of the Moon. 103-125
The South Pole. 127-177
Mount Mckinley. 179-209
The holy cities of Islam. 211-238
The exploration of New Guinea. 239-260
Mount Everest. 261-303
Buchan, John (editor). The nations of today. A new history of the world. 12 volumes. London, 1923. NLS: S.112.b.
1924
Buchan, John. Lord Minto. London, 1924. NLS: S.134.d.
Buchan, John (compiler). The northern muse: an anthology of Scots vernacular poetry. London, 1924. NLS: Lit.S.2.
Buchan, John. Some notes on Sir Walter Scott. London, 1924. NLS: P.la.971.
Craigie, W. A.; Buchan, John; Giles, Peter; Bulloch, J. M. The Scottish tongue. A series of lectures on the vernacular language of Lowland Scotland delivered to the members of the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London. London, 1924. NLS: X.170.g.
Includes:
Will, William. Forward. Ix-xii
Craigie, William Alexander, Sir. (1867-1957) The present state of the Scottish tongue. 1-46
Buchan, John (1875-1940). Some Scottish characteristics. 47-88
Giles, Peter (1860-1935). Dialect in literature. 89-123
Bulloch, John Malcolm (1867-1938). The delight of the Doric in the diminutive. 125-151
Buchan, John. The three hostages. London, 1924. NLS: N1.85.211.
1925
Buchan, John. John McNab. London, 1925. NLS: N2.85.937.
Buchan, John. The history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. London, 1925. NLS:R.296.g.9.
Buchan, John. The man and the book. Sir Walter Scott. London, 1925. NLS: T.175.f.
1926
Buchan, John. Homilies and recreations. London, 1926. NLS: T.180.d.
Includes:
Sir Walter Scott. 9-38
The old and the new in linerature. 39-64
The great captains. 65-90
The muse of history. 91-108
A note on Edmund Burke. 109-132
Lord Balfour and English thought. 133-148
Two ordeals of democracy. 149-180
Literature and topography. 181-206
The judicial temperament. 207-231
Style and Journalism. 233-258
Certain poets—
1. Scots vernacular poetry. 261-272
2. Morris and Rosetti. 272-280
3. Robert Burns. 281-286
4. Catullus. 286-298
The literature of Tweeddale. 299-354
Thoughts on a distant prospect of Oxford. 355-376
Index. 377-383
Buchan, John. (compiler). Modern short stories.London, 1926. NLS: T.178.i
Buchan, John. The dancing floor. London, 1926. NLS: N1.92.81.
Buchan, John; Stewart, J. The fifteenth Scottish Division, 1914-19. Edinburgh, 1926. NLS: R.35.b.
Grieve, C, M. Contemporary Scottish studies. First series. London, 1926. John Buchan, 17-22. NLS: H3.98.1141.
1927
Buchan, John. Witch Wood. London, 1927. NLS: Vts.142.g.4.
Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Allen, Francis H. (editor); Buchan, John (introduction); Henley, W.E. (Biography, Notes on the poems); Henderson, Thomas F. (Notes on the poems). The complete writings of Robert Burns. 10 volumes. London, 1927. NLS: Lit.9.19.
1928
Buchan, John. Montrose. New edition, revised and enlarged. London 1928. NLS: R.166.b.
Buchan, John (editor). South Africa. London, 1928. NLS: 1928.23
Buchan, John. The Runagates Club. London, 1928. NLS. Vts.137.k.14.
Includes:
The green wildebeest. 13-43
The frying-pan and the fire. 45-88
Dr Lartius. 89-111
The wind in the portico. 113-147
‘Divus’ Johnston. 149-164
The loathly opposite. 165-186
Sing a song of sixpence. 187-207
Ship to Tarshish. 209-234
Skule Skerry. 235-257
‘tendebant manus’ 259-281
The last crusade. 283-305
Fullcircle. 307-331
1929
Buchan, John. Salute to adventurers. London, 1929. NLS: T.182.i.
Buchan, John. The casual and the casual on history. Cambridge, 1929. NLS: S.118.h [Rede Lecture.]
Buchan, John. The courts of the morning. London, 1929. NLS: N2.78.879
Buchan, John. What the union of the churches means to Scotland. Edinburgh, 1929. NLS: 1929.30
1930
Buchan, John. Castle Gay London, London,1930. NLS:Vts. 142.e.5
Buchan, John. Lord Rosebery,1847-1930 .London, 1930. NLS: 5.450.
Buchan, John. Montrose and leadership. Oxford, 1930. NLS:L.199.g.1 (14)
Buchan, John. The Battlefield of Bannockburn Appeal. A message from John Buchan. n.p., 1930. NLS: 6.2293.
Buchan, John; Smith, George Adam. The Kirk in Scotland.London, 1930. NLS: R.235.g.
Cowan, Minna Galbraith (editor); Buchan, John (Foreward). The door of youth. A selection of poems from Edinburgh school magazines. Edinburgh, 1930. NLS: T.24.a. [With five poems by by Muriel Camberg (Muriel Spark).
Buchan, John. The King of Ypres.n.p.,n.d. [1930?] NLS: L.199.g. {excerpt from The watcher by the threshold, pp. 323-338.]
1931
Buchan, John. The blanket of the dark.London, 1931. NLS: N2.78.880.
Buchan, John. The novel and the fairy tale. London, 1931. NLS: P.la.971.
1932
Buchan, John. Julius Caesar. London, 1932. R.169.h.
Buchan, John. Sir Walter Scott. London, 1932. NLS: H3.90.3143
Buchan, John. The gap in the curtain. London, 1932. NLS: Vts.149.1.
Buchan, John. The magic walking-stick.London, 1932. NLS: Vts.150.1.25
Buchan, John. ‘Scott: Some centenary reflections. In: The romance of Scott. His home:his work:his country. Edinburgh, 1932, 11-13.
1933
Buchan, John. A prince of the captivity. London, 1933. NLS: NF.523.e.15.
Buchan, John. Andrew Lang and the border. London, 1933. NLS: 1933.17.
Buchan, John. Principles of social service. Glasgow, 1933. NLS: 5.2707.
Buchan, John. The margins of life. London, 1933. NLS: 1934.7
Buchan, John. The massacre of Glencoe. London, 1933. NLS: NE.20.e.10.[Great occasions.]
1934
Buchan, John. Gordon of Khartoum.Edinburgh,1934. NLS: R.178.h
Buchan, John. Oliver Cromwell. London, 1934. NLS: R.179.i.
Buchan, John. The free fishers. London, 1934. NLS: NF.523.e.23
Buchan, John. The Scottish church and the empire Edinburgh,1934. NLS: HP1.98.4606.
Buchan, John. The university, the library and the common weal. New York, 1934. NLS: QP2.77.263.
1935
Buchan, John. Men and deeds. London, 1935. NLS: T.187.b.
Buchan, John. The house of the four winds. London, 1935. NLS: H2.84.1483.
Buchan, John. The king’s grace: 1910-1935. London, 1935. NLS: H5.94.43.
1936
Buchan, John. Episodes of the Great War, etc. London,1936.NLS: R.33.i.
Buchan, John. The island of sheep. London,1936.NLS: Vts.18.d.46
[American title: The man from the Norlands]
1937
Buchan, John. Augustus. London, 1937. NLS: R.17.e.
Buchan, John. Return to masterpieces. Toronto, 1937. NLS: L.199.g.1.(13)
Buchan, John. The moderate man.Toronto,1937. NLS: L.199.g.1(3)
Buchan, John. The written and the spoken word. n.p.[Montreal?], 1937. NLS: HP2.78.2304.
1938
Buchan, John. Presbyterianism yesterday, to-day and tomorrow. Edinburgh, 1938. NLS: P.med.1081.
Buchan, John. The Interpreter’s House. London,1938. NLS: T.283.f
1939
Buchan, John. T. E. Lawrence, Ottowa, 1939. NLS: 6.2815. (photocopy)
Buchan, John. Unchanging Germany. London, 1939. NLS: 6.1054.
1940
Buchan, John. Canadian occasions. London, 1940. NLS: T239.b.
Buchan, John; Gray, William Forbes (editor). Comments and characters. London, 1940. NLS: T.160.g. [A selection of his contributions to the Scottish Review.
Buchan, John. Memory hold-the-door. London, 1940. NLS: R.164.f. [American title: Pilgrim’s way.]
Canby, Henry Seidel. John Buchan. New York, 1940. NLS: 7.141.
1941
Buchan, John. Sick Heart River. London, 1941. NLS: Vts.257.i.49 [American title: Mountain Meadow.]
Buchan John. The long traverse. London, 1941. NLS: Vts.259.f.39. [American title: Lake of gold.]
1946
Buchan, John. The clearing house: a survey of one man’s mind. A selection from the writings of John Buchan. London, 1946. NLS: Vts.175.g.18.