Letters on Other Scottish Authors

• Letter to G. M. Brown on works by Ballantyne where Nelson hold the copyright, 15 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/45)
• Ballantyne’s Martin Rattler mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 28 July 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/295)

• Letter to G. M. Brown on Barrie’s opinion of cheap edition of Scott’s Voyage of the Discovery, 28 January 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/207)
• Correspondence with G. M. Brown on Barrie’s plays, 17, 22 March 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/217)
• Barrie’s Der Tag mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 5 February 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/231)

• Bell's Wee Macgregor mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 22-30 December 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/352-54)

• Boswell and Johnson's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 4 October 1923, 16 April, 12 June 1924 (Gen 1728/B/11/209, 367, 404)

• Brandane's My Lady of Aros mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 21 February-12 May 1924 (Gen 1728/B/11/323, 365-89)

• Brown's The House with the Green Shutters mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 28 September, 9 December 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/112, 149)

• Brown’s Horae Subsecivae mentioned in letter to G. Graham, 8 May 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/293)

• Burns's poems and letters mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 31 October 1922, 16-21 June 1926 (Gen 1728/B/10/215, Gen 1728/B/13/140, 143-44)

• Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 31 March, 16 April, 12 June 1924 (Gen 1728/B/11/347, 367, 404)
• Carlyle’s Selected Essays mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 18-26 May 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/293-96)

• Clouston's The Prodigal Father mentioned in letters to T. A. Nelson, 8, 10 March 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/17, 19) and to G. M. Brown, 1, 6 April, 17 May 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/216, 226, 262)
• Unspecified play by Clouston mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 6, 11 January 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/136, 140)

• Crockett’s Rogues’ Island mentioned in letters to T. A. Nelson, 3 November and 5 December 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/277, 287)
• Crockett’s The Raiders mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 6 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/211)
• Crockett’s Cleg Kelly and Kit Kennedy mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 19 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/232)
• Crockett’s Cinderella and Kit Kennedy mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 4, 6 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/266, 270)

• O. Douglas's The Setons mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 11 February 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/19)
• O. Douglas's Penny Plain mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 24 August 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/105)
• O. Douglas's Penny Plain and The Setons mentioned in letter from G. Graham, 31 July 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/204-205)
• O. Douglas's Anne and her Mother, Pink Sugar, and The Proper Place mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 27 September-6 October 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/330-31, 334-35)
• O. Douglas's Olivia and The Proper Place mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 18 December 1928-4 January 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/111-14)
• Novels by O. Douglas mentioned in letter from G. Graham, 25 October 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/143)
• O. Douglas's Eliza for Common mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 5-19 November 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/149-50, 154-55)

*'O. Douglas' was the pen-name of John Buchan's novelist sister Anna Masterton Buchan.

• Conan Doyle’s Mystery of Cloomber mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 12 January 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/143)
• International copyright of Conan Doyle's works discussed in letter to G. M. Brown, 1 April 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/217)
• French translation of Conan Doyle's 'The Captain of the Pole-Star' mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 10 November 1910 (Gen 1728/B/2/189)
• Correspondence between Buchan and G. M. Brown on Sherlock Holmes books, May 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/82, 84)
• Conan Doyle’s The Great Shadow mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 16 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/254)
• German translations of Conan Doyle mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 10 January 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/3)
• Conan Doyle's The Great Boer War mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 17 May 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/273)
• Letter to G. M. Brown reporting that Conan Doyle is too busy to write on the War, 14 August 1914 (Gen 1728/B/5/73)
• Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 5 February 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/231)
• Conan Doyle’s ‘History’ (The British Campaign in France and Flanders?) mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 23 April 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/347)
• Conan Doyle's Sir Nigel mentioned in letters from G. M. Brown, 19, 26 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/232, 248)
• Conan Doyle's The Last Galley mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 26 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/248)
• Conan Doyle's Rodney Stone mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 25 January, 21 September, 6, 19 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/16, 202, 211, 232), 13 October 1919 (Gen 1728/B/8/224)
• Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 February 1917 (Gen 1728/B/7/49)
• Conan Doyle’s Memories and Adventures mentioned in correspondence with Ian Nelson, 8-9 July 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/184, 186)

• Unspecified novel by Ferrier mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 15 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/45)

• Jane Findlater's The Ladder to the Stars mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 21 October, 4, 8 November 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/389, 403, 409)

• Mary Findlater's Over the Hills mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 6 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/272) and to Miss Alcock, 8 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/277)

• Fiction by Galt mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 15 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/45)
• Galt's Annals of the Parish mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 18-20 May 1927 (Gen 1728/B/3/293-94)

• Grahame's Dream Days mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 19 April, 12, 25-26 May, 23 October 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/244, 257, 271-72, 397-98), 21 January 1910 (Gen 1728/B/2/17), and 17 May 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/273)
• Grahame's The Golden Age mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 17 May 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/273) and G. Graham, 25 April 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/370)
• Grahame's The Wind in the Willows mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 3 February 1917 (Gen 1728/B/7/35) 

• Hay's The Right Stuff mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 6 April 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/33)
• Hay mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 7 April 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/228)
• Possible new novel by Hay mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 22 April 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/37)
• Hay's A Knight on Wheels mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 5 February, 31 May 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/231, 362)
• Hay's The First Hundred Thousand mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 11, 18 September 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/193, 197) and to Mr Graham, 8 February 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/364)
• Hay's Carrying on mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 10-11, 24 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/215, 218, 244), 11, 28 January 1918 (Gen 1728/B/8/8, 11)

• Hogg’s short fiction mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 9 July, 25 October 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/334, 398)
• Selections from Hogg mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 15 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/45)

• Jacob's Flemington and The Interloper mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 20 February 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/15)
• Jacob's The Interloper mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 28 March 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/41)

• Lang’s Maid of France mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 12-19 July 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/337, 340, 342-46)
• French translation of Maid of France mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 23 November 1909-28 June 1910 (Gen 1728/B/1/425, 434-35, 455 and Gen 1728/B/2/16, 22-24, 55, 66, 83, 87, 120, 134-35) and in letter to T. A. Nelson, 18 May 1910 (Gen 1728/B/2/311)
• Lang’s Historical Mysteries mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 2 March 1910 (Gen 1728/B/2/33)
• Lang’s Gold of Fairnilee mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 22 April 1918 (Gen 1728/B/8/34)

• Lockhart’s Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 25 February 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/26)

• Mackay’s The Return of the Immigrant mentioned in letters to T. A. Nelson, 16, 19, 28 March 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/32, 34, 41)

• Mackenzie’s A Passionate Elopement mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 26 April-1 May 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/100-102)
• Letter to G. M. Brown disapproving of 'strong sexual element' in Compton Mackenzie’s books, 25 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/245)
• Mackenzie's novels discussed in letters to Miss Alcock, 28 October, 6 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/256, 273)
• Mackenzie’s Guy and Pauline mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 10, 12 February 1917, 10 February 1920 (Gen 1728/B/7/48, 49, Gen 1728/B/9/18)
• Mackenzie’s Poor Relations mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 14, 18 November 1919 (Gen 1728/B/8/242, 244) and 11 February 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/19)

• Macleod ’s The Gold Thread and The Starling mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 5 November 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/179)
• Macleod ’s The Gold Thread mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 22 April 1918 (Gen 1728/B/8/34)

• Macnaughtan’s The Expensive Miss Ducane mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 11, 24 February, 19, 22 April, 20 October 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/185, 196a, 244, 246-47, 390)
• Novels by Macnaughtan mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 5 March 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/198)
• Possible German edition of MacNaughtan's The Fortune of Christina McNab mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 1 April 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/217c)
• Macnaughtan’s The Fortune of Christina McNab mentioned in letters to T. A. Nelson, 18 January, 27 March, 4 April 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/5, 40, 45) and in letter from G. M. Brown, 24 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/308)
• Macnaughtan’s A Lame Dog's Diary mentioned in letters to T. A. Nelson, 18, 23 January 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/5, 8)
• MS of unspecified title by Macnaughtan mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 20-21 April 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/342-43)
• Macnaughtan’s The Three Miss Graemes mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 25 January, 10 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/16, 232)

Oliphant's Salem Chapel mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 28 July 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/295)

• Scott’s The Antiquary mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 28 July 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/295)
• Scott’s A Legend of Montrose mentioned in letter to G. Graham, 31 March 1924 (Gen 1728/B/11/347)
• Scott’s Journal, Redgauntlet, and Saint Ronan's Well mentioned in letter to G. Graham, 22 April 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/96)
• Scott’s Journal mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham and Mr Kerr, 28 April 1925-23 March 1927 (Gen 1728/B/12/104-21, Gen 1728/B/13/270-82)
• Scott’s The Betrothed and Chronicles of the Canongate mentioned in letter to Mr Graham, 31 March 1926 (Gen 1728/B/13/79)
• Scott’s Anne of Geierstein, Castle Dangerous, Chronicles of the Canongate, and Count Robert of Paris mentioned in letter to G. Graham, 18 May 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/293)

• Illustrations for Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verse mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 5 March 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/288)
• Stevenson's Treasure Island mentioned in letter from G. Graham, 8 November 1923 (Gen 1728/B/11/241)
• Works by Stevenson mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 22 August 1924-16 September 1927 (Gen 1728/B/11/456, 479, Gen 1728/B/12/32-67, 71, 189, Gen 1728/B/13/287-329)
• Nelson edition of Virginibusque Puerisque mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 3-5 December 1924 (Gen 1728/B/11/481, 485)
• Nelson edition of Valima Letters mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 7-25 July 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/316-25) and 30 March-11 April 1928 (Gen 1728/B/14/25-38)
• Buchan’s copy of The Silverado Squatters  mentioned in letter from G. Graham, 15 August 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/137)

For further information, see Handlist H25.1, which lists all of the Buchan letters in the Papers of Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, and which may be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Library.

• Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
• Records of Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.