Letters on Other Scottish Authors

• Unspecified works by Ballantyne mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 16 June 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Ballantyne's Coral Island mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 7 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• 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, 30 May 1907, mentions that Barrie is delighted with Nelson's first batch of 'Sevenpennies' (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Unspecified works by Barrie mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Letter to G. M. Brown on Barrie’s opinion of cheap edition of Sir Walter 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, 3 October 1906 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 22-30 December 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/352-54)

• Unspecified works by Black mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 31 December 1907, 27 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Black's White Heather mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 15, 20-21, 23-24, 28-29 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Black's Madcap Violet mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 24 April 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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 letters to G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 5, 10 June, 27 November 1907, 24 April 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 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)

• Her Letters mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 31 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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 Lunatic at Large mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Novelization of unspecified play by Clouston mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 29 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Unspecified play by Clouston mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 6, 11 January 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/136, 140)
• 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)

• Crockett's Cleg Kelly mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 31 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37), and 19 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/232)
• Crockett's The Lilac Sunbonnet mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 31 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Crockett's The Stickit Minister mentioned correspondence with G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 10, 14 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Crockett’s The Raiders mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 10, 14 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 6 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/211)
• Crockett's Lochinvar mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 15, 21, 24, 28 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Unspecified work by Crockett mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 2 May 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• 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 Kit Kennedy mentioned in letters from G. M. Brown, 19 October, 4, 6 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/232, 266, 270)
• Crockett’s Cinderella mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 4, 6 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/266, 270)

• O. Douglas's The Setons mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 11 February 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/19) and from G. Graham, 31 July 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/204-205)
• O. Douglas's Penny Plain mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 24 August 1920 (Gen 1728/B/9/105) and from G. Graham, 31 July 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/204-205)
• O. Douglas's The Proper Place mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 27 September-6 October 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/330-31, 334-35) and 8 December 1928-4 January 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/111-14)
• O. Douglas's Anne and her Mother and Pink Sugar mentioned in correspondence with G. Graham, 27 September-6 October 1927 (Gen 1728/B/13/330-31, 334-35)
• O. Douglas's Olivia 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 Through the Magic Door mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 14 October 1907, 27 June 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Conan Doyle's The Great Boer War mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 13 January, 26 March, 9, 26 June 4-5, 16, 19, 26 August, 19-22 October 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 17 May 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/273)
• Unspecified works by Conan Doyle mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 27 October 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Conan Doyle's Rodney Stone mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 12 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 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 White Company mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 12 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Conan Doyle's Sir Nigel mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 26-27 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 19, 26 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/232, 248)
• Correspondence between Buchan and G. M. Brown on Sherlock Holmes books, 26 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and May 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/82, 84)
• Buchan mentions asking Conan Doyle to contribute to the New Novel Library in letter to G. M. Brown, 27 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Unspecified works by Conan Doyle mentioned in letters to G. M. Brown, 7, 9 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Conan Doyle’s The 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)
• 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)
• 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 correspondence with G. M. Brown, 5 February 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/231) and 10 February 1917 (Gen 1728/B/7/49)
• 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 The Last Galley mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 26 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/248)
• 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)

• Galt's The Annals of the Parish mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 30 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and in correspondence with G. Graham, 18-20 May 1927 (Gen 1728/B/3/293-94)
• Galt's The Ayrshire Legatees and The Provost mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 30 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Fiction by Galt mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 15 March 1911 (Gen 1728/B/3/45)

• His Recollections of Sir Walter Scott mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 16 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• Grahame's Dream Days mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 9 January 1907, 8, 11, 13-14 January, 5-6 February, 18-19, 26 March, 9 June, 16 November, 3 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37), 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 correspondence with G. M. Brown, 9 January 1907, 8, 11, 13-14 January, 5-6 February, 2, 18-19, 26 March, 9, 15, 22, 26-27 June, 16, 19 August, 3-4 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37), 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) 

• Unspecified works by Grant mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 30 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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)

• His My Ducats and my Daughter mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• Jacob's The Interloper mentioned in letters from G. M. Brown, 7 November 1907 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37) and to T. A. Nelson, 20 February, 28 March 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/15, 41)
• Jacob's Flemington mentioned in letter to T. A. Nelson, 20 February 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/15)

• French translation of Lang's Maid of France mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 3 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37), 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 Maid of France mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 7 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37) and 12-19 July 1909 (Gen 1728/B/1/337, 340, 342-46)
• 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)

• His Stronbuy mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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)

• MacDonald's Alec Forbes and David Elginbrod mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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)

• Maclaren's Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush, Days of Auld Lang Syne, and The Young Barbarians mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Maclaren's Graham of Claverhouse mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 22-23 January, 23-25 June, 12, 23-24, 27-28 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• 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)

• Unspecified short story by Macnaughtan mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Macnaughtan’s The Fortune of Christina McNab mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 23, 28 January, 10 June, 21, 26 November 1907, 21 August 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 24 November 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/308), and in letters to T. A. Nelson, 18 January, 27 March, 4 April 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/5, 40, 45),
• Macnaughtan’s The Three Miss Graemes mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 30 September, 9, 16, 18 October, 13 December 1907, 12, 17, 23 November, 7 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37), 25 January, 10 October 1916 (Gen 1728/B/6/16, 232)
• Macnaughtan’s A Lame Dog's Diary mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 8, 11, 16 October, 18-19 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and in letters to T. A. Nelson, 18, 23 January 1912 (Gen 1728/B/4/5, 8)
• Macnaughtan’s Selah Harrison mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 8, 10-11, 16-18, 21-22 October 1907, 24 April 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Macnaughtan's refusal to supply publicity photograph for Nelson's Library mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 27 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Macnaughtan’s The Expensive Miss Ducane mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 15, 19 October 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37), and 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)
• MS of unspecified title by Macnaughtan mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 20-21 April 1915 (Gen 1728/B/5/342-43)

• Munro's Erchie, The Shoes of Fortune, and The Vital Spark mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• Oliphant's Salem Chapel mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 10, 14-15 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and 28 July 1913 (Gen 1728/B/4/295)
• Oliphant's Miss Marjoribanks and The Perpetual Curate mentioned in letter from G. M. Brown, 10 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Oliphant's The Primrose Path mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 15, 24, 29 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Oliphant's Carita mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 15 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37

• Scott's The Fortunes of Nigel mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 27 May 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Scott’s Journal mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 21 November 1907, 11 January, 23 April 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37) and in correspondence with G. Graham and Mr Kerr, 22 April 1925-23 March 1927 (Gen 1728/B/12/96-121, Gen 1728/B/13/270-82)
• Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 30 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• 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 Redgauntlet and Saint Ronan's Well mentioned in letter to G. Graham, 22 April 1925 (Gen 1728/B/12/96)
• 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)

• His Autobiography mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 16 November 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• Steuart's Wine on the Lees mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 16 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)

• Stevenson's Weir of Hermiston mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 9 January 1907, 6 February 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)
• Unspecified works by Stevenson discussed in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 4-5, 22 November 1907 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)
• Stevenson's Letters mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 11, 24-25, 27 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)
• Correspondence with G. M. Brown on possibility of using a quotation from Stevenson's ‘Books Which Have Influenced Me’ for publicity purposes, 3-5 March 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)
• Stevenson's Valima Letters mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 27 June 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37), and 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)
• Unspecified work by Stevenson mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 7 December 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Illustrations for Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses 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)
• Buchan’s copy of The Silverado Squatters  mentioned in letter from G. Graham, 15 August 1929 (Gen 1728/B/14/137)

• Unspecified works by Swan mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 3 October 1906, 24, 30-31 December 1907 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)
• Swan's Carlowrie mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 9 January 1907, 24, 29 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp. No. 37)
• Swan's Sheila mentioned in letter to G. M. Brown, 24 April 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

• Unspecified works by Whyte-Melville mentioned in correspondence with G. M. Brown, 11, 13, 30 January 1908 (Coll-25/Temp no. 37)

For further information, see Handlist H25.1, which lists all of the Buchan letters in the Papers of Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, with the exception of the recently discovered letters for 1906-1908 shelved at Coll-25/Temp. No. 27. The handlist may be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Library.

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