After a Christmas and New Year break, I'm finally back at work on the ACTION book. I'm way behind where I wanted to be, but I've managed to complete the text with a couple of last minute tweaks and sorting out some of the curious short-hand I'd used for references in the footnotes as I was writing. There are 257 footnotes, so it wasn't the easiest or quickest of jobs. The final bit of research was to find out what reaction there was to Stan Lee visiting the UK to promote Captain Britain, as that title was launched just as newspapers were getting their teeth into comics. 

I'm now starting on the layouts. I had an idea of how the book should open and spent Tuesday and Wednesday trying to make it work. I'm still not sure it does, so I may need to rethink the whole opening; I have one idea I need to try out before abandoning the pages and starting afresh.

I'm writing this Thursday morning while things are quiet. We've had a firm (Cadent) fitting new gas pipes in our road, delayed over two years since 2023, when they missed off the last section of houses (including ours) because—we were told at the time—they needed to set up traffic lights and it would take too long to organise that through the Highway Services... so they moved on elsewhere. 

Now they're back and they've simply shut the road down. Lots of digging which in the past were done by Irish navvies (Gen X) or Polish navvies (Gen Y) shoveling dirt around. Nowadays it's done by a big drill that breaks up the asphalt and a big truck that sucks up the broken surface and the dirt below. The first time I walked down to the Post Office, I was expecting Belle Vue Road to look like the Somme. But, no... the road was lined with neat hole and was rubble-free.

They have to dig down quite deep to expose the old pipes, which are rusting and becoming increasingly leaky. But, rather than simply replace them, they're pushing new plastic pipes through the old pipes, so that they can be easily connected to each house. I'm expecting to have the house supply turned off at some point in the next hour or two. Hopefully the new pipe will reach the meter in the kitchen; if not, there's a point just outside that they should be able to get it to.


The gas supply will also be turned off on Friday to put in the main pipeline and connect all the pipes that go into houses before they fill in the holes and move on. Gas will be off all day until 7.00 pm. 

I've made plans: if the gas is off, I've made myself a big saucepan of stew that I've divided up into meals that I can microwave. I'm making curry for dinner tonight that can also be done in the microwave and I have microwavable options for Friday, just in case. 

How this will affect my glycated haemoglobin levels, I don't know. I had a HbA1c test recently so I added to all the usual Christmas/New Year distractions by trying to find out what all this wizardry means. So... glucose in your blood will stick to the red blood cells and since they last for about three months, doctors can draw blood and see how your blood sugar levels average out over that time period. My previous figure had been 56 mmol/mol [millimoles per mole] and it's now down to 52, which is still in the diabetic range. I need to get below 48, which is thought of as "pre-diabetic" and, ideally, below 42, which is what it should be. 

We're cursed with food manufacturers who put too much sugar in everything to make it taste better. You should have no more than 30g a day; the curry tonight will have 5.4g, so that's fairly healthy. But I had a large apple earlier which alone has contributed about 20g of sugar. So whatever I have for lunch needs to be as sugar-free as possible. (Watch out if you have more fruit as part of your 5 fruit and veg a day A grape can have 16-23g of sugar; a medium-sized banana 14-15g; mangos, sweet cherries, pineapples, pears and kiwis should also be off the menu if you're trying to lose weight... I'm learning this for the first time as I write!)

(And you might take a mickey out of "kids today" and their eating habits, but what food is low in sugar? Avocado!)

Not to dwell on the subject, but my weight is down by a few pounds since my last check-up and my annual diabetic eye test is now every two years. So things are moving in the right direction.

Talking of which, I should get back to those layouts. They're not going to design themselves. Hopefully I'll be able to show off a few pages of my own "Work in Progress" once I get into them and you'll be able to see what I've been up to for the past couple of months.

We’re welcoming the New Year with a brand-new Braddock story, a mystery in No Man’s Land and two cracking tales from the archives. The latest set of Commando issues went on sale on Thursday, 1st January, so they're in shops now.


5919: Braddock: The Flying Tigers

Ace pilot Matt Braddock and his navigator George Bourne go east!
    Joining up with the famous Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group in Burma, Braddock has been tasked with convincing the Yanks to get the latest British fighter-bomber aircraft — the de Havilland Mosquito, otherwise known as the Wooden Wonder!
    But the Americans can’t believe a wooden plane is capable of going head-to-head with the Japanese, so Braddock will have to fly into the thick of it to prove them wrong!

Story: Ferg Handley
Art: Manuel Benet
Cover: Manuel Benet


5920: The Pirates From Sub 13

Lieutenant Roddy MacNab was determined that this patrol would be a success. Against him he had thousands of ruthless Japanese, but on his side he had a leaky, old bucket of a submarine and a crew of ruffians on the brink of mutiny.
    How could he lose?

Story: E. Hebden
Art & Cover: Gordon C Livingstone
First published 1971 as No. 596


5921: Murder in No Man’s Land

Two bodies, both shot in the back at close enough range to leave burn marks on their clothing. Both men had been found dead in no man’s land — each with a mysterious map hidden within a secret pocket…
    Just what had Private Arthur Jones stumbled on to?

Story: David Thomas 
Art: Kev Hopgood
Cover: Kev Hopgood


5922: Delayed Action

As an act of vengeance, a French carpenter set a deadly booby-trap for a cruel and heartless nobleman. But fate intervened and both men died before the trap could be sprung.
    Now no-one knew of it, and so it lay, silent and invisible, waiting for its first victim.

Story: C. G. Walker
Art: Denis McLoughlin
Cover: Ian Kennedy
First published 1984 as No. 1854

Over at 2000 AD they're starting off big with a new Judge Dredd story from John Wagner and Mike Perkins! The ominous 'Death of a Judge' begins this week, which may well be Wagner's final time writing Dredd. But just how big of a bang exactly is he planning for the Lawman of the Future...?

2000AD Prog 2464
Cover: Mike Perkins.

JUDGE DREDD // DEATH OF A JUDGE by John Wagner (w) Mike Perkins (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
HERNE & SHUCK // POWER TRIP by David Barnett (w) Lee Milmore (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
AZIMUTH // CORNERED by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campell (l)
THE DISCARDED by Peter Milligan (w) Kieran McKeown (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
YOUNG DEATH // THE DEAL by Kek-W (w) Mike Dowling (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)


The Legend Testers by Graham Baker & Jordi Bernet
Rebellion ISBN  ‎ 978-183786654-0, 7 January 2026, 160pp, £16.99. Available via Amazon.

3900 AD. Rollo Stones and Danny Charters are the ‘Legend Testers’ - employees of the Central Knowledge Museum, tasked with taking exhibits back through time to see if they are genuine or not. Using the world’s only time machine called, ‘The Time Chamber’, Rollo and Danny throw themselves into peril, seeking out the truth behind myths and legends. From werewolves to Greek Gods, the Legend Testers are ready to face any supernatural challenge!
    This collection includes the entire run of 'The Legend Testers' strip from Smash!, all beautifully illustrated by Spanish art superstar, Jordi Bernet.

NOVELS

Sir Quixote of the Moors (London: Unwin, 1895; New York: Holt, 1895).
(no UK paperback?)

John Burnet of Barns (London: John Lane, 1898; New York: Dodd, Mead, 1898).
Pan Books X116, (Feb) 1962, 3/6. Cover by James E. McConnell
B&W Publishing  1873-63131-6, xv+293pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97073-3, 2008, xiv+322pp.

A Lost Lady of Old Years (London: John Lane, 1899).
B&W Publishing 1873-63142-1, 1995, xiv+213pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97203-4, 2011, 210pp.

The Half-Hearted (London: Isbister, 1900; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1900).
(no UK paperback?)

A Lodge in the Wilderness, anonymous (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1906).
(no UK paperback?)

Prester John (London: Nelson, 1910); republished as The Great Diamond Pipe (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1910).
Pan Books 130, (Mar) 1950, 1/6. Cover by George Woodman.
---- [?2nd imp.] 1952. Cover by Sax
Penguin Books 1138, 1956, 207pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
Penguin Books 0140-01138-2, (date?), 202pp.
Pan Books, (date?)
Oxford University Press 0182-82936-X, 1994, xxxiv+222pp.
House of Stratus 1842-32785-2, 2001, 215pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97064-1, 2009, x+207pp.

Salute to Adventurers (London: Nelson, 1915; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1915).
Pan Books X247, (Sep) 1963, 220pp, 3/6. Cover by Tayler

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1915; New York: Doran, 1916).
Pan Books 14, (Jun) 1947, 256pp, 1/6. Cover by J. H. Bruce
---- [2nd imp.] 1949. Cover by Bruce C. Windo
---- [3rd imp.] 1951, 1/6. Cover by Wynne
---- [4th imp.] 1953, 2/-. Cover *as 3rd imp.
---- [5th imp.] 1954, 2/-. Cover *as 3rd imp.
---- [6th imp.] 1955, 2/-. Cover by Unknown
Penguin Books 1130, 1956, 126pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
Pan Books G218 [7th imp.] 1959, 2/6. Cover by De Marco
---- [8th imp.] 1960, 2/6. Cover by De Marco
---- [9th imp.] 1960, 2/6.
---- [10th imp.] 1961, 2/6. Cover by Sam Peffer
Pan Books X696, 1967. Cover by J. Oval
Penguin Books 0140-01130-7, 1991, 125pp.
Dent 0460-88128-0, 1992, 160pp.
Puffin 0140-35139-6, 1992, 125pp.
Wordsworth Editions 1853-26080-0, 1993, 98pp.
A Sutton 0750-90482-8, 1993, 128pp.
Penguin Books 0140-62109-1, 1994, 102pp.
House of Stratus 1842-32793-3, 2001, 117pp.
Penguin Books 978-0141-44117-7, 2004, xviii+118pp.
Oxford University Press 978-0199-53787-7, 2008.
Arcturus 978-1848-37609-0, 2010.
Polygon 978-1846-97198-3, 2011.
Vintage Classic 978-0099-52839--5, 2011, xii+253pp.
HarperPress 978-0007-44993-4, 2012, ix+146pp.
Pan Books 978-1509-85843-9, 2017.

The Power-House (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1916; New York: Doran, 1916).
Pan Books G441, (Mar) 1961, 155pp, 2/6. Cover by Pat Owen
Dent 0460-02243-1, 1984, xiv+112pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63114-6, 1993, 144pp.
House of Stratus 1842-32784-4, 2003, 95pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97029-0, 2007, xvi+108pp.
Polygon 978-0857-90508-6, 2012, 128pp.

Greenmantle (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1916; New York: Doran, 1916).
Pan Books 18, (Oct) 1947, 256pp, 1/6. Cover by Unknown
---- [2nd imp.] 1950, 2/-. Cover by Unknown
Pan Books GP14, (Jul) 1952, 2/6. Cover *as 2nd imp.
Penguin Books 1132, 1956, 271pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
---- [2nd imp.] 1958; [3rd imp.] 1960.
---- [4th imp.] 1961, 271pp, 3/6. Cover *as 1st imp.
Peacock PK37, 1964, 271pp.
Knight Books 0340-03399-1, 1970, 271pp.
Penguin Books 0140-10641-3 [5th imp.], 1981
---- [6th imp.] 1981; [7th imp.] 1983; [8th imp.] 1984
---- [9th imp.] 1986, 266pp, £2.95. Cover still. TV Tie-in.
Oxford University Press 0192-82953-X, xxiv+295pp.
Wordsworth 1853-26204-8, 1994, 220pp.
Penguin Books 0140-62264-0, 1997, 266pp.
Penguin Books 0141-18696-8, 2001, 276pp.
Penguin Books 978-1411-03584-0, 2008, 345pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97197-6, 2011, 270pp.

Mr. Standfast (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918; New York: Doran, 1919).
Penguin Books 1134, 1956, 230pp, 3/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
---- [2nd imp.] 1960, 230pp, 3/6. Cover *as 1st imp.
Pan Books M58, (Apr) 1964.
Wordsworth Classics 1853-26225-0, 1994, 287pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97155-6, 2010, x+338pp.

The Path of the King (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921; New York: Doran, 1921).
(no UK paperback?)

Huntingtower (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922; New York: Doran, 1922).
Hodder & Stoughton [Yellow Jacket C5], Jun 1950, 256pp, 2/-. Cover by C. H. Richard
Penguin 1133 , 1956, 229pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
---- [2nd imp.]
---- [3rd imp.], 3/6. Cover *as 1st imp.
Hamlyn 0600-20562-2, 1982, 204pp.
Alan Sutton 0750-90484-4, 1993, xviii+202pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63119-7, 1993, xiv+199pp.
Oxford University Press 0192-83229-8, 1996, xxxi+229pp.
Oxford University Press 978-0199-53786-0, 2008, xxxi+229pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97223-2, 2012, vii+221pp.

Midwinter (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923; New York: Doran, 1923).
Hamlyn 0600-20563-0, 1981, 196pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63115-4, 1993, viii+247pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97070-2, 2008, xiv+254pp.

The Three Hostages (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1924).
Penguin Books 908, 1953, 282pp.
---- [2nd imp.] 1955.
---- [3rd imp.] 1956, 282pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
Peacock Books PK15, 1963, 282pp.
Knight Books 0340-15580-9, 1971, 283pp.
Penguin Books 0140-10640-5, 1986, 282pp.
Oxford University Press 0192-82419-8, 1995, xxx+300pp.
Wordsworth Editions 978-1853-26252-4, 1995, 261pp, n/pr. Cover Following the Scent by John Howard Lyon
House of Stratus 1842-32794-1, 2001, 317pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97157-0, 2010, x+306pp.

John Macnab (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1925).
Penguin Books 1135, 1956, 3/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
Hodder & Stoughton 836, 1967, 287pp.
Oxford University Press 0192-82935-1, 1994, xxviii+248pp.
Wordsworth Editions 1853-26296-X, 1996, 188pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97028-3, 2007, ix+240pp.


The Dancing Floor (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1926; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1926).
Oxford University Press 0192-83287-5, 1997, xxxvi+231pp.
New English Library 0450-02901-8, 1976, 220pp.
Penguin Books 0140-06875-9, 1987, 251pp, £2.95. Cover by Kenneth Wynn
Polygon 978-1846-97031-3, 2007, ix+236pp.

Witch Wood (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927).
Oxford University Press 0192-82941-6, 1993, xxv+331pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97071-9, 2008, xiv+304pp.


The Courts of the Morning (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1929).
Hodder & Stoughton 456, 1961, 316pp.
Dent 0460-02240-7, Oct 1983, 432pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63120-0, 1993, xvi+356pp. 
----, 2000, , xvi+356pp, £7.99. Cover: Sir Frank Swettenham by John Singer Sargent
House of Stratus 978-1842-32764-7, 2008, 405pp.

Castle Gay (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1930).
Hodder & Stougton [Yellow Jacket]
Penguin Books 1136, 1956.
Pan Books M194, 1967

The Blanket of the Dark (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1931).
Penguin Books 1653, 1961, 281pp, 3/6. Cover by Heather Standring
B&W Publishing 1873-63141-3, 1994, xiii+264pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97072-6, 2008, xvi+268pp.

The Gap in the Curtain (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1932).
Sphere [Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult 17] 1974.
B&W Publishing 1873-63109-X, 1992, 217pp.
House of Stratus 978-1842-32767-8, 2001, 224pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97224-9, 2012, xiii+219pp.

The Magic Walking Stick (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1932).
(no UK paperback?)

A Prince of the Captivity (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1933).
Pan Books X154, (Oct) 1962, 3/6.
Hamlyn 0600-20564-9, 1981, 271pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63168-5, 1996, xii+322pp.

The Free Fishers (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1934).
Penguin Books 1954, 1964, 268pp.
NEL/Four Square 1679, (Jul) 1967, 5/-.
Hamlyn 0600-20566-5, 1982, 224pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63132-4, 1994, xiii+263pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97065-8, 2009, viii+269pp.

The House of the Four Winds (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1935).
Penguin Books 1137, 1956, 237pp, 2/6. Cover by Stephen Russ
Peacock Books PK57, 1965, 232pp.
Dent 0460-02241-5, 1984, 201pp, £2.50. Cover by Brian Grimwood

The Island of Sheep (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936); republished as The Man from the Norlands (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936).
Pan Books 240, (15 May) 1953. Cover by FVM
Penguin Books 1131, 1956.
Penguin Books 0140-10642-1, 1988, 244pp.
Wordsworth Editions 1853-26276-5, 1995, 272pp.
Oxford University Press 0182-82433-3, 1997, xxviii+240pp.

Sick Heart River (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941); republished as Mountain Meadow (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941).
Hodder, 1965, 254pp, 5/-.
Penguin Books 0140-06804-X, 1985, 205pp.
B&W Publishing 1873-63106-5, 1992, 211pp.
Oxford University Press 0192-82937-8, 1994, xxxiii+221pp.
Polygon 978-1846-97030-6, 2007, x+214pp.

COLLECTIONS

The Watcher by the Threshold and Other Tales (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1902; enlarged edition, New York: Doran, 1918).
Digit Books R613, (Aug) 1962, 2/6.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1912; New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1912).
Hodder 594, 1963, 307pp, 5/-.

The Runagates Club (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928).
Sphere, 5/-.
A. Sutton 0750-91159-X, 1996, x+165pp.
Handheld Press 978-1999-82801-1, 2017.

The Long Traverse (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941); republished as The Lake of Gold (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941).
House of Stratus 978-1842-32778-4, 2001, 130pp.

The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (West Kingston, RI, Donald M. Grant, 1984).
(no UK paperback)

OMNIBUS

The Complete Richard Hannay
Penguin Books 0140-17059-7, 1992, 1139pp, £10.99. Cover by Arthur Wakelin
as The Complete Richard Hannay Stories, Wordsworth Editions 978-1840-22655-3, 2010, 990pp.

The Power-House and The Thirty Nine Steps
B&W Publishing 1873-63195-2, 1999, xxviii+233pp, £5.99. Cover by Arthur Melville ("Company at Dinner")

OTHERS

VERSE
The Pilgrim Fathers: the Newdigate Prize Poem, 1898 (Oxford: Blackwell/London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1898).
Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People (London: John Lane, 1899).
Ordeal By Marriage: An Eclogue (chap) (London, R. Clay, 1915).
Poems, Scots and English (London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1917; revised and enlarged edition, London: Nelson, 1936).

NON-FICTION
Scholar Gipsies (London: John Lane, 1896; New York: Macmillan, 1896).
Sir Walter Ralegh; the Stanhope Essay (Oxford: Blackwell/London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1897). 
Brasenose College (London: Robinson, 1898).
The African Colony (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1903).
The Law Relating to the Taxation of Foreign Income (London: Stevens, 1905). 
Some Eighteenth Century Byways and Other Essays (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1908).
Nine Brasenose Worthies (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1909).
Sir Walter Raleigh (London: Nelson, 1911; New York: Holt, 1911).
What the Home Rule Bill Means (chap) (Peebles, Allan Smyth, 1912).
The Marquis of Montrose (London: Nelson, 1913; New York: Scribners, 1913).
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1913).
Britain's War by Land (London & New York: Oxford University Press, H. Mitford, 1915).
The Achievement of France (London,  Methuen Publishing, 1915).
Nelson's History of the War, 24 volumes (London: Nelson, 1915-1919); revised as A History of the Great War, 4 volumes (London: Nelson, 1921-1922; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1922).
The Battle of the Somme, First Phase (London & New York: Nelson, 1916).
The Battle of Jutland (Edinburgh, New York & London: Nelson, 1916).
The Future of the War. An address (chap) (London, Boyle, Son & Watchurst, 1916).

The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase (Edinburgh, New York & London: Nelson, 1917).
The Battle-Honours of Scotland 1914-1918 (Glasgow, George Outram, 1919).
These for Remembrance (London: Privately printed, 1919).
The Island of Sheep, by Buchan and Susan Buchan as Cadmus and Harmonia (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920).
The History of the South African Forces in France (London: Nelson, 1920).
Francis and Riversdale Grenfell: A Memoir (London: Nelson, 1920).
A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys (London: Nelson, 1922; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923).
The Last Secrets (London: Nelson, 1923; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1924).
The Margins of Life (chap) (London, Birkbeck College, 1923).
Lord Minto: A Memoir (London & New York: Nelson, 1924).
The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918) (London & New York: Nelson, 1925).
Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War, by Buchan and Henry Newbolt (London: Nelson, 1923).
The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott (London & Edinburgh: Nelson, 1925).
Two Ordeals of Democracy (chap) (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925).
The Fifteenth-Scottish-Division 1914-1919, by Buchan and John Stewart (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1926).
Homilies and Recreations (London: Nelson, 1926; London & New York: Nelson, 1926; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926).
Montrose (London & Edinburgh: Nelson, 1928; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928).
The Causal and the Casual in History (Cambridge: The University Press, 1929; New York: Macmillan, 1929).
The Kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929, by Buchan and George Adam Smith (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930).
Montrose and Leadership (chap) (Oxford, University Press, 1930).
The Novel and the Fairy Tale (chap) (Oxford, printed at the University Press by John Johnson, 1931).
Sir Walter Scott (London & Toronto: Cassell, 1932; New York: Coward-McCann, 1932).
Julius Caesar (London: P. Davies, 1932; New York: Appleton, 1932).
Andrew Lang and the Borders (London, Oxford University Press, 1933).
The Massacre of Glencoe (London: P. Davies, 1933; New York: Putnam's, 1933).
Gordon at Khartoum (London: P. Davies, 1934).
Oliver Cromwell (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934).
The King's Grace (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935); republished as The People's King: George V (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1935).
Augustus (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937).
Naval Episodes of the Great War (London & New York: Nelson, 1938).
The Interpreter's House (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938).
Presbyterianism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Lord Tweedsmuir (chap) (Edinburth, Church of Scotland committee on Publications, 1938).
Memory Hold-the-Door (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940); republished as Pilgrim's Way (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940).
Comments and Characters, edited by W. Forbes Gray (London & New York: Nelson, 1940).
Canadian Occasions (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940).