John Burnet of Barns

A Romance

by John Buchan

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John Burnet of Barns, subtitled A Romance, is by John Buchan. The contents list gives the chapter titles The Adventure Which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck, The House of Barns and The Spate in Tweed, among others. The narrator says that Tam soon became as expert at the breeding of sheep as ever he had been at the handling of a pike or musket, and was the best story-teller and the cunningest fisher in the place. The narrator names a nurse, Jean Morran, as the only woman body about the place.

A speaker named Maister Veitch asks Gilbert whether he has not the grace to speak of his very good friend. The text has a man say Good morning to you, Master John Burnet.

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John Buchan

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada. His fast-paced Richard Hannay thrillers helped define the espionage adventure genre.