Janet Adam Smith (1905–1999)

There was a Boy bedded in bracken,
Like to a sleeping snake all curled he lay;
On his thin navel turned this spinning sphere,
Each feeble finger fetched seven suns away.

He was not dropped in good-for-lambing weather,
He took no suck when shook buds sing together,
But he is come in cold-as-workhouse weather,
Poor as a Salford child.

Worth the price of this book right there. It's called "Carol" and credited to John Short. About whom there seems to be absolutely no information on the Internet.

Classic Twain, taking on the human race. Includes such notables as Diary of Adam and Eve. Twain has an interesting view of the human race, with all the cynicism of Mencken, but tempered by a genuine liking for his fellow man that gives him a dry humor about the topic.

I have yet to tread this, though I think my parents owned it since it came out. The blurb says it is based on 6 years of research and free access to Buchan;'s letters, and fills in areas his autobiography omitted, including his Canadian experiences. The author grew up in GLasgow where Buchan also lived in his youth, and personally knew Buchan when she was a student at Oxford and he was living nearby. It is openly friendly towards him, but still scholarly.