''The Moon Endureth'', subtitled 'Tales and Fancies', is a 1912 short story and poetry collection by the Scottish author
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
After a brief legal career ...
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[ British Library catalogue entry]
Title
In an introduction to the collection Buchan quotes from an article on St Francis in ''Lives of the Saints'': "To the righteous is promised abundance of peace while the moon endureth". Psalms 72:7 in the
King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...
has "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth".
Content
The collection includes the following short stories and poems. The stories ''Streams of Water in the South'' and ''The Rime of True Thomas'' were reprinted from a former collection, ''Grey Weather''. The remaining tales had all previously appeared in ''
Blackwood's Magazine
''Blackwood's Magazine'' was a British magazine and miscellany printed between 1817 and 1980. It was founded by the publisher William Blackwood and was originally called the ''Edinburgh Monthly Magazine''. The first number appeared in April 1817 ...
''.
* ''From the Pentlands Looking North and South (''poem'')''
* ''I. The Company of the Marjolaine'' (short story)
** ''Avignon'' (poem)
* ''II. A Lucid Interval'' (short story)
** ''The Shorter Catechism'' (poem)
* ''III. The Lemnian'' (short story)
** ''Atta's Song'' (poem)
* ''IV. Space'' (short story)
** ''Stocks and Stones'' (poem)
* ''V. Streams of Water in the South'' (short story)
** ''The Gipsy's Song to the Lady Cassilis'' (poem)
* ''VI. The Grove of Ashtaroth'' (short story)
** ''Wood Magic'' (poem)
* ''VII. The Riding of Ninemileburn'' (short story)
** ''Plain Folk'' (poem)
* ''VIII. The Kings of Orion'' (short story)
** ''Babylon'' (poem)
* ''IX. The Green Glen'' (short story)
** ''The Wise Years'' (poem)
* ''X. The Rime of True Thomas'' (short story)
Critical reception
In its review of the first edition ''
The Athenaeum'' noted "a marked leaning towards the mysterious and bizarre". The collection was said to show "considerable imagination, and occasionally a touch of delicate satire".
[''Athenaeum'' review quoted in ]
References
External links
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1912 poems
1912 short stories
Hodder & Stoughton books
Works by John Buchan
British short story collections
British poetry collections