"He was a follower of the fabricator, Peter Buchan"
Once again a reminder Steve - Buchan's work has been disputed - often on very dubious grounds, but the case has never been proved one way or the other.
Unless you have solid evidence that allows people to reach a firm conclusion on this dispute, your definitive statement is extremely misleading
As Fred points out "symptomatic of the times he lived in, which leaves all the anthologists under the same cloud.
I tend to go along with Jack's "hate campaign" description - unless you are prepared to 'definitively' prove me wrong and solve a century and a half's mystery once and for all.
Many years ago I was given a first edition of CHristie as a birthday present, and I still regard it as one of the treasures of my collection, and not just for its beautiful binding.
Jim Carroll