Spring points out that Buchan was far less of a faker than he's been made out to be - Scott and Hogg both published a lot more dodgy material without attracting the same opprobrium. Buchan's problem was his lowly origins, which meant that his face didn't fit in the aristocratic milieu of 19th century antiquarianism. His life was an appalling chronicle of misery and disaster as a result (Spring has a few pages of biography).

I just tried to check the details of the Shoolbraid and Cray edition. The Barnes and Noble site displays no information at all in my browser - needs Javascript, Flash, ActiveX or something. Anybody got a link to the details that just works without any buggering about?