Neil Munro (1863 - 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known were about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also included stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson, and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in Glasgow newspapers, but collections were published as books. In this book: The Vital Spark, 1905, In Highland Harbours with Para Handy, 1911, Hurricane Jack of The Vital Spark, 1923, Bud, A Novel, 1907, The Shoes of Fortune, 1901, Doom Castle, 1901, The Lost Pibroch and other Sheiling Stories, 1923, John Splendid, The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn, 1898