The proving climb is an offprint of: Paterson, Neil (ed). Scottish short stories. London : Collins, 1973. The islands is an offprint of: Dorothy Dunnett. The Scottish Highlands. Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., 1988.
The proving climb : a short story ; The islands : (from the Scottish Highlands) by Dorothy Dunnett. Published by Dorothy Dunnett Readers' Association. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.