Published as part of Duckworths’ 1980 edition of McGonagall’s works, this book contains poems previously published in either Poetic Gems or Last Poetic Gems:
- An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland
- The Clepington Catastrophe
- The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai
- The Battle of Cressy
- The Wreck of the Barque “Wm. Paterson” of Liverpool
- The Sorrows of the Blind
- General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum
- Burning of the Exeter Theatre
- John Rouat the Fisherman
- Hanchen, The Maid of the Mill
- Wreck of the Schooner “Samuel Crawford”
- The First Grenadier of France
- The Tragic Death of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie
- The Burning of the Steamer “City of Montreal”
- The Wreck of the Whaler “Oscar”
- Jenny Carrister, The Heroine of Lucknow-Mine
- The Horrors of Majuba
- The Miraculous Escape of Robert Allan, the Fireman
- The Collision in the English Channel
- The Battle of Shina, in Africa
- Beautiful Edinburgh
- Women’s Suffrage
- Lord Roberts’ Triumphal Entry into Pretoria
- A Tribute to Mr J. Graham Henderson, The World’s Fair Judge
- The Wreck of the “Columbine”
- Balmoral Castle
- A New Temperance Poem, in Memory of my Departed Parents, who were Sober Living & God Fearing People
