This compilation was published in 1972 and includes the Summary History and Brief Autobiography as well as the following poems:
- The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
- The Famous Tay Whale
- The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
- The Newport Railway
- The Tay Bridge Disaster
- An Address to the New Tay Bridge
- The Battle of El-Teb
- An Autumn Reverie
- The Wreck Of The Steamer “London”, While on her way to Australia
- Attempted Assassination of the Queen
- The Moon
- The Beautiful Sun
- Grace Darling or The Wreck of the “Forfarshire”
- The Battle of Bannockburn
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Greenland’s Icy Mountains
- Jottings of New York
- A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army
- Forget-Me-Not
- The Royal Review
- The Battle of Sheriffmuir
- The Execution of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
- Robert Burns
- A Tale of the Sea
- Descriptive Jottings of London
- Burning of the Exeter Theatre
- General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum
- The Tragic Death of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie
- The Wreck of the Whaler “Oscar”
- The Horrors of Majuba
- The Destroying Angel, or The Poet’s Dream
- Lines in Defence of the Stage
- The Black Watch Memorial
- An Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan
- An Address to Shakespeare
- The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
- The Death of the Queen
- Nora, The Maid of Killarney
- The Little Match Girl
- Beautiful Comrie
- Beautiful Balmoral
- Beautiful Torquay
- The Ancient Town of Leith
- The City of Perth
- Bonnie Dundee in 1878
- Loch Ness
- A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay
- The Bonnie Lass o’ Dundee
- Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins
- The Relief of Mafeking
- The Battle of Glencoe
- The Battle of Waterloo
- The Loss of the Victoria
- The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough
- The Death of Captain Ward
- McGonagall’s Ode to the King
- A Summary History of Lord Clive
- The Battle of the Nile
- The Battle of Corunna
- Little Pierre’s Song
- The Capture of Lucknow
- The Burns Statue (A Fragment)
- Farewell Address at the Argyle Hall, Tuesday, June 22, 1880
- The Sunderland Calamity
- The Wreck of the Barque “Lynton”, While Bound for Aspinwall, Having on Board 1000 Tons of Coal
- The Great Yellow River Inundation In China
- The Death of Fred Marsden, the American Playwright
- Death and Burial of Lord Tennyson
- A New Year’s Resolution to Leave Dundee
- Lines in Reply to the Beautiful Poet who Welcomed News of McGonagall’s Departure from Dundee
- Lines in Memoriam Regarding the Entertainment I Gave on the 31st March, 1893, in Reform Street Hall, Dundee
- Lines in Praise of Mr. J. Graham Henderson, Hawick
- A Tribute to Dr. Murison
- The Kessack Ferry-Boat Fatality
- Saving a Train [Version 1]
- Beautiful Balmerino
- The Battle of Omdurman