Published as part of Duckworth’s 1980 edition of McGonagall’s works, this book is mostly made up of poems previously published in More Poetic Gems, with two from Poetic Gems:
- A Summary History of Sir William Wallace
- The Heatherblend Club Banquet
- Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins
- The Relief of Mafeking
- The Battle of Glencoe
- The Capture of Havana
- The Battle of Waterloo
- The Albion Battleship Calamity
- An All Night Sea Fight
- The Wreck of the Steamer “Stella”
- The Wreck of the Steamer “Storm Queen”
- The Wreck of the “Abercrombie Robinson”
- The Loss of the Victoria
- The Burning of the Ship “Kent”
- The Wreck of the “Indian Chief”
- The Death of Captain Ward
- The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough
- The Burial of Mr Gladstone
- The Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson
- Captain Teach alias “Black Beard”
- McGonagall’s Ode to the King
- A Soldier’s Reprieve
- Richard Pigott, the Forger
- The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney
- The Pennsylvania Disaster
- The Sprig of Moss
