Following up on the first set of “poetic gems” published in 1890, a second volume was produced the following year. Poetic gems (second series) selected from the works of William McGonagall, poet and tragedian with biographical reminiscences by the author and portrait contained his reminiscences and the following poems:
- A Tribute to Henry M Stanley
- Jottings of New York
- Beautiful Monikie
- A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army
- Loch Katrine
- Forget-Me-Not
- The Royal Review
- The Nithsdale Widow and her Son
- Jack o’ the Cudgel, Part I
- Jack o’ the Cudgel, Part II
- The Battle of Culloden
- The Battle of Sheriffmuir
- The Execution of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
- Baldovan Mansion
- Loch Leven
- Montrose
- The Castle of Mains
- Broughty Ferry
- Robert Burns
- Adventures of King Robert the Bruce
- A Tale of the Sea
- Descriptive Jottings of London
- Annie Marshall the Foundling
- Bill Bowls the Sailor [Version 1]
- Young Munro the Sailor
- The Death of the Old Mendicant
- An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland
- The Clepington Catastrophe
- The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai
- Burning of the Exeter Theatre
- John Rouat the Fisherman
- The Sorrows of the Blind
