Discovering his poetic ability in 1877, William McGonagall has remained one of the most popular of Scotland's alternative poets. This collection of his work includes poems from "Poetic Gems", "More Poetic Gems" and "Last Poetic Gems". Also included is autobiographical material which appeared in the original volumes of his work as well as "The Tay Bridge Disaster" and "The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie".