Lines in defence of the stage /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
ca. 1900]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
Dated from the address given on the sheet - McGonagall was still living in Dundee as late as 1894.
Printed on the sheet are copies of three letters, two of which acknowledge receipt of poems by McGonagall, the other is a testimonial by the Rev. George Gilfillan.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: Good people of high and low degree, / I pray ye all be advised by me, / And don't believe what the clergy doth say, / That by going to the theatre you will be led astray.
English poetry
Theatre