Moral Gems

Many of McGonagall's works had the task of improving the reader's moral outlook, especially by drawing him away from the demon drink. These works show him in narrative mode...

The Christmas Goose
Saving a Train - first version
Forget-Me-Not
The Nithsdale Widow and Her Son
Jack o' the Cudgel
Annie Marshall the Foundling
Young Munro the Sailor
The Death of the Old Mendicant
John Rouat the Fisherman
Hanchen, the Maid of the Mill
Jenny Carrister, the Heroine of Lucknow-Mine
The Sprig of Moss
Lost on the Prairie
Little Popeet - The Lost Child
The Little Match Girl
A Tale of Elsinore
Mary, the Maid o' the Tay
Grif, of the Bloody Hand
A Tale of Christmas Eve
Bill Bowls, the Sailor
Little Pierre's Song
Saving a Train - second version
The Blind Girl
The Faithful Dog Fido