Geographical Gems

McGonagall spent much of his career tramping about the local countryside selling his works, and these travels often inspired him to pick up his pen.

In and Around Dundee

Broughty Ferry
The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
Beautiful Newport on the Braes o' the Silvery Tay
The Newport Railway
An Address to the New Tay Bridge
Bonnie Dundee in 1878
A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay
The Village of Tayport and its Surroundings

Elsewhere in Scotland

Beautiful Aberfoyle
Baldovan
Beautiful Balmerino
Beautiful Balmoral
Balmoral Castle
Bonnie Callander
The Castle of Mains
Beautiful Comrie
Beautiful Crieff
The Den o' Fowlis
Edinburgh
Beautiful Edinburgh
Glasgow
Loch Katrine
Bonnie Kilmany
The Ancient Town of Leith
The River of Leith
Loch Leven
Beautiful Monikie
Montrose
Bonnie Montrose
Beautiful Nairn
Loch Ness
Beautiful North Berwick
Oban
Beautiful Village of Penicuik
The City of Perth
The Beautiful City of Perth
The Fair Maid of Perth's House
Beautiful Rothesay
The Bonnie Sidlaw Hills

Rest of the World

Greenlands Icy Mountains
Descriptive Jottings of London
Jottings of New York
Beautiful Torquay