222pp. frontis and 18 illus. minor browning to pastedowns, shelfwear to boards, spine, dj has sunned spine, soiling and closed tear to top front near spine. "The greatest Bad Verse Writer of his age", William McGonagall, a Dundee handloom weaver, was sustained by an invincible belief in his own genius as actor and poet. His gauche, tortured verses - quite inimitable, though often imitated - win year by year more admirers all over the world. [24]

SCOTLAND DUNDEE MCGONAGALL VERSE THEATRE