It having been rumoured that there was a possibility of McGonagall shaking the dust of “Auld Reekie” off his feet and returning to Dundee, the poet writes that “It is not but a false rumour got up by some Enemy.” He further declares that “Since I came to live among the inhabitants of Beautiful Edinburgh I have been as happy as the day is long, because I am getting a fair share of public Support, and more I need not.” So Dundee must just hide itself under sackcloth and ashes yet awhile.
Dundee Courier, 17th October 1895
