Rev. G Gilfillan and Poet McGonagall

Mr McGonagall, the poet, having presented a copy of his poems to the Rev. G. Gilfillan, the rev. gentleman has addressed the following letter to the poet in acknowledgment:—

Stonehaven, 16th July, 1878.

My Dear Sir, — Many thanks for your poems, and especially for your very kind lines addressed to myself. I hope you are none the worse of your far- famed journey to Balmoral. I am here on holiday, but return in some days. — l am, dear sir, yours very truly,

 Geo. Gilfillan.

Dundee Courier, 19th July 1878