The manuscript was found among the possessions of the donor's father, James Myles, a sub-editor at 'The People’s Journal' (DC Thomson). Alexander Maclean was a local stringer on Mull. They became friends and visited each other on several occasions. The work was later published with illustrations by Mairi Hedderwick.

With a photograph, annotated 'The Newshound', of an Airedale Terrier dog looking out of the window of Alexander Maclean's press agency van ('Alexander Mac Lean's News Service: Isles of Mull, Coll, and Tiree').

Enclosed in original envelope, annotated 'Warning: The enclosed manuscript is so brilliant it should only be read under a dim light.'