The collection consists of songs and poems composed for various special occasions; sermons preached on the opening of a chapel in Dolwyddelan; a letter from Gwilym Prysor to the Baroness Willoughby de Eresby; an address on the moral deterioration of Wales; essays on various subjects; and a draft of the poem Meirionnydd.
Also included are essays written by John Parry Hughes and R. R. Hughes, Dolwyddelan, and a collection of verses by Robert P. Hughes of Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States, sons of Gwilym Prysor.