- Auld-Lang-Syne- Recollections and Rural Records of Old Claughton, Birkenhead and Bidston with other Reminiscences

Pp. [8], 296 + illustrations throughout. Original cloth gilt. No dust jacket. Neilson published Auld-lang-syne, a book of memoirs and reminiscences of Claughton, Birkenhead, and Bidston, arranging to have it printed by a local firm, Willmer Brothers. One of the brothers, Wrayford Willmer, later remembered the arrival of a -persistent, eccentric little man- with his manuscript. An archive of 325 items, including drawings, watercolours, and manuscripts by Neilson is held in the Manuscripts Division of the Charles E. Young Research Library, at the University of California, Los Angeles. Auld-Lang-Syne: Recollections and Rural Records of Old Claughton, Birkenhead and Bidston with Other Reminiscences