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Kay's Originals Vol. 1 by John Kay
- Title Pages
- Advertisement
- Introductory Notice to Original Portraits, Biographical Sketches
- I. Mr. John Kay
- II. A Triumvirate. The Daft Highland Laird, John Dhu, or Dow, alias Macdonald, and Jamie Duff, an idiot.
- III. Francis McNab, Esq. of McNab
- IV. Three Giants, with a Group of Spectators
- V. Lord Kames. Hugo Arnot, Esq. of Balcormo, Advocate. Lord Monboddo.
- VI. Contemplation
- VII. Lord Gardenstone
- VIII. Hugo Arnot, Esq., Advocate, and Gingerbread Jock
- IX. Dr. Glen and the Daft Highland Laird
- X. A Sleepy Congregation
- XI. Dr. James Graham going along the North Bridge in a High Wind
- XII. Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
- XIII. James Macrae, Esq.
- XIV. Captain Page and Captain Vicars
- XV. The Three Captains of the City Guard. George Pitcairn, George Robertson, Robert Pillans.
- XVI. Provost David Steuart and Bailie John Lothian
- XVII. Alexander Hunter, Esq. of Polmood, and Roger Hog, Esq. of Newliston
- XVIII. Francis Grose, Esq., F.A.S. of London and Perth
- XIX. Captain Mingay, with a porter carrying George Cranstoun in his creel
- XX. Samuel McDonald and George Cranstoun
- XXI. Major Fisher
- XXII. Dr. Joseph Black
- XXIII. Dr. Joseph Black, Lecturing
- XXIV. Dr. James Hutton
- XXV. Philosophers
- XXVI. Dr. John Brown
- XXVII. Dr. Brown in his study
- XXVIII. Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart., Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- XXIX. Alexander Carlyle, D.D., Inveresk
- XXX. The Modern Hercules
- XXXI. Adam Ritchie
- XXXII. Angelo Tremamondo, Esq., Riding Master
- XXXIII. Lord Rockville Dr. Adam Smith, and Commissioner Brown
- XXXIV. Adam Smith, LL.D. And F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh
- XXXV. The Sapient Septemviri. King's College, Aberdeen.
- XXXVI. Vincent Lunardi, in his basket, ready to ascend.
- XXXVII. Marriage
- XXXVIII. A group of Aeronauts.
- XXXIX. The Right Honourable Colonel Lennox.
- XL. Colonel Hunter.
- XLI. The Rev. William Robertson, D.D., author of the History of Scotland and Charles V
- XLII. Dr. William Robertson, D.D., in his full clerical dress
- XLIII. Quartermaster Taylor
- XLIV. Cock-fighting Match between the counties of Lanark and Haddington
- XLV. James Donaldson
- XLVI. Mr. Alexander Thomson and Miss Crawford
- XLVII. Retaliation; or the Cudgeller caught
- XLVIII. Henry Viscount Melville and The Hob. Robert Dundas of Arniston
- XLIX. Bailie James Dickson and Bailie James Torry
- L. William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster
- LI. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., giving the word of command
- LII. General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., viewing the army, encamped on the plains of Egypt
- LIII. Lauchlan McBain
- LIV. Second print of Lauchlan McBain
- LV. Mrs. Siddons, Mr. Sutherland, Mrs. Woods, of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
- LVI. Captain George Gordon, Captain George Robertson, and John Grieve, Esq., Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- LVII. Rev. Hugh Blair, D.D. of the High Church, Edinburgh
- LVIII. The Honourable Henry Erskine, Dean of the faculty of Advocates
- LIX. James Bruce, Esq. of Kinnaird, and Peter Williamson
- LX. Courtship
- LXI. Mr. William Martin, Bookseller and Auctioneer in Edinburgh
- LXII. Mr. Thomas White
- LXIII. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Charteris, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh
- LXIV. The Rev. Joseph Robertson Macgregor, First Minister of the Edinburgh Gaelic Chapel
- LXV. The Rev. James Lawson of Belvidere, The Job of Present Times
- LXVI. An Exchange of Heads. Hugo Arnot, Esq. - Mr. William Macpherson, and Roger Hog, Esq.
- LXVII. The Rev. John McLure, Chaplain to the Grand Lodge
- LXVIII. Mr. Alexander Wood, surgeon
- LXIX. Mr. Wood
- LXX. Captain Hind
- LXXI. Robert McQueen of Braxfield, Lord Justice-Clerk
- LXXII. George Pratt (The Town-Crier)
- LXXIII. The Rev. Dr. John Erskine, late of the Old Greyfriars' Church, Edinburgh
- LXXIV. Dr. Erskine
- LXXV. Dr. Henry Moyes, lectureer on Chemistry, etc.
- LXXVI. Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, banker in Edinburgh
- LXXVII. Thomas Fraser (A Natural)
- LXXVIII. The Marquis of Huntly, afterwards Duke of Gordon
- LXXIX. Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope and David Stuart Moncrief, esq. of Moredun
- LXXX. Rev. Greville Ewing
- LXXXI. The Earl of Hopetoun
- LXXXII. Charles Hay, Esq., Advocate
- LXXXIII. Lord Newton on the Bench
- LXXXIV. The Earl of Errol and the Right Honourable Lord Haddo.
- LXXXV. Voltaire, the French Philosopher, and Mr. Watson, an Edinburgh Messenger
- LXXXVI. Mr. William Smellie, Printer and Mr. Andrew Bell, Engraver
- LXXXVII. The Right Honourable David Earl of Leven and Melville
- LXXXVIII. The Right Honourable Lord Adam Gordon
- LXXXIX. Right Honourable Lord Adam Gordon and His Royal Highness the Count D'Artois, afterwards Charles X
- XC. John Dhu
- XCI. Sir William Nairne, Baronet, Lord Dunsinnan
- XCII. Mr. Ralph Rylance
- XCIII. Levelling of the High Street of Edinburgh
- XCIV. Mr. Moss in the character of 'Caleb'
- XCV. Mr. Robert Meikle
- XCVI. Mr. Thomas Neil, Wright and Precentor
- XCVII. Major Campbell of the 35th Regiment
- XCVIII. The Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. Mr. Archibald Gilchrist
- XCIX. John Davidson, Esq., and Lord Henderland. George Paton, Esq. Lord Monboddo and Dr. Hutton.
- C. David Ross, Lord Ankerville
- CI. Francis Home, M.D.
- CII. The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., and Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart.
- CIII. Dr. William Cullen
- CIV. Dr. Cullen in his study
- CV. William Brodie, Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons, Edinburgh
- CVI. George Smith and Deacon William Brodie
- CVII. General Buttons, An American Officer
- CVIII. Mr. John Wright, Lecturer on Law
- CIX. John Wright, Edq., Advocate
- CX. The Rev. William Beat, Minister of Kilrenny
- CXI. James Marshall, Esq., writer to the Signet
- CXII. Rev. John Wesley
- CXIII. Sir James Grant of Grant, Bart.
- CXIV. Dr. Alexander Monro, Secundus, Professor of Anatomy
- CXV. Rev. John Kemp, D.D.
- CXVI. The Most Noble the Marquis of Graham, and The Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan
- CXVII. Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville
- CXVIII. Andrew Nicol
- CXIX. Three Legal Devotees. Andrew Nicol, Mary Walker, and John Skene
- CXX. Four Bucks. Dr. Eiston, Signior Stabilini, Captain McKenzie, and Macnab of Macnab
- CXXI. Dr. Andrew Hunter
- CXXII. Lord Craig
- CXXIII. Mungo Watson, Beadle of Lady Yester's Church, etc.
- CXXIV. James Robertson of Kincraigie
- CXXV. Thomas Muir, Esq. Younger of Huntershill
- CXXVI. Sir Archibald Hope of Pinkie, Bart.
- CXXVII. Robert Blair, Esq.
- CXXVIII. Robert Blair, Esq., Solicitor-General
- CXXIX. The Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston
- CXXX. Captain James Justice of Justice Hall, and a Lady in the costume of 1790
- CXXXI. Andrew Dalziel, A.M., F.R.S.
- CXXXII. Two Shadows. Lord Kames, and Hugo Arnot, Esq.
- CXXXIII. Neil Ferguson, Esq., Advocate, and the Little Polish Count
- CXXXIV. Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery
- CXXXV. Rev. Rowland Hill, A.M.
- CXXXVI. James Gregory, M.D.
- CXXXVII. Dr. James Gregory, in the uniform of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers
- CXXXVIII. Alexander Osborne, Esq., and Francis Ronaldson, Esq.
- CXXXIX. Rev. Robert Walker
- CXL. Sir David Rae of Eskgrove, Bart., Lord Justice-Clerk
- CXLI. Mr. David Downie, Goldsmith in Edinburgh - tried for High Treason along with Robert Watt in 1794
- CXLII. Mr. Thomas Blair, late of the Stamp-Office, Edinburgh
- CXLIII. Rev. William Moodie, D.D.
- CXLIV. Thomas Elder, Esq. of Forneth, Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- CXLV. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncan
- CXLVI. Admiral Duncan on the Quarter-Deck
- CXLVII. Lord Hailes
- CXLVIII. Rev. Dr. David Johnston, Minister of North Leith
- CXLIX. Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CL. Henry Dundas, and Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CLI. Lord High Chancellor Loughborough, afterwards Earl of Rosslyn
- CLII. John Campbell, Esq., of Blythswood
- CLIII. The Hon. Basil Cochrane, and James Edgar, Esq., Commissioners of the Customs
- CLIV. Rev. Dr. Thomas Davidson, late of the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh
- CLV. Colonel Patrick Crichton
- CLVI. George Fergusson, Lord Hermand
- CLVII. Mr. John Shiells, Surgeon
- CLVIII. Mr. Robert Johnston, and Miss Sibilla Hutton
- CLIX. Mr. John Bennet, Surgeon
- CLX. Three Officers of the Hopetoun Fencibles. Lord Napier, Major Pilmer, and Major Clarkson.
- CLXI. Mr. John Adams, Master of the Royal Riding Menage
- CLXII. Mr. William Scott, Mr. James Sibbald, George Fairholme, Esq., and James Kerr, Esq.
- CLXIII. Rev. William Paul
- CLXIV. Byrne, the Irish Giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun
- CLXV. Allan Macdougall, Esq. of Glenlochan, Alexander Watson, Esq. of Glenturkie, and Colquhoun Grant, Esq.
- CLXVI. Ensign Macdougal, of the Hopetoun Fencibles
- CLXVII. Mr. James Rae, Dr. William Laing, and Dr. James Hay
- CLXVIII. George Mealmaker, author of the 'Moral and Political Catechism of Man'
- CLXIX. Two Turks
- CLXX. The City Guard House. Corporal John Dhu
- Notes to Vol. 1
- Index to the Portraits, etc. in Vol. 1
- Index to the Names Incidentally Mentioned in the First Volume
Kay's Originals Vol. 2 by John Kay
- Title Pages
- Advetisement
- Notice to the First Edition
- CLXXI. Mr. John Dowie, Vintner, Libberton's Wynd
- CLXXII. Colin Campbell, Esq. of Kilberry, Argyleshire
- CLXXIII. The Lawnmarket Coach; or, A Journey Along the Mound
- CLXXIV. The Right Hon. Selina Countess Dowager of Huntingdon
- CLXXV. Jamie Duff, alias Bailie Duff
- CLXXVI. Major-General Alexander Mackay
- CLXXVII. Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank
- CLXXVIII. General James Grant of Ballindalloch
- CLXXIX. The Right Hon. the Earl of Moira, commander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland
- CLXXX. The Commander-in-Chief addressing the Edinburgh Spearmen
- CLXXXI. Mr. John Wemyss, Mr. Robert Clerk, and George Pratt
- CLXXXII. Two booksellers. Mr. William Coke and Mr. John Guthrie
- CLXXXIII. William Butter, Esq., and Sir John Morrison
- CLXXXIV. James Alexander Haldane, Esq., Minister of the Tabernacle, Leith Walk
- CLXXXV. Sergeant-Major Patrick Gould, and an Edinburgh Volunteer
- CLXXXVI. Mr. Benjamin Bell, Surgeon
- CLXXXVII. "The Five Alls."
- CLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardie
- CLXXXIX. Sir James Campbell, Bart., of Ardkinglass
- CXC. Dr. Andrew Duncan, Sen.
- CXCI. Dr. Andrew Duncan in 1797
- CXCII. Major Andrew Fraser, the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and Sir John Whitefoord, Bart.
- CXCIII. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. of Ulbster
- CXCIV. Lord Stonefield
- CXCV. John Home, Esq., of Ninewells
- CXCVI. Mr. William Grinly, Broker and Auctioneer
- CXCVII. The Hon. Alexander Leslie, Lieut.-General and Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Foot.
- CXCVIII. Dr. James Hamilton, Senior
- CXCIX. Mr. William Mason, Secretary to the Grand Lodge
- CC. Rev. James Baine, A.M.
- CCI. Ebenezer Wilson, Brassfounder
- CCII. Sir Ilay Campbell, Bart.
- CCIII. Mr. John Campbell, Precentor
- CCIV. A medley of Musicians
- CCIV. A medley of Musicians
- CCV. William Wilson or "Mortar Willie"
- CCVI. Dr. Thomas Snell Jones, Minister of Lady Glenorchy's Chapel
- CCVII. William Forbes, Esq. of Callendar
- CCVIII. Dr. Gregory Grant
- CCIX. Rev. James Lapslie, Minister of Campsie
- CCX. O'Brien, the Irish Giant, and William Ranken, Esq.
- CCXI. Faithful Service Rewarded
- CCXII. Mr. George Williamson, King's Messenger and Admiral Macer for Scotland
- CCXIII. Mr. Francis Braidwood, Cabinet-Maker
- CCXIV. The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton
- CCXV. Rev. James Struthers, Minister of the Relief Chapel, College Street
- CCXVI. Rev. Mr. Struthers
- CCXVII. Lord Monboddo, in the Court of Session
- CCXVIII. Old Geordie Syme, a famous Piper in his time
- CCXIX. Sir John Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh
- CCXX. Old John Tait, the Broom-Maker
- CCXXI. James Hume Rigg, Esq. of Morton, Isaac Grant, Esq. of Hilton, Achibald Macarthur Stewart, Esq. of Ascog, The Hon. Captain (afterwards General), John Leslie, and Captain William Wemyss
- CCXXII. Rev. Dr. Buchanan, one of the Ministers of the Canongate Church
- CCXXIII. Old Widow Ellis
- CCXXIV. The City Tron-Men; or Chimney-Sweepers
- CCXXV. William Cumming, Esq.
- CCXXVI. Rev. John Wesley, Dr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Mr. Cole
- CCXXVII. Sir William Honyman, Bart., of Armadale
- CCXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Alexander Turnbull, of Dalladies
- CCXXIX. Margaret Suttie, a hawker of salt
- CCXXX. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq., of Killileagh, in Ireland, and The Hon. Simon Butler
- CCXXXI. Citizen M. C. Browne
- CCXXXII. Rev. John Walker, D.D.
- CCXXXIII. M. De Latour, Painter to the King of France, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris, etc.
- CCXXXIV. Mr. Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the American Congress
- CCXXXV. Captain James Burnet, the Last Captain of the City Guard
- CCXXXVI. Samuel McDonald, in the Uniform of the Sutherland Fencibles
- CCXXXVII. Mr. Charles Sinclair
- CCXXXVIII. Rev. David Black, Minister of Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh
- CCXXXIX. Thomas Jefferson, Esq., President of the United States of America
- CCXL. Major-General Aytoun and The Duc D'Angouleme
- CCXLI. Mr. Clinch and Mrs. Yates, in the characters of the Duke and Duchess of Braganza
- CCXLII. Alexander McKellar; or "The Cock o' the Green."
- CCXLIII. Lord Polkemmet
- CCXLIV. James Gillespie, Esq. of Spylaw, and his brother, Mr. John Gillespie
- CCXLV. Rev. Dr. John Colquhoun
- CCXLVI. Major Charles Johnstone
- CCXLVII. Andrew Donaldson, Teacher of Greek and Hebrew
- CCXLVIII. "Petticoat Government"
- CCXLIX. Campbell of Sonachan laughing at the Print of "Petticoat Government"
- CCL. Mr. Thomas Sommers, his Majesty's Glazier for Scotland
- CCLI. Mr. Francis Anderson, W.S., Mr. James Hunter, and his son, Mr. George Hunter
- CCLII. Rev. Robert Culbertson, of the Associate Congregation, Leith
- CCLIII. The Right Hon. Charles Hope of Granton, when Lord Advocate of Scotland
- CCLIV. Right Hon. Charles Hope
- CCLV. The Right Hon. William Pitt
- CCLVI. The Right Hon. William Pitt, and Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord Melville
- CCLVII. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewes
- CCLVIII. Dr. Thomas Hay, City Chamberlain, and Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CCLIX. Colonel Monro, a well known blue-gown beggar
- CCLX. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart.
- CCLXI. Sergeant William Duff
- CCLXII. Lord Balmuto
- CCLXIII. Rev. James Hall, D.D.
- CCLXIV. Mr. Hamilton Bell, W.S., carrying a Vintner's Boy from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, and Mr. John Rae, Surgeon-Dentist, accompanying him in the character of Bottle-Holder
- CCLXV. Mr. Edward Innes, and his second, Mr. James Cooper, following after Mr. Bell
- CCLXVI. The Artist under Examination by Sheriff Pringle, with the pursuers, Bell and Rae, sitting behind
- CCLXVII. The Hon. Sir Nash Grose, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench
- CCLXVIII. Harvey Christian Combe, Esq., Lord Mayor of London
- CCLXIX. Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in his robes
- CCLXX. Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. of Trinity Church, Cambridge
- CCLXXI. Archibald McArthur, piper to the late Sir Reginald Macdonald Stewart Seton, of Touch and Staffa, Bart.
- CCLXXII. Mirza Aboul Hassan Khan, envoy extraordinary from the King of Persia to the Court of Great Britain
- CCLXXIII. Mr. John Finlayson, formerly a writer in Cupar-Fife
- CCLXXIV. Rev. David Dickson, minister of New North Church, Edinburgh
- CCLXXV. Hugh Macpherson, sometime Clerk to the Perth Carriers
- CCLXXVI. Mr. Henry Johnston, in the Character of Hamlet
- CCLXXVII. Rev. John Jamieson, D.D.
- CCLXXVIII. Robert Craig, Esq. of Riccarton
- CCLXXIX. David Smythe, Lord Methven
- CCLXXX. General Francis Dundas, Sir Henry Jardine, Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, Bart., Captain Hay, the Late Earl of Eglinton, and the Misses Maxwell, etc.
- CCLXXXI. Rev. John McDonald of the Gaelic Chapel, Castle Wynd, Edinburgh
- CCLXXXII. Lord Cullen, one of the senators of the College of Justice
- CCLXXXIII. The Edinburgh Fish-Women
- CCLXXXIV. William Macdonald, officer to the Highland Society of Scotland
- CCLXXXV. Sir William Miller of Glenlee, Bart.
- CCLXXXVI. Lieut.-General Vyse, in command of the Forces of Scotland
- CCLXXXVII. Rev. Dr. James Peddie, of the Associate Congregation, Bristo Street
- CCLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Peddie, in 1810
- CCLXXXIX. Andrew McKinlay, tried for administering unlawful oaths
- CCXC. James Mackcoull, alias Captain Moffat
- CCXCI. Beetty Dick, Town-Crier of Dalkeith
- CCXCII. Two Chairmen; or, "The Social Pinch."
- CCXCIII. James McKean, at the Bar of the High Court of Justiciary
- CCXCIV. Sir William Macleod-Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne)
- CCXCV. Training a Councillor
- CCXCVI. John Steele
- CCXCVII. Mr. John Austin, author of a "System of Stenographic Music"
- CCXCVIII. Robert Kay, Esq., Architect
- CCXCIX. Captain Billair and his Wife, who, though a tall woman, always wore high-heeled shoes
- CCC. The Last Sitting of The Old Court of Session
- CCCI. Rev. Alexander King, of the Relief Congregation, Dalkeith
- CCCII. Francis Jeffrey, Esq., Advocate
- CCCIII. Captain Dalrymple, and Miss Macdonald of Clanronald
- CCCIV. The Lovers
- CCCV. Dr. John Brown, alias "The Devil Killer"
- CCCVI. Miss Burns, a celebrated beauty of last century
- CCCVII. A Political Set-To; or, "Freedom of Election" Illustrated
- CCCVIII. Mr. Pierie and Mr. Maxwell. The Ladies are in the Costume of 1785
- CCCIX. Rev. George Husband Baird, D.D.
- CCCX. Provost Elder and Principal Baird.
- CCCXI. Dr. John Hope, Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh
- CCCXII. Second Division of the Court of Session
- CCCXIII. Jerome William Knapp LL.D., Deputy-Clerk of Arraigns
- CCCXIV. Three Social Friends. Mr. Robert Kay, Mr. Louis Cauvin, and Mr. David Scott
- CCCXV. Mrs. Smith, in the costume of 1795
- CCCXVI. The Hon. William Ramsay Maule, of Panmure, afterwards Lord Panmure of Brechin and Navar
- CCCXVII. A. Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and A. Maconochie, Esq. (Lord Meadowbank), then Solicitor-General
- CCCXVIII. The Hon. Francis William Grant of Grant, Colonel of the Inverness-shire Militia
- CCCXIX. Rev. David Dickson, D.D.
- CCCXX. Twelve Advocates who plead with wigs on
- CCCXXI. Rev. James-Francis Grant, of St. George's Chapel, York Place, Edinburgh
- CCCXXII. The Craft in Danger
- CCCXXIII. Robert Sym, Esq., writer to the Signet
- CCCXXIV. Rev. Henry Grey, A.M.
- CCCXXV. Mr. Robert Macgachen, Accountant of Excise
- CCCXXVI. Twelve Advocates, who plead without wigs
- CCCXXVII. John Rose, Esq. of Holme
- CCCXXVIII. Major Skey, and the Right Hon. Lord Clive (now Earl of Powis), of the Shropshire Militia
- CCCXXIX. Archibald Campbell, City Officer
- CCCXXIX.* Archibald Constable, Esq.
- Appendix
- Notes to Vol. 2
- Index to the Portraits, etc. in Vol. 2
- Index to the Names Incidentally Mentioned in the Second Volume
Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time by Daniel Wilson
- Cover
- Title Pages
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Part 1: Historical Associations
- Part 1 Ch 1: Earliest Traditions
- Part 1 Ch 2: From The Accession of The Stuarts to the Death of James III
- Part 1 Ch 3: From the Accession of James IV to the Battle of Flodden
- Part 1 Ch 4: From the Battle of Flodden to the Death of James V
- Part 1 Ch 5: From the Death of James V to the Abdication of Queen Mary
- Part 1 Ch 6: From the Accession of James VI to the Restoration of Charles II
- Part 1 Ch 7: Historical Incidents after the Restoration
- Part 2: Local Antiquities and Traditions
- Part 2 Ch 1: The Castle
- Part 2 Ch 2: King's Stables, Castle Barns, and Castle Hill
- Part 2 Ch 3: The Lawnmarket
- Part 2 Ch 4: The Tolbooth, Luckenbooths, and Parliament Close
- Part 2 Ch 5: The High Street
- Part 2 Ch 6: The High Street and Nether Bow
- Part 2 Ch 7: The Canongate and Abbey Sanctuary
- Part 2 Ch 8: St Leonard's, St Mary's Wynd, and The Cowgate
- Part 2 Ch 9: The West Bow and Suburbs
- Part 2 Ch 10: Leith, and The New Town
- Part 2 Ch 11: Ecclesiastical Antiquities
- Appendix
Edinburgh Past and Present by William Ballingal
- Cover
- Title Pages
- Contents
- Ch I: General Description of Edinburgh
- Ch II: The Old Town
- Ch III: Edinburgh from Warriston Cemetery
- Ch IV: Historical and Descriptive Notes
- Ch V: Modern Dwellings of the People
- Ch VI: Queensferry to Mussleburgh, Along the Shore
- Ch VII: Roslin, Hawthornden, and The Vale of The Esk
- Ch VIII: Outline of the Geology of Edinburgh and Its Neighbourhood
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I by James Grant
- Title Page and Plates
- Introduction
- Ch 1: Prehistoric Edinburgh
- Ch 2: The Castle of Edinburgh
- Ch 3: Castle of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 4: Castle of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 5: Edinburgh Castle (continued)
- Ch 6: Edinburgh Castle (continued)
- Ch 7: Edinburgh Castle (concluded)
- Ch 8: The Castle Hill
- Ch 9: The Castle Hill (concluded)
- Ch 10: The Lawnmarket
- Ch 11: The Lawnmarket (continued)
- Ch 12: The Lawnmarket (continued)
- Ch 13: The Lawnmarket (concluded)
- Ch 14: The Tolbooth
- Ch 15: The Church of St. Giles
- Ch 16: The Neighbourhood of St. Giles
- Ch 17: The Parliament House
- Ch 18: The Parliament House (concluded)
- Ch 19: The Parliament Close
- Ch 20: The Royal Exchange - The Tron Church - The Great Fire of November, 1824
- Ch 21: The High Street
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II by James Grant
- Title and Plates
- Ch 21: The High Street (continued from Volume I)
- Ch 22: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 23: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 24: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 25: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 26: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 27: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 28: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 29: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 30: The High Street (continued)
- Ch 31: Alleys of the High Street (continued)
- Ch 32: Alleys of the High Street (continued)
- Ch 33: Alleys of the High Street (concluded)
- Ch 34: New Streets Within the Area of the Flodden Wall
- Ch 35: Some of the New Streets Within the Area of the Flodden Wall (concluded)
- Ch 36: St.Mary's Wynd
- Ch 37: Leith Wynd
- Ch 38: The West Bow
- Ch 39: The West Bow (concluded)
- Ch 40: Edinburgh in 1745
- Ch 41: Edinburgh in 1745 (concluded)
- Ch 42: The North Bridge
- Ch 43: East Side of the North Bridge
- Ch 44: East Side of the North Bridge (continued)
- Ch 45: East Side of the North Bridge (continued)
- Ch 46: East Side of the North Bridge (concluded)
- Ch 47: Moultray's Hill - Her Majesty's General Register House
- Ch 48: The South Bridge
- Ch 49: The Pleasance and St.Leonards
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III by James Grant
- Title and Plates
- Ch 1: The Canongate
- Ch 2: The Canongate (continued)
- Ch 3: The Canongate (continued)
- Ch 4: The Canongate (continued)
- Ch 5: The Canongate (continued)
- Ch 6: The Canongate (concluded)
- Ch 7: Holyrood Abbey
- Ch 8: Holyrood Abbey (concluded)
- Ch 9: Holyrood Palace
- Ch 10: Holyrood Palace (continued)
- Ch 11: Holyrood Palace (concluded)
- Ch 12: The Mound
- Ch 13: The Mound (concluded)
- Ch 14: The Head of the Earthen Mound
- Ch 15: The Calton Hill
- Ch 16: The New Town
- Ch 17: Princes Street
- Ch 18: The Church of St. Cuthbert
- Ch 19: George Street
- Ch 20: Queen Street
- Ch 21: The Streets Crossing George Street, and Those Parallel With It
- Ch 22: St. Andrew Square
- Ch 23: Charlotte Square
- Ch 24: Elder Street - Leith Street - Broughton Street
- Ch 25: The Village and Barony of Broughton
- Ch 26: The Northern New Town
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV by James Grant
- Title and Plates
- Ch 26: The Northern New Town (continued)
- Ch 27: Northern New Town (concluded)
- Ch 28: The Western New Town - Haymarket - Dalry - Fountainbridge
- Ch 29: West Port
- Ch 30: The Grassmarket
- Ch 31: The Cowgate
- Ch 32: Cowgate (concluded)
- Ch 33: The Society
- Ch 34: The Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
- Ch 35: Infirmary Street and the Old High School
- Ch 36: The Old Royal Infirmary - Surgeon Square
- Ch 37: Arthur's Seat and its Vicinity
- Ch 38: Bristo and the Potterrow
- Ch 39: Nicolson Street and Square
- Ch 40: George Square and the Vicinity
- Ch 41: Hope Park End
- Ch 42: Lauriston
- Ch 43: George Heriot's Hospital and the Greyfriars Church
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V by James Grant
- Plates
- Ch 1: The Kirk of St. Mary-In-The-Fields
- Ch 2: The University
- Ch 3: The District of the Burghmuir
- Ch 4: District of the Burghmuir (concluded)
- Ch 5: The District of Newington
- Ch 6: The Valley of the Water of Leith
- Ch 7: Valley of the Water of Leith (continued)
- Ch 8: Valley of the Water of Leith (concluded)
- Ch 9: Canonmills and Inverleith
- Ch 10: The Western New Town
- Ch 11: Corstorphine
- Ch 12: The Old Edinburgh Clubs
- Ch 13: The District of Restalrig
- Ch 14: Portobello
- Ch 15: Leith Walk
- Ch 16: Leith Walk (concluded)
- Ch 17: Leith - Historical Survey
- Ch 18: Leith - Historical Survey (continued)
- Ch 19: Leith - Historical Survey (continued)
- Ch 20: Leith - Historical Survey (continued)
Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI by James Grant
- Plates
- Ch 20: Leith - Historical Survey (continued)
- Ch 21: Leith - Historical Survey (continued)
- Ch 22: Leith - Historical Survey (concluded)
- Ch 23: Leith - The Kirkgate
- Ch 24: Leith - The Kirkgate (concluded)
- Ch 25: Leith - Tolbooth Wynd and Adjoining Streets
- Ch 26: Leith - Rotten Row, Broad Wynd, Bernard Street, Baltic Street, and Quality Street
- Ch 27: Leith - Constitution Street, The Shore, Coal Hill, and Sheriff Brae
- Ch 28: North Leith
- Ch 29: Leith - The Links
- Ch 30: Leith - The Sands
- Ch 31: Leith - The Harbour
- Ch 32: Memorabilia of the Shipping of Leith and its Maritime Affairs
- Ch 33: Leith - The Docks
- Ch 34: Inchkeith
- Ch 35: Newhaven
- Ch 36: Wardie, Trinity, and Granton
- Ch 37: The Environs of Edinburgh
- Ch 38: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 39: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 40: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 41: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 42: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued)
- Ch 43: The Environs of Edinburgh (concluded)
- General Index
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
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