Edinburgh Past and Present

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Go to: « Kay's Originals Vol. 1 « Kay's Originals Vol. 2 « Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time Edinburgh Past and Present 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 » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. 59 situated the Waverfey Bridge and East Princes Street Gardens ; here, from a littIe above the Imperial Hotel, the accompanying view of the North Bridge is taken. The castellated turrets of the Jail tell in relief against the eastern NOKI’H BRIDGE IN la*. sky ; down the slope the Royal High School is diinty seen in the morning haze; in the middle distance rises the North Bridge, with its nngraceful modem parapet, contrasting unfavourably with the original structure. The . . .. . . . . NOHTH BRIDGE IN 177% alterations which have gradually taken pIace here within the last twenty years are very marked. On the site of the old Green Market rises the new spacious station of the North British Railway, on the north side of which is situated -

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60 EDINBURGH PAST AND PRESENT. the new Vegetable Market, The flat roof, on a level with Princes Street, is laid out in walks, from which fine views are obtained; while on the south side of the station, there has recently been erected the retail Fish Market, which was opened on the 4th of November 1876, the same day as the West Princes Street Gardens were handed over to the public. Of the many closes that run into the High Street from Cockburn Street, we prefer approaching it by Anchor Close, rich in historical associations. Here resided the mother of Drummond of Hawthornden ; here Bums revised his earlier proofs in Smellie’s printing-office, which stood on the site now occupied by the southern section of the 3otswian office;-strange that in recent times, men of great genius and of kindred spirit with Burns should TWEEDDALE COURT. write their leaders there I Passing into the High Street through what may be called the entrance to Smellie’s printing-office, and ‘pursuing our way westward, the first opening on the right is Craig’s CIose, notable as containing the printing and publishing house of Creech,-a portion of the building still remains and is shown in the Engraving. Glancing at those relics of the past, the mind naturally turns to the more remarkabIe of the present printing and

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