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

I LLUS T RAT I 0 N S. DRAWN BY WALLER H. PATON, R.S.A., SAM. BOUGH, dS.A., JAMES DRUMMOND, R.S.A., E. T. CRAWFOKD, K. S.A., JOHN SMART, A.R.S.A., ROBERT SANDERSON, R. SCOTT TEMPLE, AND OTHER ARTISTS. ENGRAVED BY WLLLIAM BALLINGALL. FRONTISP:I CEED INBURGH-A GLIMPSEF ROM THE WATER OF LEITH NEAR BONNINGTON-Facixg Title-Page. TITLE-PAGE-KEYS OF THE CITY, AS PRESENTED TO HER MAJESTY, QUEENV ICTORIA, ON THE I ~ T HO F AUGUST1 876. ARTHUR’SSEATFROMTHECALTONHILL, . . . . . SALISBURCYRA GS, . . . . . . . . . . THEE CHOINRGO CK-CRAIGMILLARC ASTLE IN THE DISTANCE, . HEAD OF THE WEST Bow, . . . . . . . . . CASTLE, AND ALLAN RAMSAY’S HOUSE, . . . . . . ROOMIN WHICH JOHN KNOX DIED, . . . . . . . L)OORWAY AT WHICH RIZZIOW AS MURDERED, ST. ANTHONY’WS ELL, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUIJEN MARY’S ROOM, CASTLE, . . . . . . . . LADY STAIR’S CLOSE, SHOWING THE WINDOW OF THE ROOM IN . . . . CLARINDA’S HOUSE-EXTERIOR: DEMOLISHED 1876, . . . ROOMI N CLARINDA’S HOUSE, . . . . . . . . WHICH BURNS FIRST LODGED IN EDINBURGH, THEA VENUE,B RUNTSFIELLDIN KS,. . . . . . . GRASSMARKAENTD THE CASTLE, . . . . . . . EDINBURGFRHO M WARRISTON CEMETERY, . . . . . THE SCOTT MONUMENT, ROYAL INSTITUTION, AND NATIONAL GALLERIES, . . . . . . . . . . . ROYALE XCHANGE., . . . . . . . . . NEWY EAR’S EVEA T THE TRONC HURCH, . . . . . Facing p. I 4 4 I1 14 16 I8 I8 20 24 30 33 38 44 49 52 55 56

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-, I! -1- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. X.l.l.l SHAFT OF THE CITY CROSS, . . . . . . . Facing p. 59 RENOVATEDCH OIR, ST. GILES’C ATHEDRAL, 5, 61 UPPER HALL, SIGNETLI BRARY, Y, 62 BLACKFRIARWS YND, ’7 71 HOUSEO F CARDINAL BEATONA, ND THE COWGATE, 77 71 WATER OF LEITHA ND ST. BERNARD’WS ELL, >7 79 MODERND WELLINGOSF THE PEOPLE, 9, 79 EDINBURGFRHO M ‘REST AND BE THANKFUL,’ 9, 83 CUTTER AND BRIG OFF QUEENSFERRY, 9, 84 DUDDINGSTONLEO CH, 6 119 CRAIGMILLACRA STLE, 99 127 HAWTHORNDEN, $2 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . PARK PLACE, AND MUSIC CLASSROOM OF THE UNIVERSITY, . . ,, 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LETTERPRESS ILLUSTRATIONS. I1 PAGE Albert Memorial, . . . iv City Arms,. . . . . v BonalyTower, . . . . . vi The Scottish Regalia, . . vii Chest in which the Regalia were found, . . . . . vii Bailie Macmoran’s House- Bank of Scotland-Moonlight, . I The OldTownat Night, , . 7 Old Doorway, High School Wynd, 10 Riddel’s Court, Lawnmarket, where David Hume commenced his History of EngZund, . . I I Mons Meg, . . . . 14 Advocates’ Close, . , . 15 Writers’ Court, . . . 16 Register House at Night, . . 17 Interior, . . . . . vii i The Mound-Moonlight, . * 5 Old Infirmary Tower, . . 9 Warriston Close, . . . 16 PAGE Post-Office at Night, . . 17 Queen Mary‘s Bath House, . 17 Staircase, Holyrood Palace, . 18 St. Anthony’s Chapel-Moonlight, 19 College and South Bridge Street, 20 Knox’s Study, . . . . 21 David Hume’s Grave, . . 24 25 Paul’s Work, . . . . 26 Ballantyne’s House, St. John’s Paul Street, where Sir David Wilkie commenced his career as a Painter,. . . . 27 College Quadrangle at Night, . 28 Alison. Square and Potterrow, . 32 Chambers Street-Moonlight, 33 College Wynd, Birthplace of Fergusson’s Grave, . . . 2 3 Knox’s Grave, . . . . Street, . . . . . 26 Surgeons’ Hall, . . . 30 Sir Walter Scotf . . . 3 4

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