Historic Pictures of Edinburgh Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant was printed as a periodical in the 1880s and is now seen as a set of three or six volumes, and describes its history, its people, and its places by using anecdotal historical text with endless illustrations. These volumes were a gift from my uncle, Bill Smith. As someone who has lived in Edinburgh for more than 50 years, the illustrations still thrill and excite me no matter how often I look at them. For this reason I wanted to put them online in such a format that Edinburgh school children and students might easily download the images or text whilst researching the history, architecture, society of Edinburgh's Old or New Towns. —Hamish Horsburgh
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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
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