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| I. | Queen Mary’s Edinburgh:— |
| | 1. Queen Mary’s Return to Scotland, August 1561 | [1] |
| | 2. Plan and Fabric of Edinburgh in 1561 | [9] |
| | 3. The Edinburgh Population in 1561 | [20] |
| II. | Robert Rollock and the Beginnings of Edinburgh University | [35] |
| III. | King James’s Farewell to Holyrood | [61] |
| IV. | Proposed Memorial to Drummond of Hawthornden | [76] |
| V. | Allan Ramsay | [88] |
| VI. | Lady Wardlaw and the Baroness Nairne | [110] |
| VII. | Edinburgh through the Dundas Despotism | [141] |
| VIII. | The Last Years of Sir Walter Scott | [204] |
| IX. | Carlyle’s Edinburgh Life:— |
| | Part I.—1809–1818 | [226] |
| | Part II.—1818–1822 | [262] |
| | Part III.—1822–1828 | [302] |
| X. | Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe | [359] |
| XI. | John Hill Burton | [372] |
| XII. | Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh | [384] |
| XIII. | Literary History of Edinburgh: a General Review | [417] |