HER SAINTS, KINGS, PROPHETS AND POETS
'Mine own romantic town.' Marmion
BY
MRS. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF 'MAKERS OF FLORENCE,' 'MAKERS OF VENICE,' ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
GEORGE REID, R.S.A.
LONDON
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1891
All rights reserved
ST. GILES'S FROM THE LAWNMARKET
First Edition (Medium 8vo) 1890
Second Edition (Crown 8vo) 1891
TO MY OLD FRIEND
ALEXANDER MACMILLAN
CONTENTS
| [PART I] | |
| PAGE | |
| MARGARET OF SCOTLAND, ATHELING—QUEEN AND SAINT | [1] |
| [PART II] | |
| THE STEWARDS OF SCOTLAND | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| James I. Poet and Legislator | [38] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| James II: with the Fiery Face | [80] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| James III: the Man of Peace | [126] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| James IV: the Knight-Errant | [155] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| James V: the last of the Heroic Age | [200] |
| [PART III] | |
| THE TIME OF THE PROPHETS | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| Under the Queen Regent | [258] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| Under Queen Mary | [310] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| The Triumph and End | [350] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| The Scholar of the Reformation | [374] |
| [PART IV] | |
| THE MODERN CITY | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| A Burgher Poet | [435] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| The Guest of Edinburgh | [471] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| The Shakspeare of Scotland | [491] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| St. Giles's from the Lawnmarket | [Frontispiece] |
| Royal Edinburgh | [xiv] |
| Queen Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle | [1] |
| Pillar in Nave, Dunfermline Abbey | [5] |
| Dunfermline Abbey | [7] |
| West Tower, Dunfermline Abbey | [11] |
| The Nave, Dunfermline Abbey—looking West | [13] |
| Queen Margaret's Cave | [15] |
| West Doorway, Dunfermline Abbey | [17] |
| Interior of Queen Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle | [25] |
| Arms of Queen Margaret of Scotland | [37] |
| The Bass Rock | [53] |
| Holyrood | [77] |
| Edinburgh Castle from the South-west | [81] |
| Inner Barrier, Edinburgh Castle | [87] |
| Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel | [97] |
| St. Anthony's Chapel and St. Margaret's Loch | [115] |
| Mons Meg | [123] |
| The Canongate Tolbooth | [127] |
| Arms of James IV of Scotland | [155] |
| Old House in Lawnmarket | [161] |
| St. Anthony's Chapel | [165] |
| Old Houses at Head of West Bow | [171] |
| Bakehouse Close | [183] |
| White Horse Close | [195] |
| Salisbury Crags | [201] |
| Reid's Close, Canongate | [211] |
| Doorway, Sir A. Aitcheson's House | [217] |
| Linlithgow Palace | [227] |
| Falkland Palace | [253] |
| St. Andrews | [287] |
| Knox's House, High Street | [307] |
| Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat | [311] |
| Lochleven | [331] |
| Queen Mary's Bath | [335] |
| West Doorway, Holyrood Chapel | [341] |
| Doorway, Holyrood Palace | [349] |
| Moray House, Canongate | [359] |
| The Pends, St. Andrews | [365] |
| Interior of St. Giles's | [369] |
| Knox's Pulpit | [372] |
| North Doorway, Heriot's Hospital | [381] |
| Stirling Castle | [417] |
| Greyfriars Churchyard | [433] |
| Edinburgh: General View | [437] |
| Allan Ramsay's Shop | [439] |
| Crown of St. Giles's | [445] |
| Smollett's House | [453] |
| Allan Ramsay's House | [461] |
| Allan Ramsay's Monument | [469] |
| Doorway, Lady Stair's Close | [471] |
| Lady Stair's Close | [477] |
| Dugald Stewart's Monument | [483] |
| Burns's Monument | [489] |
| St. Giles's from Princes Street | [493] |
| The University of Edinburgh | [497] |
| Playfair's Monument, Calton Hill | [503] |
| Sir Walter Scott's House | [515] |
| George Street, Edinburgh | [519] |
| Sir Walter Scott | [520] |
