PAINTED BY
JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I.
DESCRIBED BY
ROSALINE MASSON
WITH
TWENTY-ONE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
LONDON: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
TORONTO: THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LTD.
1904

Contents

[PART I—THE OLD TOWN]
[CHAPTER I]
PAGE
Edinburgh Castle: Its Legends and Romances[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Holyrood: The Palace and the Abbey[22]
(The Six Royal Jameses; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Prince Charlie)
[CHAPTER III]
The Church of St. Giles[45]
(Gavin Douglas; John Knox; and Jenny Geddes)
[CHAPTER IV]
Stories of the Closes, the Wynds, and the Lands[62]
[CHAPTER V]
Some Notable Inhabitants, and their Dwellings[83]
[CHAPTER VI]
Some Famous Visitors, and their Comments[102]
[PART II—THE NEW TOWN]
[CHAPTER VII]
The Building of the New Town: A Stampede for Fresh Air[119]
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Edinburgh of Sir Walter Scott and his Circle[129]
[CHAPTER IX]
Social Edinburgh of Yesterday[147]
[CHAPTER X]
The Homes and Haunts of Robert Louis Stevenson[156]
[CHAPTER XI]
Edinburgh To-day and To-morrow[163]
INDEX[169]

***On page 88, line 2, for James III. read James V.

List of Illustrations

[1.]Edinburgh from Calton HillFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
[2.]The Castle from the Esplanade[8]
[3.]The Castle from the Terrace of Heriot’s Hospital[16]
[4.]Edinburgh from the Castle[22]
[5.]Holyrood Palace from the Public Gardens under Calton Hill[30]
[6.]The Apartments of Mary Queen of Scots in Holyrood Palace[40]
[7.]St. Giles’s Cathedral from the Lawnmarket[46]
[8.]St. Giles’s Cathedral from the Courts[54]
[9.]John Knox’s House, High Street[62]
[10.]Lady Stair’s Close[70]
[11.]The Canongate Tolbooth, looking West[80]
[12.]North Front of George Heriot’s Hospital[84]
[13.]Quadrangle of George Heriot’s Hospital[90]
[14.]The Martyrs’ Monument in the Graveyard, Greyfriars’[96]
[15.]Old Houses in Canongate[108]
[16.]Princes Street from the Steps of the New Club[120]
[17.]The High School and Burns’s Monument from Jeffrey Street[130]
[18.]Sir Walter Scott’s Monument from the East Princes Street Gardens[154]
[19.]Arthur’s Seat from the Braid Hills[160]
[20.]The Water of Leith from Dean Bridge[162]
[21.]The National Monument on Calton Hill[166]

The Illustrations in this volume were engraved in England by the
Hentschel Colourtype Process.

PART I
THE OLD TOWN