Old and New Edinburgh

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xi .. P Deacon Brodie . . . . . . . . The First Interview in 1786: Deacon Brodie and George Smith-‘ . . . . . . . Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath . . . . Robert Gourlay’s House . . . . . . John Dowie’s Tavern . . . . . . . John Dowie . . . . . . . . Edinburgh. from St . Cuthbert’s to St . Giles’s . . Interior of the Signet Library . . . . . The Heart of Midlothian . . . Tofacrpq Relics from the Tolbooth. now in the Scottish Antiquarian Museum . . . . . . . Lord Monboddo . . . . . . . The Tolbooth . . . . . . . . The Guard-house and Black Turnpike . . . The City Guard-house . . . . . . Three Captains of the City Guard . . . . LochaberAxes of thecity Guard . . . . Sed of St . Giles . . . . . . . The Norman doorway. St . Giles’s. which was destrojed towards the end of the eighteenth century . . John Knox’s Pulpit. St . Giles’s . . . . . The Lantern and Tower of St Giles’s Church . . Plan of St . Giles’s Church. prior to the alterations in 1829 Jenny Geddes’ Stool . . . . . . . Carved Centre Groin Stone or Boss . . . . Interior of the High Church. St . Giles’s . . . St . Giles’s Church in the present day . . . . Grave of John Knox . . . . . . . The City Cross . . . . . . . . Creech’s Land . . . . . . . . William Creech . . . . . . . . The Old Parliament House . . . . . . Great Hall. Parliament House . . To facepage Parliament House . . . . . . . Parliament House in the present day . . . . Union Cellar . . . . . . . . View from the Cowgate of the Buildings on the South side of the Parliament Close. the highest buildings Plan of the Parliament House and Law Courts . . Ruins in Parliament Square after the Great Fire. in in Edinburgh. 1794 . . . . . . Interior of the Justiciary Court . . . . . November. 1824 . . . . . . . George Heriot’s Drinking Cup . . . . . Sir William Forbes. of Pitsligo . . . . . November. 1824 . . . . . . Ruins in the old Market Close after the Great Fire of The Parliament Stairs . . . . . . Dr . Archibald Pitcairn . . . . . . Seal of Arnauld Lammius . . . . . Cleriheugh’s Tavern . . . . . . . The Town Council Chamber. Royal Exchange To facepage General View of the Ruins after the Great Fire of November. 1824 . . . . . . PAGE Tal1y.stick. bearing date of 1692 . . . . 186 General Planof the RoyalExchange . . . 188 TheRoyalExchange . . . . . . 189 New Year’s Eve at the Tron Church . To faccpage 15- Andrew Crosby . . . . . . . 192 The OldTronChurch . . . . . . 193 PlanofEdinburgh. fromSt.Giles’s toHackerston’s Wynd 197 The Nether Bow Port. from the Canongate . . 201 Edinburgh. from St . Giles’s Church to the Canongate . 205 Allan Ramsay . . . . . . . . z08 AllanRamsay’sShop. Highstreet . . . . mg Knox’s Study . . . . . . . . 212 John Knox’s House . . . . Tofwepegr zq Portrait and Autograph of John Knox . . . 213 Knox’s Bed-room . . . . . . . 216 Knox’s Sitting-room . . . . . . . 217 The Excise Office at the Nether Bow . . . . 220 The Nether Bow Port, from the High Street . . 221 House of Lord Advocate Stewart. at the foot of Advocates’ Close. west side . . . . . 223 William Chambers . . . . . . . 224 Robert Chambers . . . . . . . 224 Advocates’ Close . . . . . . . 225 Stamp OfficeClose . . . . . . . 229 Fleshmarket Close . . . . . . . 232 Susanna. Countessof Eglinton . . . . . 233 Lintels of Doorways in Dawney Douglas’s Tavern . 236 Mylne’s Square . . . . . . . . 237 St . Paul’s Chapel. Carrubber’s Close . . . . 240 House in High Street with memorial window. ‘‘ Heave awa. lads, I’mno deidyet I ” . . . . 241 Ruins in the Old Assembly Close. after the Great Fire. November. 1824 . . . . . . . 244 GeorgeBuchanan . . . . . . . 248 St . Cecilia’s Hall . . . . . . . 252 House of the Abbots of Melrose. Strichen’s Close . 256 Tiding Pin. from Lady Lovat’s House. Blackfriars Wynd 258 House of the Earls of Morton. Blackfriars Street . 260 Stone. showing the Armorial Bearings of Cardinal Beaton. from his house. Blackfriars Wynd % . 261 . . . . . . Blackfriars Wynd * 257 Cardinal Beaton’sHouse . . . . . . 264 Edinburgh United Industrial School . . . . 265 Lintelof theDoor of theMint . . . . . 267 Theold ScottishMint . . . . . . 268 Kelicsof the old Scottish Mint . . . . . 269 Elphinstone Court . . . . . . . 272 The Earl of Selkirk’s qouse. Hyndford’s Close (South view) . . . . . . . . 273 TheEarlofSelkirk’sHouse. Hyndford‘sClose(Westview) 276 Tweeddale House . 277 The Scokman Office . . . . . . . 284 Lord Cockburn Street and Back of the Royal Exchange Tofiepap 285 Alexander Russel . . . . . . . 285 Interior of Trinity College Church. Jeffrey Street . 288 . . . . . .

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