YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TftLE University Library The Gift of J^v. aiAd^rs.Williatn Fowler )-(opsoi\ A- BOOK or-ORAW- INGS- BY' — rn T-MFOVLIS M EDlMBVKaH-Jr-LONBON November ig/o. bde D E^43 3 r^^ Printed l,y McL^gmi &- Cttiumit,^; Edinbmxl,. HAPPINQTON '5 -EMTRY THE-J«i3JEnBLY -ROOMS " THE -OK ATO RV- APVOCATES'- CLOSE - THE¦AHelEHT•PAKUA^5EHT•HOV5E ¦ THE-m/EEM'S-POST-AT-THE-CASTLE ¦ MAHO01AK,¥-l.AliP ¦ LAW-STAIR'S -CLOSE - TME-HETMBR -BOW-lp-ORT ¦ SnOLLETT'S -MOV3E ¦ BAKEHOV3E ¦ CLOSE • THE-rOVHTAIH ¦ QVEEH -MARY'S "B^.TH ' THE-Ol.P'TSMBEK"'i"Ki;'MtB.Ei-H&V.-i, mt-v.'.-ii'u'i: -hic*..5iL."LJi:5i - LftHb."5 -CLOSE" Tht. CVHXlE-HOVSi, ' HHt^ Qif'FiCK' 'C\j'-: ^ • TjiE-ceiLEaE-A?//:-',! ¦ THE-Oly^i'-'VJji-r'.-JiiJ'THE-Wgi'r-t'i/'J. PEfFER-MlLL-HCV3£'TMK "WEIGH -HOUSE. - 1' I — IN THIS .^l.I.EY WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TO« N HOUSE OF THE EARLS OF HAIirilNGTON. ABUTTING ON THE SOUTH ENI) OF THE c'ANONGATE. Aci Esb TO THE EN LRY WAS OBTAINED THROUGH A COURTVARl) AT THE END OF REId's CLOSE, CANONGATE. r'"-'— ' -1? LHAOmiQlOtSlH THE FIRST PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WAS HELD IN EDIN BURGH IN THE YEAR I7IO, AND SEEMS TO HAVE MET WITH A SOMEWHAT MIXED RECEPTION, AS ON ONE OCCASION THE OLD ASSEMBLY ROOMS WERE ATTACK ED AND THE DOOR BURNED WITH RED HOT SPITS. TIIE DANCING HOWEVER, WAS CONDUCTED WITH SEVEREST DECORUM, UNDER THE SUPER\'lbION OF A LADY DIRECTRESS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WERE SEPARATED, AND MET ONLY TO WALK A FORMAL MINUh.T OR COUNTRY DANCE. LATER THE EDIN BURGH ASSEMBLIES WERE .YMONG THE CHIEF SOCIAL I UNCTIONS OFTHE DAY, AND BECAME FAMOUS ON AC COUNT OFTHE NUMEROUS BEAUTIES WHO ATTENDED TIIEM. THIS BUILDING, DESTROYED IN 1845, STOOD ON THE EAST SIDE OF BLYTH's CLOSE ON THE CASTLE HILL UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE CASTLE GUNS. TO THE PALACE OPPOSITE C.4ME MARY OF IJUISE AVITH HER INFANL DAUGHTER, AFTER THE ENi;lISH IN VASION OF 1544, .YND iJUEEN MARY' IN LATER Y'EARS, AFTER THE MURDER OF RIZZIO, AGAIN RESIDED THERE. THE INTERNAL DECORATIONS OF THE OKA- lORY', ESPECIALLY THE CARVING IN OAK, AVERE EX- ( EPTIONALLY FINE, AND PROBABLY' THE FINEST TO BE FOUND IN OLD EDINBURGH. THIS DARK AND STEEP ALLEY TOOK ITS NAME FROM SIR JAMES STEWART OF GOODTREES, LORD ADA'OCATE OF SCOTLAND, 1692-I7I3, AVHOSE .MANSION STOOD AT THE FOOT OF THE CLOSE. IT AVAS A FASHIONABLE QUARTER IN THE EARLY iStH CENTURY, AND HERE RESIDED ANDREAV CROSBIE, THE FA.MOUS LAAYYER, THE ORIGINAL OF SCOTT's " ANDREAV PLEYDELL," LORD AVESTHAl.I., JOHN SCOUGALL, THE PAINTER OF GEORGE HERIOT, AND MANY AVELL-KNOAVN PEOPLE OF THE TIME. THIS OLD HOUSE PROBABLY DERIVES ITS NAME FRO.AI ITS SITUATION IN PARLIAMENT SOU.YRE, LEITH, CLOSE TO THE ANCIENT COUNCIL HOUSE, AVHICH O.N'E WRITER THINKS W.-Vs THE RESIDENCE OF THE REGENT LENNOX, THIs HOUSE BEING THE SUPPOSED MEETING PLACE OF HIS COUNCILS. 13 .\ TURRET AT AN ANC.LE OF THE i ASTLE AVALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROCK, IS KNOAVN AS THE queen's post, it IS BUILT ON TLIE SITE OL sT .AIAR- garet's TOAVEK. 14 iizi32i:Eas^ssizs]:jiif3:Ssii: IS THIS AVAS ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSES IN THE HIS TORIC AVEST BOAA'. ITSDATE IS UNCERTAIN, HOAVEVER, AND NOTHING IS KNOAVN OF ITS OAV.NERS. IT BORE THE IRON CROSS OF THE KNIi;HTS TEMPLAR. OVER THE LINTEL OF THE DOORAVAY AVAS THE MOTTO "HE- Y l-THOLIS-OVERCUMMIS " (HE THAT BEARS, OVER COMES), AND ITS CEILINGS AVERE A'ERY FINELY' DECORATED IN i6th CENTURY STYLE. ANOTHER MANSION BEARING THE SAME NAME STOOD IN EASTER rORTSBURGH, OR POTTERROAV. I6 17 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE I.AAVNMARKET IS LADY stair's CLObE, AVHERE I.IA'ED THE LEADER OF EDIN BURGH SOCIETY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE iStH CENTURY, ELIZABETH, DOAVAGER COUNTESSOF STAIR. THIS lady's married life was very adventurous, AND FORMED THE FOUNDATION FOR SCOTt's TALE, "my aunt Margaret's mirror." her house has noav p.assed intothe 1'ossesslon of lord rosebery iS 25^3X5[S2lii:ca£ 19 "THE NETHERBOAV PORT MIGHT BE CALLED THE TEMPLE BAR OF EDINBURGH, As, INTERSECTING THE HIGH STREET .vr I'ls TERMINATION, IT DIVIDED EDIN BURGH, PROPERLY SO CALLED, FROM THE SUBURB NAMED TIIE C,\NON(;ATE, AS TEMPLE BAR SEPARATES 1 1 IN DON frOjAI westm I NSTER." — Heart of Midlothian ON THE TOWER OF THIS G.YTEAVAY WAS HUNG THE HE \D OF THE F.AAIOUS MARQUIS OF .AIONTROSE. ITS Di lOAI AVAS PRONOUNCELl BY QUEEN CAROLINE AFTER THF. PORTEOUS RIOT OF 1736, BUT IT LIVED TO BE TAKEN AG.AIN BY PRINCE CHARLIE's ARMY IN I745, AND AVAS FINALLY DEMOLISHED NINETEEN YEARS LATER. JTHESEimR-BDW -POKEJ " DURING HIS LAST VISIT TO EDINBURGH IN 1766 — THE VISIT AVHICH OCCASIONED " HUMPHREY' CLINK ER '" — SMOLLETT LIVED IN HIS SISTER's HOUSE AT THE HEAD OF ST. JOHN STREET FIRST DOOR UP. A PERSON AVHO RECOLLECTS SEEING HIM THERE DE SCRIBES HIM AS DRESSED IN BLACK CLOTHES, TALL, AND EXTREMELY HANDSOME. HE AVAS VERY' PEEV ISH ON ACCOUNT OK THE ILL HEALTH TO AA'HICH HE HAD SO I.(5NG BEEN A .AIARTYR." Traditions of Edinburi^h. NO. 146 CANONGATE. THE DRAAVING REPRESENTS THE BACK OF THE PICTURESQUE WOODEN GABLED HOUSE OF THE .AIARCJUIS OF HUNTI.Y. IN THIS CLOSE ALSO IS THE MANSION OF ACHESON OF GLENCAIRNEY ANCESTOR OF THE E.YRLS OF <;OSF0RIi, IN AVHICH LADV JANE GREY OF UNHAPPY ME.MORY RESIDED AVHEN IN EDINBURGH. 25 THIS FOUNTAIN, AVHICH STANDS IN THE CENTRE OF PALACE YARD, HOLYROOD, AA'AS ERECTED BY THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. IT IS A FACSIMILE OF THE OLFJ RUINED FOUNTAIN IN THE QUADRANGLE OF LINI.ITHGOAV PALACE. 26 w^C ' < 3ffi::nHmsiHZB3 27 IN THIS SMALL LODGE, TRADITIO.N HAS IT THAT QUEEN MARY BATHED HERSELF IN AVHITEAVINE. IT AAAS FORMERLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE PALACE GROUNDS, AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE ESCAPE OFTHE MURDERERS OF RIZZIO. A SMALL INLAID DAGGER AVAS FOUND HIDDEN IN THE ROOF AVHEN THE BUILDING AVAS UNDERGOING REPAIR DURING LAST CENTURY. !sgsMi/^^ra^^n 29 A PICTURESQUE BUT DILAPIDATED CLOSE, SITUATED IN THE CENTRE OF THE AVESTERN SIDE OF THE GRASS- MARKET, AND REMOVED IN THE LATTER HALF OF LA.ST CENTURY. ITS SITE IS OCCUPIED BY THE BUILD ING, NOAV BEARING THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND CITY OF GLAS(;OAV ARMS, WHICH AVAS THE EDINBURGH OFFICE OF THE CI'PY OF GLASGOW BA.NK. 3° ^aL5ST2Bx:siiii:i:QS£:r] 31 THIS FINE OLD HOUSE, STANDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE I.AAVNMARKET, WAS BUILT ABOUT THE YEAR 1540, AND STOOD UNCHANGED UNTIL TAKEN DOWN IN 1878. "ITS NORTH FRONT IS NOT DEFICI ENT IN ELEGANCE, THERE BEING DORIC PILASTERS OF TIMBER INTERSPERSED AVITH THE WINDOAA'S OF ONE FLOOR, AND SOME DECORATIONS ON THE GABLE PRESE.NTED TO THE STREET." 32 nSEZOLE 33 A VERY' OLD CLOSE, LYING TO THE NORTH OF QUEEN STREET, LEITH. THE ARCHITECTU KE OF THE ANCIENT TENEMENT IN THE DRAAVING IS A CURIOUS EXAMPLE OF THE TASTE OF THE OWNER OR THE DliSIGNER, EVERY POSSIBLE DEVIATION FROM THE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE GABLE TO GIVE IT SOME DISTINCTIO.N ABOVE ITS VERY COMMON PLACE NEIGHBOURS. 35 "TLIE OLDEST HOUSE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE CH.YRACPER OF AN INN IS ONE SITUATED IN THE AVHITEHORSE CLOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANONGATE— .Y GOODLY STRUCTURE OF ANTIQUE FASHION HAVING TAVO OUTSIDE STAIRS CURIOUSLY ARRANGED, .AND THE AVHOLE REMINDING US OF CER TAIN HOUSES STILL REMAINING IN THE NETHER LANDS." — Traditions of Edinburgh. THE BUILDING DATES FROM THE Y'EAR 1623, AND AA'OULD SEE.AI TO BE THE RENDEZVOUS, IMMORTALISED IN " AVAVERLEY,'" OF PRINCE Charlie's officers in the '45. 36 37 A SOLID SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT CLOSE ENTERING FROM ST GILES' STREET, LEITH, SI.AIILAR IN STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE TO SEVERAL OF THE OLD EDIN BURGH CLOSES OF THE PERIOD. 3S 39 THE CUNZIE HOUSE, OR CUNYIE-NOOK AS IT AVAS CALLED, AA'AS ONE OF THE SEVERAL EDINBURGH MINTS, AND AAAS SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF CANDLE- MAKER ROAV ON THE AVEST SIDE. ALL KINDS OF ANCIENT SCOTTISH COIN AVERE ISSUED FROM THIS BUILDING FROM THE LORDLY ANGEL-PIECE .YND NOBLE TO THE HUMBLE PENNY AND BAWBEE. IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN ACTIVE OPERATION ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE i6tH CENTURY. 40 lTHL-XVHZII:/ liQ^Z5fL 41 THIS CLOSE IS CHIEFLY NOTABLE AS CONTAINING THE RESIDENCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUSANNAH, COUNTESS OF EC.LINTON. SHE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS " SOME WHAT OF A BLUE-STOCKING, DEVOTED TO MUSIC AND THE .MOST CONSPICUOUS PATRONESS OF THESCOTTISH MUSES IN HER DAY'." TO HER ALLAN RAMSAY' DEDI CATED "THE GENTLE SHEPHERD." ONE OF THE SIGHTS OFTHE TIMES WAS THE PROCESSION IN SEDAN CHAIRS OF THE COUNTESS, AVITH HER SEVEN BEAUTI FUL DAUGHTERS, FROM STAMP OFFICE CLOSE TO THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS. 42 43 A NARROAV DISMAL ALLEY LEADING FROM THE COW- GATE TO THE BUILDINGS OF THE OLD COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH, AND IN EARLIER DAYS TO THE COLLEG IATE CHURCH OF "ST MARY, IN THE FIELDS" WHICH GAA'E THE AVYND ITS ORIGINAL NAME. " THE ONE PECULIAR GLORY OF THIS HUMBLE PLACE IS THAT IT AVAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF SIR AA'ALTER SCOTT. IN THE THIRD FLOOR OF A HOUSE ON THE EAST SIDE, ACCESSIBLE BY AN ENTRY' LEADING TO A COMMON STAIR BEHIND, DID THIS DISTINGUISHED PERSON SEE THE LIGHT ON ISTH AUGUST, I??!. TO THE UNHEALTHINESS OF THE SITUATION SIR WALTER HIMSELF USED TO ATTRIBUTE THE EARLY DEATHS OF SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS BEFORE HIM." Traditions of Edinbitrgh. 44 THE • COLLEaE - WYMP ¦ 45 THE AVEST PORT AVAS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THE SUBURB OF AA'ESTER PORTSBURGH, LYING OUTSIDE THE CITY AVALL AND ADJOINING THE GATEAVAY OF THE AVEST PORT. IT AVAS IN TANNER's CLOSE, A NARROAV FILTHY' ALLEY HARD BY, THAT THE ATROCIOUS BURKE AND HARE MURDERS TOOK PLACE IN 1827. 46 47 "THIS INARTIFICIAL EDIFICE, EXACTLY SUCH AS A CHILD AVOULD BUILD WITH CARDS'' Is THE ORIGINAL " DUMBIKDIKES '¦ MANSION HOUSE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL SUITOR OF JEANIE DE.iANS HEROINE OF "THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN." IT IS SAID BY TRADITION TO BE CONN ECTED BY AN UNDER GROUND PASSAGE WITH CRAIGMILL.YR CASTLE. EimEIEErrtR - /ni LL ¦ novi^r. 49 THE AVEIGH HOUSE OR BUTTER TRON REBUILT IN i66q TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL AVEIGH HOUSE DE STROYED BY CROMWELL, STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE I.AAVNMARKET, WHERE IT AVAS JOINED BY' THE AA'EST BOAV. STANDING IN THE MAIN ROAD UP TO THE CAS TLE, IT AA'AS I HE SCENE OF CIVIC DISPLAY'S ON THE ENTRY' OF QUEEN MARY INTO 'THE CITY, AND AGAIN CAME INTO CONSIDERABLE PROMINENCE DURING PRINCE CHARLIE'S BLOCKADE OF THE FORTRESS IN 1745- 5° 51 • ANY ¦ OF THE . ORIGIK'AL • DRA-WINGS IN THIS BOOK ARE PROCURABLE FROM THE PUBLISHER PRICES SEVEN TO FIFTEEN GUINEAS Uf %%>^i..mk 11^. '¦.m. ..'^ •mm 3 r ¦Ih^h «l. i* MLiii