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 CHAPTER I EDINBURGH CASTLE: ITS LEGENDS AND ROMANCES There, watching high the least alarms, Thy rough, rude fortress gleams afar; Like some bold veteran, gray in arms, And marked with many a scamy scar; The ponderous wall and massy bar, Grim rising o’er the rugged rock, Have oft withstood assailing war, And oft repelled the invader’s shock. BURNS.