But the Castle Rock cannot be levelled. It was there, in the mist and the rain, before Edinburgh began; and it will be there, in the mist and the rain, when Edinburgh has ceased to be. Index Abbotsford, 138, 141, 145 Abercromby, George (Lord), 134 Adamson, Bishop (1584), 55 Advocates’ Close, 72, 73 Albany, Duke of, brother of James III., 13-14 Alexander II., 46 Alexander III., 9, 17, 24 Allan, Sir William, 138, 149 Alnwick Castle, 6 Anchor Close, 75, and _note_ Angus, Earl of, called “Archibald Bell-the-Cat,” 48, 49 Angus, Earl of, 15 _note_, 50, 88 Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI., 71, 102 Argyle, Marquis of, 15-16, 80 Arran, Earl of, 88, 89 Arthur’s Seat, 23, 27, 36, 38, 165 Ashestiel, 138 Assembly Rooms (Old Edinburgh), 73, 74, 75 Auchinleck, Lord, his caustic saying concerning Dr. Johnson, 110 Ayala, Don Pedro de, ambassador from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to the Court of James IV., 28, 29 Aytoun, Professor, 149 Bailie Fyfe’s Close, 74, 77 Baillie, Joanna, 138 Balcarres, Countess of. _See_ Hyndford’s Close Balfour, Dr., grandfather of R. L. Stevenson, 157 Bannatyne Club, the, 142 “Banner of Blue,” 14 Barbauld, Mrs., 134 Barnard, Lady Anne (_née_ Lindsay), 62, 77 Bastian, servant of Mary, Queen of Scots, 40 Baxter’s Close, 70 Beaton, Cardinal, 50, 76 Beaton, James, Archbishop of Glasgow, 88-89 Beattie, the poet, 108 Beaufort, Jane, wife of James I., 11-12, 25-26 “Begbie murder,” the, 77 Belches of Invermay, Sir John and Lady Jane, and their daughter, Scott’s first love, 133 “Bell-the-Cat.” _See_ Angus Bell’s Wynd, 73, 74 Bernham, David de, Norman Bishop of St. Andrews (1243), 46 “Bible Close,” 78 Bishops of Edinburgh (Established Episcopalian), 54 Bishop’s Palace. _See_ Whitehorse Close Black, Adam, 151 Black, Professor, 120 Blackford Hill, 130, 159 Blackfriars Street, formerly Wynd, 40, 76, 88, 109 Blackie, Professor, 152 _Blackwood’s Magazine_, 149 Blair, Dr., 108 Borthwick, Master Gunner to James IV., 27 Boswell, Sir Alexander, his verses on Miss Nicky Murray, 73-74, 138 Boswell, James, 68, 100, 108-109, 110 Boswell, Mrs., 108-109 Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, 40, 71-72 Bothwell, Earl of, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 “Bow-head Saints,” the, 96-97 Boyd, George. _See_ Mound Boyd’s Close, 82 _note_, 107-108 Braid Hills, the, 159 Brantôme, Sieur de, 36, 37 Brewster, Sir David, 151 Bristo Street, 113 Brodie’s Close, 70 Brougham, Lord, 150, 151 Brown, George, builder of George Square and Brown Square, 122 Brown, Dr. John, 151 Brown, Dr. Thomas, 149 Brown Square, 122 Bruce, King Robert the, 9, 10, 18, 42, 83 Bruce, Marjory, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, 42 Buchan, Earl of, 108 Buchanan, George, 50, 91, 92-93 Burnet, Miss, 112, 114 Burns, Robert, lodges in Baxter’s Close, 70, 75; his triumphant reception in Edinburgh, 111-113; meeting with Scott, 113; “Clarinda and Sylvander,” 113-114; _Edina, Scotia’s darling seat_, 114-115