IX. THE FALL OF BOTHWELL 198 X. LOCH LEVEN CASTLE 218 XI. THE LONG CAPTIVITY 244 XII. THE END 260 ENGRAVINGS. Page DUMBARTON CASTLE, ON THE CLYDE _Frontispiece._ MAP OF THE CENTRAL PART OF SCOTLAND. PLAN OF THE PALACE OF LINLITHGOW 22 VIEW OF THE PALACE OF LINLITHGOW 25 PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 91 MARY'S EMBARKATION AT CALAIS 105 VIEW OF THE PALACE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE 114 VIEW OF WEMYS CASTLE 137 PLAN OF HOLYROOD HOUSE 160 PRINCE JAMES'S CRADLE 174 VIEW OF EDINBURGH 179 PLAN OF THE HOUSE AT THE KIRK O' FIELD 182 VIEW OF DUNBAR CASTLE 193 PLAN OF LOCH LEVEN CASTLE 221 VIEW OF LOCH LEVEN CASTLE 236 RUINS OF LOCH LEVEN CASTLE 241 VIEW OF FOTHERINGAY 271 MARY'S TOMB IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 285 [Illustration: CENTRAL PARTS OF SCOTLAND.] MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS CHAPTER I. MARY'S CHILDHOOD. 1542-1548 Palace where Mary was born.--Its situation.--Ruins.--The room.--Visitors.--Mary's father in the wars.--His death.--Regency.--Catholic religion.--The Protestants.--England and France.--The Earl of Arran.--The regency.--Arran regent.--New plan.--End of the war.--King Henry VIII.--Janet Sinclair.--King Henry's demands.--Objections to them.--Plans for Mary.--Linlithgow.--Plan of the palace.--Fountain.--The lion's den.--Explanation of the engraving.--The coronation.--Stirling Castle.--Its situation.--Rocky hill.--The coronation scene.--Linlithgow and Stirling.--The Highlands and the Highlanders.--Religious disturbances.--Lake Menteith.--Mary's companions.--The four Maries.--Angry disputes.--Change of plan.--Henry's anger.--Henry's sickness and death.--War renewed.--Danger in Edinburgh.--Aid from France.--New plan.--Going to France.--Dumbarton Castle.--Rock of Dumbarton.--Journey to Dumbarton.--The four Maries.--Departure from Scotland. Travelers who go into Scotland take a great interest in visiting, among other places, a certain room in the ruins of an old palace, where Queen Mary was born. Queen Mary was very beautiful, but she was very unfortunate and unhappy. Every body takes a strong interest in her story, and this interest attaches, in some degree, to the room where her sad and sorrowful life was begun.