“In one case is a proof-sheet of the ‘Life of Napoleon,’ by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s corrections. One page of this proof-sheet, which is the property of the Earl of Rosebery, has a characteristic remark by James Ballantyne, the printer, in reference to one of Sir Walter’s footnotes. It was to be expected from the connection the Ballantynes had with Scott that some relics of the author of the Waverley Novels would be shown, and here are to be seen the chair and desk reserved for his use in Paul’s Work when he came to correct his proofs or transact business. “Around the walls are also to be seen a number of pictures, among these being a copy by Maris of Raeburn’s portrait of Scott; a proof copy of the well-known engraving of Scott and his contemporaries; Caxton in Westminster Abbey; old views of Edinburgh, one of them dated 1579, &c. A remarkably fine etching shows the bookselling shop of Jacob van Liesvelt at Antwerp in the sixteenth century. Liesvelt was condemned and beheaded at Antwerp, because in the annotations of a Bible he had edited and printed, it was said that ‘the salvation of mankind proceeds from Christ alone!’ A number of old playbills also adorn the walls, some of these having portraits framed along with them, such as that of Mackay as Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mrs. Siddons as Lady Randolph, and Mr. Liston as Dominie Sampson. One old playbill is shown of the Kelso Theatre, printed by Ballantyne at the Border Press, before Scott induced him to remove his printing-office to Paul’s Work, Edinburgh. “There are here a number of old newspapers—the _Kingdom’s Intelligencer_, the _Perfect Diurnal_, the _Courant_, _Caledonian Mercury_, &c. One of the _Diurnals_ contains a despatch of General Monk, dated from his headquarters at Dalkeith in August 1654; and a _Caledonian Mercury_ of August 26, 1822, contains a subscription list for the National Monument on Calton Hill, and the _menu_ for the banquet given by the municipality of Edinburgh to George IV. in Parliament House. There is also an early number of the _Scotsman_, of 1855, shown by way of contrast to the present issues of the journal. [Illustration: DESK USED BY SIR WALTER SCOTT IN PAUL’S WORK]