BOOK OF EDINBURGH ANECDOTE [Illustration: HENRY, LORD COCKBURN, 1779-1854] THE BOOK OF EDINBURGH ANECDOTE BY FRANCIS WATT T. N. FOULIS LONDON & EDINBURGH 1912 _Published November 1912_ _Printed by_ MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, _Edinburgh_ TO CHARLES BAXTER, WRITER TO THE SIGNET SIENNA IN FAITHFUL MEMORY OF THE OLD DAYS AND THE OLD FRIENDS THE LIST OF CHAPTERS _page_ I. PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND LAWYERS 3 II. THE CHURCH IN EDINBURGH 31 III. TOWN’S COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS 55 IV. SURGEONS AND DOCTORS 73 V. ROYALTY 103 VI. MEN OF LETTERS, PART I. 131 VII. MEN OF LETTERS, PART II. 151 VIII. THE ARTISTS 177 IX. THE WOMEN OF EDINBURGH 195 X. THE SUPERNATURAL 219 XI. THE STREETS 241 XII. THE CITY 269 INDEX 289 THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LORD COCKBURN _frontispiece_ By Sir J. WATSON GORDON SIR THOMAS HAMILTON, FIRST EARL OF HADDINGTON 8 JOHN CLERK, LORD ELDIN 16 From a mezzotint after Sir HENRY RAEBURN, R.A. JOHN INGLIS, LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF 24 SESSION From a painting in the Parliament House. By permission of the FACULTY OF ADVOCATES. MR. JAMES GUTHRIE 36 From an old engraving. SIR ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON, LORD WARRISTON 40 From a painting by GEORGE JAMESONE. REV. SIR HENRY MONCREIFF-WELLWOOD 48 From an engraving after Sir HENRY RAEBURN, R.A. ROBERT LEIGHTON, D.D., ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW 56 From an engraving by Sir ROBERT STRANGE. PRINCIPAL WILLIAM CARSTARES 64 From the engraving by JEENS. By kind permission of Messrs. MACMILLAN & CO., London. DR. ARCHIBALD PITCAIRNE 88 From an engraving after Sir JOHN MEDINA.