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Traditions of Edinburgh — Robert Chambers

Traditions of Edinburgh

Robert Chambers

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 447 pages

Traditions of Edinburgh is an antiquarian history that gathers anecdotes and reminiscences of the Scottish capital’s older streets, buildings, and inhabitants. Robert Chambers draws on memories of elderly residents to evoke the city’s vanished customs and notable figures. It offers a warm, detailed portrait for listeners interested in Edinburgh’s past.

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TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH

AN ELEGANT MODERN CITY.

Page 8.

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By RLjœŧǡǵ CƒĵƽœŧǡǪ, ƯƯ.Š.

ILLUSTRATED BY

JAMES RIDDEL, R.S.W.

LONDON: 38 Soho Square, W.

W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED

EDINBURGH: 339 High Street

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA
1912
Edinburgh:
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.

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Contents

  1. TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH
  2. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. 1868.
  3. INTRODUCTION TO PRESENT ISSUE.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. EDINBURGH OLD AND NEW.
  7. TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH.
  8. THE CHANGES OF THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS. [1745-1845.]
  9. THE CASTLE-HILL.
  10. THE WEST BOW.
  11. JAMES’S COURT.
  12. STORY OF THE COUNTESS OF STAIR.
  13. THE OLD BANK CLOSE.
  14. THE OLD TOLBOOTH.
  15. SOME MEMORIES OF THE LUCKENBOOTHS.
  16. SOME MEMORANDA OF THE OLD KIRK OF ST GILES.
  17. THE PARLIAMENT CLOSE.
  18. MEMORIALS OF THE NOR’ LOCH.
  19. THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
  20. CONVIVIALIA.
  21. TAVERNS OF OLD TIMES.
  22. THE CROSS—CADDIES.
  23. THE TOWN-GUARD.
  24. EDINBURGH MOBS.
  25. BICKERS.
  26. SUSANNA, COUNTESS OF EGLINTOUNE.
  27. FEMALE DRESSES OF LAST CENTURY.
  28. THE LORD JUSTICE-CLERK ALVA.[172]
  29. MARLIN’S AND NIDDRY’S WYNDS.
  30. ABBOT OF MELROSE’S LODGING.

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