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PROSPECTUS OF A NEW WORK,
Publishing in Monthly Parts, Quarto, at 2*. each, Entitled
EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME.
The interest which attaches to the Scottish Capital, is altogether beyond that
which ordinary local association bestows on the resorts of the tourest and the
traveller. As the Capital of the Stuarts, all the romantic incidents of the na-
tional history are yet preserved in living story by its Castle and Palace, or sur-
vive amidst the relics of its once noble mansions ; where the shadows of a de-
parted glorv still linger around the faded grandeur of " Auld Reekie," whisper-
ing of the romance of the olden time, when the Homes, the Douglasses, and
the Buccleuchs, yet dwelt Avithin these halls, — and the beauty and the bravery
of old Holvrood rode through its streets.
Nor is its interest less, as the Ca-
pital of the Scottish people ; in this
character it shares with those of Bo-
liemia, Switzerland, and Greece, the
glories of the mountain fastnesses of
freedom. But new attractions have
been added to its scenes, combining
these with a thousand ideal associa-
tions, in the magic verse and tales of
Scott, till it has become like a fairy
scene, peopled v.ith the airy crea-
tions of his delicious fancy. Thus
linked alike by history and fiction
to the sympathies of all, whatever
tends to embody the most striking
local peculiarities of Edinburgh,
may hope to command general fa-
vour and support.
To speak of the picturesque at-
tractions of Edinburgh, is almost
superfluous ; its beauties are viewed
with as lively interest and delight
Queen Maiys liath. jj^ ^^^ traveller who has returned
from exploring the attractions of the Grande Tour, as by the simple rustic, who
sees in it his highest dream of human grandeur realized. Our OAvn Wilkie thus
sums up his description of it : — " What the Tour of Europe was necessary to
see elsewhere, I find congregated in this one city. Here are alike the beau-
ties of PrafTue and of Saltzburg — here are the romantic sites of Orvietto and
Xivoli and here is all the magnificence of the admired bays of Genoa and
Publishing in Monthly Parts, Quarto, at 2*. each, Entitled
EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME.
The interest which attaches to the Scottish Capital, is altogether beyond that
which ordinary local association bestows on the resorts of the tourest and the
traveller. As the Capital of the Stuarts, all the romantic incidents of the na-
tional history are yet preserved in living story by its Castle and Palace, or sur-
vive amidst the relics of its once noble mansions ; where the shadows of a de-
parted glorv still linger around the faded grandeur of " Auld Reekie," whisper-
ing of the romance of the olden time, when the Homes, the Douglasses, and
the Buccleuchs, yet dwelt Avithin these halls, — and the beauty and the bravery
of old Holvrood rode through its streets.
Nor is its interest less, as the Ca-
pital of the Scottish people ; in this
character it shares with those of Bo-
liemia, Switzerland, and Greece, the
glories of the mountain fastnesses of
freedom. But new attractions have
been added to its scenes, combining
these with a thousand ideal associa-
tions, in the magic verse and tales of
Scott, till it has become like a fairy
scene, peopled v.ith the airy crea-
tions of his delicious fancy. Thus
linked alike by history and fiction
to the sympathies of all, whatever
tends to embody the most striking
local peculiarities of Edinburgh,
may hope to command general fa-
vour and support.
To speak of the picturesque at-
tractions of Edinburgh, is almost
superfluous ; its beauties are viewed
with as lively interest and delight
Queen Maiys liath. jj^ ^^^ traveller who has returned
from exploring the attractions of the Grande Tour, as by the simple rustic, who
sees in it his highest dream of human grandeur realized. Our OAvn Wilkie thus
sums up his description of it : — " What the Tour of Europe was necessary to
see elsewhere, I find congregated in this one city. Here are alike the beau-
ties of PrafTue and of Saltzburg — here are the romantic sites of Orvietto and
Xivoli and here is all the magnificence of the admired bays of Genoa and
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| Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Edinburgh > Post Office Edinburgh and Leith directory > 1846-1847 > (470) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/83219023 |
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| Description | Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory 1846-47 |
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| Shelfmark | POE |
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| Description | Edinburgh : Postmaster General, [1846-1975]. Preceded by: Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory Limited. |
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| Shelfmark | Various |
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| Description | Directories of individual Scottish towns and their suburbs. |
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| Description | Around 700 Scottish directories published annually by the Post Office or private publishers between 1773 and 1911. Most of Scotland covered, with a focus on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Most volumes include a general directory (A-Z by surname), street directory (A-Z by street) and trade directory (A-Z by trade). |
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