Download or read book Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by Rosaline Masson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edinburgh Well, said the little English girl, you see, I don' t know any other towns except Amersham and London! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Literary Life of Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by A. H. Moncur Sime and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literary Life of Edinburgh The patent for establishing a printing press in Scotland was granted in 1507 by the king, James IV., to one, Walter Chep man, a merchant, and another, Andrew Myllar, a working printer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Walks in Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by Robert Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Walks in Edinburgh The success Of the Traditions Of Edin burgh has encouraged me to attempt a companion to that Work, applying to the more general features Of the City, and partly devoted to the service of strangers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Castes of Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by John Heiton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Castes of Edinburgh Tu papers which compose this volume, were published originally in one of our most respectable Edinburgh newspapers; and the Author now submits them to the public in this form, not so much on the recommendation of friends - so often an insecure ground of re liance - as on something like evidence which has reached himself, that they have been favourably considered by persons qualified to pass a critical judgment on their merits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Castle of Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by G. F. Maine and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Castle of Edinburgh High upon her wind-swept rock, majestic and beautiful in the rose pink of the dawn and the soft colours of the twilight; sparkling like a jewel in the beauty of the sun; grim and sinister in the grey light so characteristic of our northern clime; poignant with the mystery and tragedy of the ages, the Castle of Edinburgh broods over the city. Sorrow and pain have left their scars upon her features; anxiety and care have mellowed her beauty, age has greyed her locks; but her proud imperious eye is as bright as when the invader spilt his blood upon her battlements, and her bearing is that of the Warrior Queen, valiant in battle, patient in reverse, temperate in victory, ever in sympathy with the sufferings of her children, who has come at last to the peace of a new world. What of war has not been her portion through the long ages of strife and turmoil? What tales could she tell of mighty prowess, of glorious defence, of wonderful escape and, alas, of despicable treachery. What famous heads has she sheltered only to fall to the axe of the executioner or the dagger of the assassin. Her halls have echoed to the music of revelry, to laughter and song; but they have resounded also to shouts of murder and cries of treason. Her courtyards and battlements have run red with the blood of Scottish sons who gave their lives for the grey mother. The groans of prisoners and the agonies of the dying have steeled her to bear her cross. Sorrow has been her portion, and only through long ages of trial and tribulation has she come at last to a fuller knowledge of the message of the motto of the capital of Scotland, Nisi Dominus Frustra - Without God, all is in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Official Guide to Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by John Geddie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Official Guide to Edinburgh Nor has Edinburgh lost any of these claims to the love of her children and the admiration of the stranger. On the contrary, the city, while seeking to preserve and cherish what is old and characteristic of the past history Ofthe place, has given constant evidence of being a living and growing organism. In the decade since the appear ance of the first Official Guide, Edinburgh has passed through the experiences of War and of Amalgamation. The citizens have witnessed scenes recalling, and sur passing in suspense and in danger, those enacted when the auld enemies from across the Border were at their gates. They have gathered at the call of patriotism, and have sacrificed their lives in thousands for the safety of the Empire. They have seen their public buildings turned into hospitals, and their industries into war factories. They have watched from their windows or their hilltops the Great Fleet go forth, or return to the shelter behind the Forth Bridge, on the successful mission of keeping the invaders from our shores. The Castle Rock itself can Show fresh battle scars mementoes of the air bombardment of April 1916, when, for the first time for nearly two centuries, war forced an entry, with new weapons and from a new direction, within the city limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Romances of the Old Town of Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by Alexander Leighton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romances of the Old Town of Edinburgh Book of Legends. If I had any apology to make it could only - independently of what is due for demerits which the cultivators of the gay science will not fail to notice - consist in an an swer to the charge that books of this kind feed a too natural appetite for images and stimulants which tends to voracity, and which again tends to that attenuation of the mental constitution deserving of the name of mamsmw. I may be saved the necessity of such an apology by reminding the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces Classic Reprint written by William Creech and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces He only begins a few years back, from the year i7sz, with fuch fugitive pieces as he has had occafion to fee publifhed; but will gladly receive the contributions of thole who poitefs original papers or poems of a moderate length, that have not been printed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The History of the High School of Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by William Steven and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the High School of Edinburgh To the present learned Rector and his colleagues, the Author's acknowledgments are more especially due, for the great trouble which they have taken in reference to this work; and he begs to assure them, that they have his best wishes for their continued success in those important labours to which, he knows the public is well aware, they are devoting their most strenuous exertions. He is also much indebted to Professor fillans and Dr carson, who were successively at the head of the seminary; as well as to Mr benjamin mackay, one of the Classical Masters, who several years ago retired from public life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Notes on Old Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by Isabella L. Bird and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Old Edinburgh My object was to compare a certain section of Edinburgh, both by day and night, with a similar area in the city before alluded to. In company with two philanthropic gentlemen, who did not hesitate to expose these social plague-spots, and guided in one mysterious locality by one of the lieutenants of police, I explored at various times several closes in the High Street, Cowgate, and West Port, going by house-row. In all cases the people were civil and willing to admit us, and few allowed us to depart without expressing a hope that some good would come out of the efforts proposed to be made for them. In many houses only the children were at home, but they answered our questions with such quick comprehension and painfully precocious intelligence that we were not left in doubt as to the circumstances of their parents. It was a dry, warm morning. N 0 rain had fallen for some weeks. There was a rumour of cholera on the Rhine, and under its salutary influence various sanitary precautions, such as lime washing closes and stairs, had been recently resorted to. The district might have looked cheerful had cheerfulness been possible, so great was the contrast between its aspect now and its look on a wet, murky, autumn day. The appearance of the lower part of the High Street was as little pleasant as usual. Knots of men who never seem to move on stared at the passers-by on the South Bridge, bold girls lounged about and chafied the soldiers, careworn women, and little girls hardly less careworn, stood round the well with their pails - some of the last, we learned, having stood there for two and three hours. There were dirty little children as usual rolling in the gutter or sitting stolidly on the kerb-stone; as usual, haggard, wrinkled, vicious faces were looking out of the dusty win dows above, and an air of joylessness, weariness, and struggle hung over all. Truly has this street been named the Via Dolorosa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book New Lights on Old Edinburgh Classic Reprint written by John Reid and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Lights on Old Edinburgh Lives and fortunes at the disposal of the king - Their poetic address to royalty - Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 - Curious petitions for compensation Lord Provost Ste wart and the baker - A pauper baronet 6. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Story of Edinburgh Castle Classic Reprint written by Louis Weirter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Edinburgh Castle About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen Classic Reprint written by John Hay Athole Macdonald and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen ET not the reader suppose, as he opens this book, that he is invited to wade through an autobiography. What he will find is but a quilt made up of patches from the shelf of memory. No diary has ever been kept to supply copious extracts, such as too often give anything but light reading, and too often fail to present true pictures of the diarist's life. The aim has been to fit together presentable patches, giv ing a blend of natural colouring, as a well-pieced quilt, though made up of shreds, may not offend and possibly may give pleasure, and here and there be informing. If particular patches seem weari some, skipping may give relief. The compiler of these Jottings would have satisfaction, were it possible for any reader to say that he - and still more were it she - had reached the word finis without having to resist temptation to turn down pages unread. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Charm of Edinburgh written by Alfred H. Hyatt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Charm of Edinburgh: An Anthology Edinburgh has been praised by many famous pens. The city's beautiful situation has afforded theme for the poet; the romances of its streets have presented the novelist with plots for tales of supreme interest; and in dealing with its past life the historiographer finds ample and rich material. In the following pages have been gathered together poems and prose passages which illustrate the charm of Edinburgh. These, collected under various sections. introduce many famous names, and afford delightful word-pictures of the scenery and life of the Northern metropolis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Memorable Edinburgh Houses Classic Reprint written by Wilmot Harrison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorable Edinburgh Houses A large amount of new matter, prepared by Mr. Oliphant Smeaton, has been added, and the volume is now believed to be a very complete guide to the houses with which are associated the names of the prominent citizens of Edinburgh of former days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Edinburgh Past and Present Classic Reprint written by James B. Gillies and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edinburgh Past and Present The Picts and other Celtic tribes did not allow the Romans to possess their territory in peace. Until they withdrew entirely from the island, guerilla warfare was incessant. When the Romans retired, the Saxons advanced, and added the whole lowlands of Scotland, from the Tweed to the Forth - what had been the Roman province of Valentia - to their kingdom of Northumbria. About 617 ad, Edwin of Deira fortified the rock more elaborately than before, and gave his name to it, and to the burgh. Seventy years later, the Picts recovered possession, but were again beaten, and the place held by the Northumbrian Saxons till 956, when it finally became a part of Scotland. Edinburgh and its Castle were cradled in warfare, and the period in modern times during which they have been free from war's alarms is a very small epoch of their dual life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Edinburgh written by M. G. Williamson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edinburgh: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City Probably the only part of this legend which has any foundation In fact 15 the statement, implied rather than expressed, that the Castle of Edinburgh was first founded, and that the town gradually grew up around it. That is what we should expect, not only because this was the most general origin of towns in early days, but still more because of the natural position of Edin burgh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
