Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-27
Letter from mrs. Annie Chambers
hetchum.


WAvERLY HOTEL, EDINBURGH, June
:, 1873 Language utterly fails me when
] try TO tell yCu the realization Of this
lifelong dream. The sail up the Clyde,
with lis wOndrous panorama Of castle
and peak and brae; the blooming gurse
and broom, the hawthorn hedges; then
Glasgow, with its old cathedral and
metropolis, its noble university and its
splendid terraces, its classic Kelvin, the
stream 50 famed in Scottish song.
send you 3 butter Gu ! pluCked On its
banks in the "kelvin Grove" OF the
song my mother sung. Then the stately
palace OF the duke OF Hamilton, twelve
miles from Glasgow, and Boutwell,
b2uk,n another classic spot, near the
old Boutwell, castle. But the lakes of
Scotland and the tTOssaChs! All the
way I did nothing but think OF you and
your dear brother, and wish you could
see it with me, the glory OF the lake dis
trict. / left Glasgow Saturday NOM
ing. ] staid d day longer there to see
my friends, SIR. John Fraser (whO edited
the Arcddjan in New York and his
wife. They seemed glad to see me. and
he viii help me in literature on this
side. l went by rail to Ballcch pier at
the foot Of Loeb LomOnd, past Dunbar
ton castle. On Loeb LOmOnd l took
the ste6mer up Loeb LomOnd Is IA as
Inversnaid. There | took the coach
,outside seats only, and there were
twenty OF us in ali, jammed and packed.
the only stranger in the party to
Loeb K8trine, aud stopped 6t-StrOnach-
l2cheT, a neat hotel, where | gathered a
pOsey OF wild flowers for you, and
stepped in a pedt-6Og TO my fright be-
fore l knew it. II you could see the
heather Oh these hills. We saw Ben
LOmOnd, from Loeb LOmOnd, in all his
glory. AT StoOnschlacher we took the
steamer on Loeb Katrine, and sailed
past Ellen'B isle TO the esst end of
Loeb KaTine, where we took an
other coach through the tro5-
sachs. We saw Ben Nevis, Loeb
Achray, the rocks Of Crag ROystOn, all
the scenes Of ScOtt's Lady Of the Lake,
even the spot where FitZ James lost his
"gallant gr8y.n l cannot describe the
scenery; il is beyond words. The birches
,GirchcR trees OF song, the ferns, the
moses a foot thick, Ike cushions, the
heather covering the hills Ike brown
velvet, the golden gOrse and broom, the
mountains vailed in blue mist and cloud,
the lovely lakes, the peat-beds where
the peasants were cutting out the peat
CAKES for their next winters fuel; the
sheep on The green braes, the "Brigg o.
TeDB," COilantOgle ford, DuDcTaggan's
buts, with their matched roofs. Then
beautiful Calisnder, with Ben Ledi to
the northwest, and the swift Teith flow
ing through green meadows; the Dome,
with Uam Var, and Ben Wirlich noun.
tsils, the beautiful Allan water (the
Scotch now cay creek, and then Dun
blsne, the quaint Old town; then Stir
ling, with its castle; aGd then to this
good old city Of Edinburgh. got in
about five o'clock Saturday, and IS soon
as 1 batbed my face l set of exploring.
l went first to the Cation Hill where |
had a view .Of the entire city. / stood
by Nelson's monument there; saw the
Burns monument below me to the SOUTH
east, and farther on in the same direc-
ton Hollywood palace and ATtbur's seat.
Looking west up Puuce's street ION
which my hotel isl saw the great old
EdinbOrO castle, without cloud to mar
its beauty, and Princes street gardens
st its base. The splendid Scott mOnu-
ment is just in front of my hotel. AS
soon as l can copy some notes from them
intend TO send you my guide books,
which will show you ali l have seen
10, not half-but which will give you
some idea. II only [ had fortune! l
want 70 buy SO many things. Yester-
day. Sunday, / walked through the diff
ferent public parks, or gardens, as they
are ali called here, and how beautiful
they sre, far surprising anything in
America. To-day went through Edin-
boTo castle; saw the regalia Of Scotland
in the crown room; stood ia Mary Stu
arts bed,ChsmbeE (seven by eight feet,
where James VI was born, aud looked
out of its one narrow window down two
hundred and fifty feet into the old town
below. Then TO St. MaFEaret's chapel,
with its lovely Norman srch, the whole
building not more than eight by fifteen
feet, peTched on the highest ground in
the castle enclosure, whence / saw all
Edinburgh, with the Fifth Of Forth
flowing north Of it to the seS.
knelt and said my prayers be-
fore the image OF saint Margaret in
one OF the little windows in the chapel;
then passed out of the espianade to
o High street now called, in this part,
Castle street; then down the Lawn
market, as the street il here called to
st. Giles's church, and stood on tine
Heart OF Midlothian, q heart shaped
in stones On the northwest corner Of st.
Giles's church, to mark the spot where
once slCod the JalbOOth Jail, in which
Ellie Deans was confined. Then | went
on, in the Scotch mlsts which had begun
10 fall, to H0lyTOOd palace, which lies at
the foot OF the CanOngate, as the old
street is here called. / stood few mo-
ments before the lovely fountain, and
then entered the quadrangle, paid six
pence for admission, went to the chapel,
examined the beautiful ruin, then passed
on 20 the gallery Of Scottish kings, told
the keeper, l, too was StusTt, which de-
lighted him, and listened as he told me
one By one, who they were. JUst SIS
got Ia front Of Mary Stuart, and stood
gazing ut her SAD face, some one said to
me, from behind, as Queen Mary as
handsome, madam, as you expected to
see heT?' l looked around to answer, |
and Mrs. Bronson BayIiss stood befJre |
me- The surprise WIS mutual. She |
did not dream the lady she was ad iress- |
ing was myself, and [ certainly did not |
imagine even that I should see her on |
this side. We went through the balace |
together; saw Mary's rooms, the spot |
where RizZiO was murdered, the bed in
which Mary slept, her audience cham |
Der iafterWaTd the bed Chamber Of |
Charles 1, and In which his state-bed |
Still Isl; went into her dressing-roOm, |
hung with green tapestry as it was in her |
time; then to DArniey's rooms, and so |
then to the outer world sgaiu. Mr.. and |
MIS-. Bsyliss invited me to q seat in their |
carriage, and / drove with them along |
1.-THE queen drive" TO ArthUT's seat and |
round the Salisbury crags, then back to |
The csstle on the hight; then home TO /
their hotel, which is Just one door from |
mine, and neither Of US knew it. How |
strange! We talked Of you, OF home, |
n the past, till my hesrt is aching. But |
! must he strong, They had meant to |
90 20 Liverpool to morrow, but have |
decided TO wait until Wednesday moru- |
ing, aud 20 with me " way OF the Eng
lish lakes. / viii send you my guide
hooks; ana in this l inclCse |
Queen MaTy's picture, photographed |
rom the beautiful portrait which hangs |
I'M the aulieIce-chamber ia the castle. |
o the sorrow, the change, in this change
'ui JTld, Do l not realize it all, in the |
MIDST Of these historic places, 1t is
must stop.
Tuesday, S.h-I send this letter by to-
day mail. Write 10 me iu London; |
20 tomorrow. Mrs. Bayliss persuades
ne to 90 on to Paris, instead OF staying
Ia London. She Gays living is cheaper
here. I viii think it over; but no mat.
Ter where 60, letters addressed TO the
,are Of Morton, Bliss d Co., will reach
ue, whether in Great Britain or on the
continent.
The establishment OF chair OF Scan
iinavian languages at the Wisconsin