The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-26


able" blood stains after the fading and
scrubbing Of 500 years. But to me the
saddest Of all were Mary's private rooms
2 which yet contain much of the furniture
, Of her time and remembrances Of her.
5 On a little table by the window is her
work.box, with her needle work in it
as If she had laid it down but little
while ago. The bed i'm which she slept,
t which was once beautiful, is now rot
ting and dropping in pieces from the
r effects Of time, in spite of care. The
tapestries with which the walls are
hung are faded, but are in better cOndi-
! tion. All the surroundings Of the place
have been kept as nearly as possible as
! she left them. AS We linger in these
r rooms and the adjoining cathedral,
which are so filled with memories Of
b history, where Mary married Darnley,
where she listened in tears to the harsh
= reproof of Knox, where her favorite was
so foully murdered, and where she af-
terward married Boutwell,, it seems to
us like looking over the long lost illus
tration Of some volume of history.
Connected with the palace are the
ruins of the old abbey, which are even
yet rich enough in ornament to show
how magnificent it must have been in
its prime. Within its now roofless and
crumbling walls, several Of the minor
kings and princes OF the realm are bur
led. As we stand within this venerable
ruin, with its walls go thick that its
builders doubtless thought they would
, stand forever, and try to read the names
! and inscriptions on the time-wOrn tab
lets, we cannot but think how vain are
mans attempts to immOrtalize himself.
and how soon even nature triumphs over
all the works Of man.
On the opposite side Of the gorge
from Holy rood is Calton Hill, on which
are the old and new ObservatOries, Mel
sons monument, which, from its pc
culiar shape, has been called "a Dutch
spy glass" and the unfinished national
monument to Scotlaud's soldiers who
fell at Waterloo. This was modelled af-
ter the Parthenon at Athens, but prov
ing too expensive, the plan was aban-
doned after the work was partly done,
, aud the incomplete building is now
niekuamed "Scotlaud's Folly" Upon
or near the hill are monuments to
Dugald Stewart, Prof. Playfair, David
Hume, and the Burns monument, with
: its memorial-room aud mementoes of
E the poet. The High School is also To-
, Gated part way down the hill.
: There is no object more conspicuous as
} one looks over the city than the beauti-
z ful aud costly Scott monument, which
is on a commanding situation on one
. side Of the Princes Garden. It Is two
hundred feet hign, In general EgPelr-
D anee not unlike the spire of some great
+. cathedral, but is open at the base, cover
j ing sitting figure of Scott, Of heroic
: size. This aud the Albert memorial at
Keusington are the only monuments OF
I this kind, and they are most beautiful
, and appropriate. The new city has
7 wide streets, fine residences, and many
$ open squares, which are generally or
C namented with the statues Of prominent
I men.
On and near Canongate street, which
E extends practically from the castle to
! Holyrood, are most Of the places Of iu-
= terest in the old city. Near the palace
at the foot Of Canongate, formerly stood
r Girth Coss, place Of public execution,
D now marked by a circle in the pavement.
/, Just beyond is White Horse Tavern,
! which figures largely in WaUerly as a
= place of meeting for English officers.
E It was also famous place of meeting
j for Scotch wits, and here DIR. Johnson
i, aud Boswell had many a witty en-
= counter. Il is now used as a stable and
5 hay loft. In the Canongate cemetery,
o which is small enclosure crowded in
o between high buildings, are the tombs
d Of Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, DIR.
y Burney, and the two Fergusons.
p We visit, among other places, John
: Enox's church and his house which
,, adjoined it, very quaint building pro-
d jecting into the streets, with small win
a dows high from the ground. It has
e been recently fitted up, and filled with
# mementoes Of the great divine, and Is
J. to be kept as Knox museum. A Sab
e bath day in Edinburgh on a former visit
e found us attending service at Trow
8 church, which is nearly go years old,
and the place where Annie Laura was
u married. On High street, which il
n merely a continuation of Canongate,
: formerly stood the massive old prison
e called the Tolbooth, built more than
: 400 years ago. In the early part of this
b century it was demolished aud its Ioca.
It ton marked by an immense heart made
b in the pavement.
n The prison long bore the quaint name
8 Of "The Heart of Mid Lothian" and con.
e tributed some incidents and the name
l. to one Of ScOtt's most fascinating novels
IT st. Giles church, at first a grand Cath.
e olic cathedral with forty altars, with it.
e beautiful caronal spire, was no
II tieeable in early Protestant times fol
e the preaching Of John Knox, aud fo
It being the place where Jennie Geddei
J. entered a vigorous protest against tn,
e Dean Of Edingburgh by throwing he
ls stool at his head. The open space be
e tween Parliament House and st. Gile
> was formerly a cemetery, but gradual,
= was encroaehed upon, the tomb stOne