The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-06

in part from the solid rock Here
shut out from the light of day, state |
prisoners in the olden time were chain |
ed to the floor. ST. Margarets chapel, !
adjoining the tower, is a miniature
church, one of the oldest examples of
Gothic architecture in the country By
Its door stands the old cannon, Mons
Meg" huge for its day but small COM
pared with the siege guns of the pres
| ent. In the crown-room we saw I'M
der glass the Scottish crown, sceptre
and sword of state. The great ban
quoting hall was hung with old weap-
ons and armor but perhaps of chief in
| terest We're the apartments of Mary
Queen of Scots and the room where she
| gave birth to James, destined to be-
come the monarch of Scotland and Eng
land. We then drove to the palace OF
Holyrood. over which romantic charm
| is thrown by Marys tragic life Hither
| the young queen came from Ia belle
France" after the death of her first
husband, the Dauphin, and the old his
| torian tells US that when she arrived t
| the home of her ancestors, struck by
the plain surroundings as compared
with the pomp of the French court, the
| young widow for a long time could
| not be comforted" One of MaryS at
| PENDANTS, speaking of her home coming
wrote What was worst of all, when
arrived at Holyrood, a really fine palace
and not at all partaking of the rude
ness of the country, there came under
her window crew of five or six hun
dred scoundrels who gave her a sere
made with wretched bagpipes, of which
there are enough in that country, and
Ill.
mistmed and mistuned, that nothing
could be worse" Everyone knows of
the loveless marriage with her cousin
Darnley.. and of the tragedy that fol-
lowed. We We're shown the little pri-
:, vate supper room where she and Rizzio
were seated at BILE when her husband
and his men surprised them from the
secret staircase. I raised up the arras
and saw the secret door now sealed up
and below I found a few steps of the
staircase. Some of the old tapestries
and furniture, once belonging to the
Queen, still remain, especially in the
audience chamber, where John Knox
repeatedly rebuked her for attending
mass and where afterward her hasty
nuptials with Boutwell, took place. She
had been married to Darnley in the
Chapel Royal which, though now in
partial ruins, is a beautiful and grace
full pile connected with the palace.
We rode over the famous Queens
Drive around Arthur's Seat, from
whence there is a noble prospect to the
east as far as the field of Prestonpans
and out upon the Firth. The drive con-
tinues around Salisbury Craig, below
which is the former home of Jennie
Deans the heroine of SCOTS Heart of
the ancient Moray house from whose
balcony Argyle gazed at Montrose as
he was being dragged to execution. Two
years later the former was led past the
same place to a similar fate. In the
Canongate is the site of the old Toll
, booth, familiar to the readers of Scott,
and marked by huge heart set in the
stone sidewalk, at the foot of statue
of the late Duke of Buccleuch. Going
down High street we entered the an
cient Cathedral of st. Giles, which once
resounded with the fiery sermons of
John Knox and where in Charles Is day
old Jenny Geddes threw her famous
stool at Dean Hannas head. In the old
Parliament House, now used as the
seat Of the Supreme Law Courts of
Scotland we saw the advocates in wig
and gown-a sight unfamiliar to Amer
lean eyes. In the paving of the ada
!cent public square is stone upon which
is cut 81 K. 1872" and supposed to
mark the grave of John Knox.
Much has been done for art in Edin-
burgh. The public squares abound in
beautiful monuments and statues and.
at the foot of the Castle. on Princes
street. minutes walk from our hotel,
are the two buildings of the National
A CaIIo
they look like Greek temples and are
in welcome contrast to the rich Gothic
buildings and the modern architecture
around them. The one contains plaster
casts of the famous statues of antiqui-
ty. We visited the other chiefly to see
the famous painting, Giovanni Tie
polo's Finding of Moses by Pharaoh's
Daughter" 1t was a disappointment.
While beautiful piece, it did not COM
pare favorably with the same subject
by the same painter, now in the Oahu
College collection. An artist was copy
| ing girls face by Greuze and by using
pastel, he caught the effect of the old
: oil painting Upon falling into CONVEX
sation with him, I found him to be
Wells Champney the noted Boston ar
, fist. with whose name I was quite ia
miliar. He was well informed in regard
to Ttepolo's work and was much inter
ested in the painting at Honolulu He
regarded it as not at all improbable
that both were originals. as it was GUS
| tomary to paint different treatments of
: the same subject.
One day we drove through Dalmeny
Park, the seat of Lord Rosebery. The
: beech and the oak We're the most COM
mon trees and the holly and the haw-
thorne abounded There were many
rabbits and pheasants and we saw sew
eral herds of deer. The grounds are
fairly well kept but Dalmeny House is
a plain affair. We continued the drive
to the southern end of the great Firth
Of Forth bridge, over which we had
ridden a few days before. Returning