Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-27

burgh, and stands gray
and silent in a workman's quarter and
among breweries and gas works"
The gas works have gone since Mr..
Stevenson wrote, but the breweries
remain. and otherwise the eavirons of
the palace are little changed. Among
them. however. must be numbered the
magnificent royal park. the pic
turesQue line of serrated rocks which
form the Salisbury craigs and the
lofty hill. crowned by its noble lions
head which owes It's name of Ar
thurs Seat" to Its associations with
the old Arthurian legends of Edin-
| burgh. OF royalty itself Holyrood has
seen but little since James vi. OF
happy memory left 1t to occupy the
throne OF Elizabeth The fact that
| the reignlng British sovereigns are to
reside In the palace as well as to hold
state functions there has greatly In
creased the enthusiasm Of their visit
to Edinburgh
Scenes of Romantic Interest.
The rarity Of royal residence adds to
the Importance of it's occurrence. King
George win be the first reigning king.
the second reigning sovereign to oc-
cupy the palace since the time OF
Charles L.. while Queen Mary will be
the first queen consort to reside there
since Anne of Denmark. James wills
queen. quilted It's walls In 1888
Charles |. was crowned In the chapel
royal at Holyrood. and in 164l he
spent about three months in the pal
ace--not very happily. From that time
till George w visited Edinburgh In
1922 no British monarch crossed its
threshold And George w. while
holding various state ceremonies in
Hollywood resided in Dalkelth house.
Queen Victoria and the prince con-
sort also lived at Dalkeith on the oc-
CASTOR of their first visit to Edinburgh.
| In 1912 In the autumn Of 1885, how
ever. her majesty and Prince Albert
resided for couple OF days In Holy
rood. and subsequently the queen
when going to or returning from Bal
moral several times broke her jour
ney at Edinburgh and spent night in
the palace. In April. 1908, King Ed
ward held a court at Hollywood. but his
majesty and Queen Alexandra resided
at Dalkeith house,
II Is fondly hoped that the coming
visit Of their maiesties TO the ancient
palace OF the Stuarts may be the pre-
cursor OF many to follow and that the
dimmed brilliance OF Hollywood may be
restored and its past glories In some
part at least fevived
Although not the oldest of the Scot
fish royal palaces. that Of FIolyrood
house is in many respects the most
interesting II appeals to the magma
ton as none other does. II has been
the scene of some of the most splen.
did the most romantic and the most
tragic Incidents In Scottish history
Of coronations. royal marriages, festiv-
tiles. court revels. plots. conspiracies.
feuds, intrigues. murders. Moreover.
while Linllthgow and Falkland palaces
are of earlier date, for nearly four and
a half centuries before the erection OF
a royal palace at Hollywood the mag
nificent abbey which stood there was
closely associated with the Scottish
sovereigns. Founded In 1928 by David
l.. this religious house was frequently
used as royal residence: parlia-
ments met within Its walls and In its
church kings were crowned welded
and buried.
The Residence Of Scottish Monarchs.
The erection OF royal palace was
begun about 1901 by James ". and
from this time onward its was the
chief residence OF the Scottish mon
archs II is noteworthy that one Of
the first events connected with ii was
the marriage OF James to the Princess
Margaret. daughter OF Henry VII OF
Epgland--from which marriage came
the union Of the crowns James v ex-
tended the palace and II has associa-
tons Of a peculiarly close and inter
esting character with his unfortunate
daughter. Mary.
Here the lovely queen Of Scots en-