Main entry:

Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant, 1856-1914, author.

Title & Author:

The story of Edinburgh, by Oliphant Smeaton; illustrated by Herber Railton and J. Ayton Symington.

Publication:

London : J.M. Dent & Co., 1905.

Description:

xii, 426 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Series:

Mediaeval towns

Notes:
"The present edition ... though based on the larger volume ... ['Edinburgh and its story', 1904] is altogether an independent work, and contains a considerable amount of matter which was not in its predecessor. It has been almost entirely re-written."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Queen of the north" -- Edinburgh under the Stuarts to the end of the reign of James II -- In the reign of James II -- In the reign of James III -- In the reign of James IV -- In the reign of James V -- In the reign of Mary -- In the reign of James VI -- From the union of the crowns to the union of the kingdoms, 1603-1707 -- From the union of the kingdoms to the rebellion of 1745 -- From the rebellion to the present time -- Edinburgh Castle -- The castlehill and the lawnmarket -- The parliament square and St. Giles' Church -- From St. Giles' to the Tron Church -- From the Tron Church to St. Mary Street -- The Canongate: from St. Mary's Wynd to the Girth Strand -- The abbey and palace of Holyrood -- The cowgate, grassmarket, portsburgh, king's stables -- Princes street and the older parts of the new town -- The older parts of the new town -- Modern parts of the new town -- From the post office by George IV. Bridge to Tollcross -- The southern suburbs -- The northern environs -- The southern environs -- The academic and literary associations of Edinburgh.

Subject:

Travel.
Edinburgh (Scotland) History.
Edinburgh (Scotland) Description and travel.
Scotland Edinburgh.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Mediaeval town series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 141865
Call No.: WY7936; ID:87-B17917
Status: Available