Project Gutenberg 2023-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 218 Masson, David 1822 1907 01012585 Edinburgh sketches & memories Edinburgh sketches and memories $aLondon :$bAdam and Charles Black, $c1892. Queen Mary's Edinburgh -- Robert Rollock and the beginnings of Edinburgh University -- King James's farewell to Holyrood -- Proposed memorial to Drummond of Hawthornden -- Allan Ramsay -- Lady Wardlaw and the Baroness Nairne -- Edinburgh through the Dundas despotism -- The last years of Sir Walter Scott -- Carlyle's Edinburgh life -- Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe -- John Hill Burton -- Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh -- Literary history of Edinburgh. Richard Tonsing, Susan Skinner, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Edinburgh Sketches & Memories" by David Masson is a collection of historical essays written in the late 19th century. The book explores various aspects of Edinburgh’s rich history, focusing on notable figures and significant events that shaped the city. The author's reflections provide a vivid portrayal of Edinburgh's past, particularly during the time of Queen Mary and the establishment of the University of Edinburgh. At the start of the work, the author provides a prefatory note, explaining that the essays, written at different times, coalesce around the central theme of Edinburgh’s history. The opening essay discusses Queen Mary's return to Scotland in August 1561, painted against the backdrop of an unusual and persistent fog. The narrative introduces key characters including Mary herself and notable figures from her entourage, vividly depicting their arrival and the tumult of emotions surrounding her homecoming. The initial chapters then delve into the details of Edinburgh's urban landscape, including its architectural features and societal dynamics during that historical period, setting the stage for a broader exploration of the city's heritage in the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/edinburghsketche00mass/ 20200331141948masson 1892 GB Reading ease score: 57.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Edinburgh (Scotland) DA Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 916296 2025-07-28T12:17:29.087365 text/html 889411 2023-10-30T22:08:24 text/html 2337689 2025-07-28T12:17:40.593332 application/epub+zip 2343148 2025-07-28T12:17:31.572333 application/epub+zip 462543 2025-07-28T12:17:30.295303 application/epub+zip 2454307 2025-07-28T12:17:47.432296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2401649 2025-07-28T12:17:39.425344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828308 2025-07-28T12:17:27.599383 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 808429 2023-10-30T22:08:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16610 2025-07-28T12:17:47.636227 application/rdf+xml 5607 2025-07-28T12:17:30.611349 image/jpeg 1211 2025-07-28T12:17:30.453356 image/jpeg 2340751 2025-07-28T12:17:29.192393 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia