Adshead's handy guide to Glasgow : with map, views, tramway routes and fares and other useful information . cal Works, - 80 Evening Times, 27 The Old College, - 46 Herald, - 27 The Trongate, 53 Weekly Mail, - 61 Theatres— Record, - 61 Empire, 62 Normal Schools, - 78 Grand, - 78 Old Athenaeum Gateway, 55 Princess, 93 Parliamentary Divisions of Royal, - 78 the City, 116 Royalty, 62 Parkhead, 54 Tollcross Park, 54 Par tick, ^9 Tontine Buildings, 53 Peoples Palace, - 56 Townsends Chimney Stalk, - 81 Places of Public Interest, 115 Trades Hall, 49 Phoenix Recreation Ground, 78 Tron Steeple, 53 Pollo
Adshead's handy guide to Glasgow : with map, views, tramway routes and fares and other useful information . cal Works, - 80 Evening Times, 27 The Old College, - 46 Herald, - 27 The Trongate, 53 Weekly Mail, - 61 Theatres— Record, - 61 Empire, 62 Normal Schools, - 78 Grand, - 78 Old Athenaeum Gateway, 55 Princess, 93 Parliamentary Divisions of Royal, - 78 the City, 116 Royalty, 62 Parkhead, 54 Tollcross Park, 54 Par tick, ^9 Tontine Buildings, 53 Peoples Palace, - 56 Townsends Chimney Stalk, - 81 Places of Public Interest, 115 Trades Hall, 49 Phoenix Recreation Ground, 78 Tron Steeple, 53 Pollokshaws, 87 Union Street, 61 Poorhouse (City), - 80 University, Gilmorehill, 66 Port Dundas, 78, 81 Victoria Bridge, - 57 Possilpark, - 77 Victoria Infirmary, 89 Princes Dock, 95, 97 Victoria Park, Whiteinch, - 69 Procurators Hall, 28 Virginia Street, 50 Queens Dock, - - 95 Water Supply, 14 Queens Park, 87 West-End Park, - 65 Queens Rooms, 65 Western Infirmary, 69 Queen Street Station, - 103 Whiteinch, - 69 Railways, .... 101 Young Mens Christian Renfield Street, - 61 Association, 72 GUIDE TO HISTORY OF THE CITY. LASGOW, the Commercial Capital of Scotland, andthe Second City of the Empire, is essentially amodern town, and yet its history can be tracedback to the dim ages of antiquity. There isreason to believe that the Romans had a stationnear the spot where Glasgow now stands, andthere are legendary records of a Druidical Templeon the site now occupied by the Cathedral. Doubtless, Druidand Roman were nearly forgotten when, early in the sixthcentury, the Monk Kentigern, better known as St. Mungo,came to Christianise the barbarous inhabitants of Strathclyde,and made his cell on the wooded heights near the MolendinarBurn. He appears to have been a man of ability, andexercised considerable influence, ranking with St. Ninianand St. Columba as an early missionary of the Christianfaith. Chroniclers tell us that Kentigern, or Mungo, was the sonof a British Prince, and his m
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