Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . ories, or flats. In the Old Town themost remarkable public building is thecastle. This fortress contains accommo- and George IV. Bridge), stands the re-maining portion of the city, which ismostly modern. Besides the buildingsalready noticed Edinburgh possesses alarge number of important edifices andinstitutions, chief among which are theRoyal Institution, the National Galleryof Scotland, the Museum of Science andArt, the new Episcopal Cathedral of , etc. Among the m
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . ories, or flats. In the Old Town themost remarkable public building is thecastle. This fortress contains accommo- and George IV. Bridge), stands the re-maining portion of the city, which ismostly modern. Besides the buildingsalready noticed Edinburgh possesses alarge number of important edifices andinstitutions, chief among which are theRoyal Institution, the National Galleryof Scotland, the Museum of Science andArt, the new Episcopal Cathedral of , etc. Among the more promi-nent educational institutions are the uni-versity, the high school, the academy, theNew or Free Church Theological College,the United Presbyterian TheologicalHall, the Edinburgh School of Medicine,the Veterinary College, the Fettes Col-lege, the Heriot-Watt College of Scienceand Literature. The manufactures ofEdinburgh are neither extensive nor im-portant. Printing, book-binding, coach-building, type-founding, machine-making,furniture-making, ale-brewing, and dis-tilling are the principal industries. Edin-. EDINBURGH CASTLE dations for 2,000 soldiers, and the ar-mory space for 30,000 stand of arms. The palace of Holyrood, or HolyroodHouse, stands, at the lower or E. extrem-ity of the street leading to the part of the present palace is olderthan the time of James V. (1528), whilethe greater portion of it dates only fromthe time of Charles II. In the N. of the building are the apartmentswhich were occupied by Queen the palace are the ruins of thechapel belonging to the Abbey of Holy-rood, founded in 1128 by David I. TheAdvocates Library, the largest libraryin Scotland, contains upward of 250,000printed volumes and 2,000 MSS. On the S. side of the Old Town, andseparated from it also by a hollowcrossed by two bridges (the South Bridge burgh is the headquarters of the booktrade in Scotland, and the seat of thechief government departments. T
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