Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . namental tracery, as are also theceilings of the aisles. The great eastern windowis beautifully filled in with stained glass by Eggintonof Birmingham. This handsome church—in itstime the best example of Gothic erected in Edin-burgh since the Reformation—was built from a de-sign by Archibald Elliot,and doesconsiderablecreditto the taste and genius of tiiat eminent was begun in February, 1816, and finished inJune, 1818, for the use of the congregation whichhad previously occupied the great church in theCowga
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . namental tracery, as are also theceilings of the aisles. The great eastern windowis beautifully filled in with stained glass by Eggintonof Birmingham. This handsome church—in itstime the best example of Gothic erected in Edin-burgh since the Reformation—was built from a de-sign by Archibald Elliot,and doesconsiderablecreditto the taste and genius of tiiat eminent was begun in February, 1816, and finished inJune, 1818, for the use of the congregation whichhad previously occupied the great church in theCowgate, and who contributed ^^ 12,000 for itserection. The well-known Archibald Alison, authorof on Taste, and father of the historianof Europe, long ofticiated here. He was the sonof a magistrate of the city of Edinburgh, where hewas born in 1757, but graduated at Oxford; andon the invitation of Sir AViliiam Forbes and others,in 1800, became senior incumbent of the Cowgatechapel. After the removal of tlie congregation to York Place.) REV. ARCHIBALD .\LISON. 189. IQO OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Hart Street. York Place he officiated there, until a severe illness ;in 1831 compelled him to relinquish all publicduties. In Peters Letters we are told that all the qualifications of a popular orator. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ofEdinburgh in the first year of its formation, andwas the intimate friend of many of its most distin-guished members, as he was of most of the men ofgenius and learning of his time in Scotland. HisEssays on Taste appeared first in 1790, sincewhen it has passed through several editions, andhas been translated into French. His theory oftaste has met the approval of men of the highestgenius in poetry, criticism, and art. He died, uni-versally respected, on the 17th of May, 1839. St. Georges Episcopal chapel, built in on the south side of York Place. It wasdesigned by Robert Adam, and is of no knownstyle of architecture
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