. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . Interior of Glasgow brave kirk, says Andrew lairscrvice: None ol your whigmaleeries andciirlicwurlies and o|)enstcek hems about it a solid, wccl-jouUcd niason-wark,that will stand as lang as the worUl keep hands and gunpowlher alf it. GLASGOW. 6i The choir of the cathedral is used, under the name i)f the lligh Church,for the simple Presbyterian worship. Nearly opposite the cathedral, on the site of the old ArchbishopsPalace, is the Glasgow Royal Inllrmary : and a little farther on, crossing abridge, aptly named the Bridge of Sighs,
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . Interior of Glasgow brave kirk, says Andrew lairscrvice: None ol your whigmaleeries andciirlicwurlies and o|)enstcek hems about it a solid, wccl-jouUcd niason-wark,that will stand as lang as the worUl keep hands and gunpowlher alf it. GLASGOW. 6i The choir of the cathedral is used, under the name i)f the lligh Church,for the simple Presbyterian worship. Nearly opposite the cathedral, on the site of the old ArchbishopsPalace, is the Glasgow Royal Inllrmary : and a little farther on, crossing abridge, aptly named the Bridge of Sighs, we reach the Necropolis, aburial-ground notable, perhaps, beyond all other British cemeteries, for thenumber and variety of its monuments. The hillside on which they standcontributes greatly to their effect, when viewed from a little distance, and. Glasgow University. the column erected to the memory of Knox, towering in the midst of them,seems to give a fine completeness to the whole. From the east to the west of the city, we may pass by the unpro-nounceable Sauchiehall Street, leading to Kelvin Grove Park, which risessteeply to the new University buildings. Pew of our cities can boast aplace of public resort at once so accessible, so beautifully laid out, and withso superb a prospect, reaching from the smoky city away to the verge of theHighlands. The University is a noble pile, worthy of a great nation, andit is characteristic of Scotland that the finest site in its greatest commercialcity should be crowned by a building devoted to liberal education. SCOTTISH PICTURES. Pursuing our way westward across the Kelvin, by the Botanic Gardens,the wealth and tastefulness of the merchant princes of Glasgow show them-selves in the long lines of sumptuous buildings with many a charmingpleasaunce. The distant hills now rise to view. Few
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