Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . es 11. : the style of the painting betrays this Library are three genuine and interesting portraits : oneof Sir Robert Gordon, the family historian in the days of Mary ;a circular portrait on panel of old George Buchanan, the terribleold Scotch pedagogue and the tutor of that king of pedagogues,James I. ; and a portrait of Daniel Defoe, who came up as farnorth as Dnnrobin when he had been sent to Scotland byHarvey on a secret mission relating to the Union. The old Castle has some quaint passages and rooms ai]dwinding stairs in it. T
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . es 11. : the style of the painting betrays this Library are three genuine and interesting portraits : oneof Sir Robert Gordon, the family historian in the days of Mary ;a circular portrait on panel of old George Buchanan, the terribleold Scotch pedagogue and the tutor of that king of pedagogues,James I. ; and a portrait of Daniel Defoe, who came up as farnorth as Dnnrobin when he had been sent to Scotland byHarvey on a secret mission relating to the Union. The old Castle has some quaint passages and rooms ai]dwinding stairs in it. The most interesting is called the CjomartieRoom, because Lord Cromartie is said to have been found hiddenthere in i74(). It is a delightful chamber with a turret andbeautiful views over the hills, woods, and sea. To describe the charm of Dnnrobin is not merely difficult,but impossible, and 1 beg my readers to excuse me the attempt;but 1 think the beautiful photographs which have been repro-duced in these pages, the originals of which were taken by 237 238 H)unrobin Castle Dixon of Golspie,—who is a true artist, besides being a mostworthy postmaster,— will give a very fair idea of the beauty ofDunrobin, its Castle, and its gardens. Many years ago appeared in the Atlantic Monthly an articlefrom the pen of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, entitled Tribute of a LovingFriend to theMemory of aNoble Wo-man, inwhich the au-thoress of Un-cle To ni sCabin pays acharming trib-ute to thememory ofher friend, mymother, whomshe visited inthe year i8s6at Dunrobin-1 think thefollowing pas-sages fromthat article arevery germane ^ to an account of Dunrobin, and although somewhat long 1 shallquote some of them. That Mrs. Stowe thoroughly appreciatedmy parents and their love and care for their tenants and de-pendants in Sutherland, is clearly shown in the following recordshe has left of this visit to Dunrobin.
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