Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ked by the turret at the corner,is the old palace of Cardinal Beaton. The house opposite theCardinals was originally the town mansion of the St. Clairs,Earls of Roslin, and afterwards became a Roman Catholic the tourist wishes to witness the change of a century on themanners and customs of Edinburgh society, let him visit thisclose. On the same (the south) side, a little further down, are SouthGrays and Hyndfords Closes. Half-way down the former, oneof the old tenements on the right side is converted into theUnited Industrial School. At the f
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ked by the turret at the corner,is the old palace of Cardinal Beaton. The house opposite theCardinals was originally the town mansion of the St. Clairs,Earls of Roslin, and afterwards became a Roman Catholic the tourist wishes to witness the change of a century on themanners and customs of Edinburgh society, let him visit thisclose. On the same (the south) side, a little further down, are SouthGrays and Hyndfords Closes. Half-way down the former, oneof the old tenements on the right side is converted into theUnited Industrial School. At the foot of the latter (Hyndfords)is the very antique mansion of the Earl of Selkirk, which after-wards came to be occupied by Dr. Rutherford, the maternalgrandfather of Sir Walter Scott. 4-2 EDINBURGH. Nearly opposite this, on the north side of the High Street,is Chalmers Close. A house on the west side of this close, saidto have been a private chapel before the Reformation, becamethe dwelling-place of Lord Jeifreys grandfather; and the name. hyndfobds close. John Hope over the doorway marks the original mansion of thefounder of the family of the Earls of Ilopetoun. Returning tothe High Street, we come to the lion of the place, Joh7i Knoxs House, Netherbow.—The interior of the houseis open on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from 10 to4. , admission sixpence. In this house Knox resided, withsome interruptions, from 1560 till his death in 1572. The house JOHN KNOxs HOUSE. 43 as now shown consists of three rooms—the sitting room, bedroom,and study. The old oak panelling is not the wood with whichthe walls were originally lined, but was taken from other old
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