. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . w granite doorway reveals and leads into the dungeon. Abolt is placed inside the door; so it may have been a refuge aswell. Whether the one or the other, the only source of light isa tiny window far up in the wall, with a long narrow shaftleading therefrom and passing through the vaulted roof of thecell. But now, times are so changed that, instead of inspiringprisoners or fugitives with gloomy, desperate thoughts, its pur-pose has grown wholly beneficent; for, in offering its friendlyshelter to the knight of the camera in search of a dar
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . w granite doorway reveals and leads into the dungeon. Abolt is placed inside the door; so it may have been a refuge aswell. Whether the one or the other, the only source of light isa tiny window far up in the wall, with a long narrow shaftleading therefrom and passing through the vaulted roof of thecell. But now, times are so changed that, instead of inspiringprisoners or fugitives with gloomy, desperate thoughts, its pur-pose has grown wholly beneficent; for, in offering its friendlyshelter to the knight of the camera in search of a dark room, itencourages the fine arts; and to practise these, is said, onauthority, to soften the manners, and prevent their beingferocious. Which being so, if only the tyrant of Bere Ferrerscould have taken up photography, he might never have wantedto hunt Richard of Eggecombe ; and it is safe to assume thatthat poor ill-used man would have preferred even posing as amodel to being contrewayted and chasyd and ruthlesslyassailed with trygenders. (Blamis 91. THE MAIN FRONT OF QLAMIS CASTLE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY VALENTINE SONS, DUNDEE GLAM1S BY LADY GLAMIS GLAMIS CASTLE is widely known as one of the most in-teresting buildings, both historically and architecturally,in the lover of Shakespeare, the name of Glammiss (as itwas sometimes spelt) will recall the act of treachery and murderwhich tradition gives as having taken place there, when KingDuncan was done to death by the hand or at the instigation ofthe ambitious and unscrupulous Lady Macbeth ; although there isno possibility of proving or testing the truth as to the details orlocality of the tragedy. To the antiquarian the Castle must be of immense interest,on account of the great age of the central portion or Keep, whichis known to have been standing in 1016, but whose birth tradi-tion notes not ; while to the romantic and superstitious it is 93 94 (Blamis a place where ghosts and spirits moving silently down wind-ing
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