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IX.— EDINBURGH. 



Edinburcrh, a city with more than 300,000 inhabitants, is a paradise 

 in comparison with Manchester, but is itself more or less begrimed in 

 consequence of the location of the great railway station in the center 

 of the city. Were it not for this, Edinburgh, on account of its pictur- 

 esque location, would perhaps rival the finest cities of the world. 

 The toAvn has only a few factories. 



28. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. 



The University of Edinburgh, with over 2,800 students and 170 

 instructors," is located in a stately building erected at the close of the 

 eighteenth century. A dome has since been added (Plate 38). The 



Fig. 90. — University of Ediubursli. Part of new university. 



library, at the loft, with 210,000 volumes, has an antiquated installation, 

 Imt the main hall makes a magnificent impression. All of the public 

 buildings of Edinburgh are conspicuous for their massiveness and 

 strength. In this respect the students' clubhouse and the music school 

 in the group of the newer university buildings (fig. 90) are noteworthy, 

 and especially among these the Aula (McEwan Hall), which cost 

 $.5.50,000, is one of the largest and finest buildings of the kind that 1 

 know.'' The new university buildings are al)out ten minutes distant 

 from the old university, adjoining the school of medicine, opened 

 in 1844. 



«Leipsic, in the half-year 1902 had 4,100 students (of which 439 males and 53 

 females were only "auditors") and 215 instructors. 

 f> All of these buildings are not shown in fig. 90- 



