John Grant, Bookseller, 



Works on Edinburgh : 



Edinburgh and its Neighbourhood in the Days of our 

 Grandfathers, a Series of Eighty Illustrations of the more remark- 

 able Old and New Buildings and Picturesque Scenery of Edin- 

 burgh, as they appeared about 1830, with Historical Introduction 

 and Descriptive Sketches, by James Gowans, royal 8vo, cloth 

 elegant (pub I2s 6d), 6s. J. C. Nimmo. 

 " The chapters are brightly and well written, and are all, from first to last, 



readable and full of information. The volume is in all respects handsome." 



Scotsman. 



Edinburgh University Account of the Tercentenary Fes- 

 tival of the Univrrsity, including the Speeches and Addresses on 

 the Occasion, edited by R. Sydney Marsden, crown 8vo, cloth 

 (pub 35), is. Blackwood & Sons. 



Historical Notices of Lady Yester's Church and Parish, 

 by James J. Hunter, revised and corrected by the Rev. Dr Gray, 

 crown 8vo, cloth (pub 2s 6d), oxl. 

 Of interest to the antiquarian, containing notices of buildings and places now 



fast disappearing. 



History of the Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, 

 with an Account of the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Rifle 

 Association, the Scottish Twenty Club, &c., by Wm. Stephen, 

 crown 8vo, cloth (pub 55), 2s. Blackwood Sons. 

 " This opportune volume has far more interest for readers generally than might 

 have been expected, while to members of the Edinburgh Volunteer Brigade it 

 cannot fail to be very interesting indeed." St James's Gazette. 



Leighton's (Alexander) Mysterious Legends of Edinburgh, 



illustrated, crown 8vo, boards, is 6d. 



CONTENTS : Lord Kames* Puzzle, Mrs Corbet's Amputated Toe, The Brownie 

 of the West Bow, The Ancient Bureau, A Legend of Halkerslone's Wynd, Deacon 

 Macgillrray's Disappearance, Lord Braxfield's Case of the Red Night-cap, The 

 Strange Story of Sarah Gowanloclt, and John Cameron's Life Policy. 



Steven's (Dr William) History of the High School of 

 Edinburgh, from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century, based 

 upon Researches of the Town Council Records and other Authentic 

 Documents, illustrated with view, also facsimile of a School 

 Exercise by Sir Walter Scott when a pupil in 1783, crown 8vo, 

 cloth, a handsome volume (pub 75 6d), 2s. 



. Appended is a list of the distinguished pupils who have been educated in this 

 Institution, which has been patronised by Royalty from the days of James VI. 



The Authorised Library Edition. 



Trial of the Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank, before 

 the Petition for Bail, reported by Charles Tennant Couper, 

 Advocate, the Speeches and Opinions, revised by the Council and 

 Judges, and the Charge by the Lord Justice Clerk, illustrated 

 with lithographic facsimiles of the famous false Balance-sheets, 

 one large volume, royal 8vo, cloth (pub 155), 35 6d. Edinburgh. 



Wilson's {Dr Daniel} Memorials of Edinburgh in the 

 Olden Time, with numerous fine engravings and woodcuts, .2 vols, 

 4to, cloth (pub 2 2s), i6s 6d. 



Sent Carriage Free to any part of the United Kingdom on 

 receipt of Postal Order for the amount. 



JOHN GRANT, 25 & 34 George IV, Bridge, Edinburgh, 



