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Shepherd, " whose octogonal house, now called Earn- 

 say Lodge, may be observed on the height behind, being 

 the house nearest the Castle. Opposite the statue is a 

 good example of Venetian architecture in the ornate 

 building of the Life Association of Scotland, and along- 

 side this building is the elegant frontage of the New 

 Club, along Princes street, the picturesque outlines of 

 the Castle are more and more unfolded, the last glimpse 

 as the west end of Princes street is reached, being the 

 ungainly bulk of the New Barracks, built in 1796. At 

 the west end of Princes street is seen the sitting bronze 

 statue of Sir James Simpson, the " Great Messiah of 

 Midwifery, " as Gerald Massey called him. This statue 

 is by William Brodie, E. S. A. Beyond it, is St. John's 

 Episcopal Church, built in 1818, of a late Gothic style, 

 and filled with good painted glass windows. On the 

 sward in front is a memorial, consisting of an Ionic 

 cross, with medallions, of the late Dean Eamsay, who 

 was for many years incumbent of that church, but is 

 best known for his " Eeminiscences of Scottish Life 

 and Character. " In the valley below stands the Church 

 and Churchyard of St. Cuthbert's or West Kirk Parish. 

 This is a very plain edifice, built a century ago, at the 

 very bathos of art in Scotland, but occupying a site 

 where a place of worship has stood for at least ten cen- 

 turies. There are a number of interesting tombs here, 

 with a good mural tablet in relievo, in memory of Dr. 

 David Dickson, minister of the parish for forty years, 

 Napier of Merchiston, (inventor of Logarithms) and De 

 Quincey, the opium-eater are buried here. In front of 

 the Caledonian Eailway Station is the Sinclair Foun- 

 tain, much abused as an obstruction to the street. It 

 was built by Miss Catherine Sinclair, one of the six 

 daughters of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbser of the " Statis- 

 tical Account, " herself well known as an authoress. 

 Charlotte Square, is noticeable as containing the fine 

 Dome of St. George's, one of the City Parish Churches ; 

 and yet more as the site of the Scottish National Memo- 



