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of the details of the monument are copied from the 

 ruins of Melrose Abbey. An internal stair admits to 

 four galleries at different levels, from the highest of 

 which (180 feet from the street level,) a particularly 

 interesting view of Edinburgh is obtained, In the 

 niches are a large number of statues representing 

 characters in the Waverley novels ; the best in point 

 of artistic power being that of Diana Vernon, by George 

 Lawson, a Scottish sculptor residing in London. This 

 figure is on the outside niche of the south-east pier. 

 Under the canopy is Sir John Steell's marble statue of 

 Scott, having his favorite dog " Maida " beside him. 

 A cast from this statue was recently made by Sir John 

 Steell for the Central Park in New York. Next to this 

 monument, stands a bronze statue to Adam Black, 

 publisher, and once, Lord Provost and member of 

 Parliament for the city. 



This is the work of John Hutchinson, R. S. A. A few 

 yards farther west, is seen Christopher North's, a bronze 

 statue in which Sir John Steell has reproduced with 

 great success the noble leonine presence of Professor 

 Wilson. Opposite this, a glance may be given to a 

 figure of St. Andrew, the " Patron Saint " of Scotland, 

 placed over the doorway of the North British Insurance 

 Office. The large building with Doric pillars and a 

 noble octostyle portico is the Royal Institution, giving 

 accommodation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the 

 School of Art, the Sculpture Gallery, and the Museum 

 of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Over the 

 front is a colossal seated statue of Queen Victoria, in her 

 robes, with orb and sceptre, the work of Sir John Steel. 

 In rear of this building stands another Grecian temple, 

 with pillars of the Ionic order, containing the National 

 Gallery of Scotland, and the rooms of the Royal Scottish 

 Academy, whose annual exhibition is held from Feb- 

 ruary to May. In the Museum of Antiquities are a 

 number of rare Scottish remains, embracing some 

 remarkable native gold and silver ornaments, — the 



