ROYAL EDINBURGH

HER SAINTS, KINGS, PROPHETS AND POETS

'Mine own romantic town.' Marmion

BY
MRS. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF 'MAKERS OF FLORENCE,' 'MAKERS OF VENICE,' ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
GEORGE REID, R.S.A.

LONDON
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK

1891

All rights reserved

ST. GILES'S FROM THE LAWNMARKET

First Edition (Medium 8vo) 1890
Second Edition (Crown 8vo) 1891

TO MY OLD FRIEND

ALEXANDER MACMILLAN

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