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In the volume before us, Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full the high reputation for research which her previous writings have acquired. Her choice has indeed been evidently directed to that period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with the sympathies of the present day. Every one must be curious to peruse Miss Strickland's life of Mary Stuart."-English Review. "Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. In her delineation of individual character, Miss Strickland evidently takes the greatest pains to be impartial; and the multitude of new documents and facts which she has brought on both sides of the question, in regard to her heroines, is a sufficient proof that this most laudable principle is a ruling one in her mind."-Blackwood's Magazine. "The subject itself is so 'redolent' of interesting matter, that it must at once succeed to all the attractions of its precursor. The whole possesses the interest of history, romance, and human life combined; and the curiosity of readers will find plenty of gratification in the easy and pleasant narrative."-Literary Gazette. "In every chapter of the present volume she has prepared the way most brilliantly and effectively for what will be the principal feature in this series of regal biographies the memorial of Mary, the rival of Elizabeth. 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ATLAS OF SCOTLAND, in 60 Sheets Imperial Folio, comprising Maps of each County, on a scale so large as to exhibit the features of the Country, and places of importance; the boundaries of the Shires and Parishes; and the lines of Road, Railway, and Canal, laid down from actual survey; accompanied by an Index Map, a Plate of the Comparative Heights of Mountains, and another of the lengths of Rivers, and a copious Index. Imperial Folio, half-bound morocco, £6: 6s. ATLAS OF SCOTLAND, consisting of 31 MAPS, including the Orkney, Shetland, and Western Islands, with the Parochial Boundaries carefully coloured, Railways, and a General Map of Scotland. Demy 4to, price 21s. cloth, or neatly bound in a leather case for the pocket, 16s. The Maps are sold separately, price 1s. MESSRS. BLACKWOOD'S PUBLICATIONS-Continued. MEMORIALS OF THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH. BY JAMES GRANT, ESQ. WITH TWELVE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY BRANSTON. CONTENTS. Of its Origin and earlier Legends-King Exploits of Major Somerville-the James II. escapes in a Trunk-Murder Albany's Escape-James III's Captivity Death of Mary of Guise. Spectre Drummer. Macgregor Mhor-The Wild Macraas. List of Documents relating to Edin- Letter from Sir John de Kingstone. Birth of James VI.-Sorcery of Lady Rental of the Castle of Edinburgh, Athole. 1584. Mons or Mollance Meg. Order for Powder concerning the Union List of Governors and Constables. List of State Prisoners. ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. Inner Gateway of the CastleFrontispiece. 2. Chancel Arch of St. Margaret's 3. Ruins of the Well-house Tower. ning of the Sixteenth Century. 5. The Ancient Royal Lodging, or 7. Royal Lodging and Half-moon Battery. 8. "Castrum Edinense, quod et olim, arx Pvellarvm, A.D. 1646. From an ancient Dutch Print. 9. Castle, as it appeared in 1688. From 10. Ancient Postern Door and Turret 11. as viewed from the Hawkhill. 12. Mons Meg. 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