Identifier: travelsineuropea00bolt (find matches)
Title: Travels in Europe and America
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bolton, Charles E(dward), 1841-1901. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, T. Y. Crowell & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t, the Magician of the North. Famous Mel-rose Abbey, The Heart of Robert Bruce. A WizardsGrave. Abbotsford, Scotts Home. His Library and Study.Irving called Scott, Golden Hearted. Sterling Castle, and Hill of God . Trossachs. To a Highland Girl. LocksKatrine and Lomond. Glasgow, center of Ship-building. Ayr,birthplace of Robert Burns. The True Story. Burns and hisMonuments, Mrs. Bolton frequently urged that we cut shortthe time for unimportant sights, and use our daysto study the more interesting places and facts ofthe old world. So we hastened from Londontowards Scotland for a few days. From the Express at a distance one sees LincolnCathedral with its three great towers, and BigTom in the central tower rings out his welcomeas the train pulls into this old cathedral town.Lincoln Cathedral, rivaling Westminster, coverstwo acres in an open site upon a high hill. It wasbuilt 800 years ago and is a fine example of earlyEnglish architecture. A distant view of Lincoln whetted our tastes for
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TRA VELS. 63 an early morning visit to York Cathedral. Thefirst rays of the dawn lit up for us the unrivaledbeauty of its East window. This ancient structurewith its three rows of clustered columns, and arches,is perfect in its proportions. We rode near the blue waters of the North Seaand finally came to learned Edinburgh, like Romeset upon hills, with lovely parks in her valleys.How rich this old city in memories of Queen Mary,Knox, Scott and Burns ! Tall and antique build-ings line the principal street of the Old Town,which leads from the interesting Palace of Flolyroodto the huge rock on which the castle is built, 443feet above the sea level. Princes street extendsalong the edge of the valley that separates theNew Town from the Old. It affords a unique prom-enade for citizens and tourists, and a magnificentview of the lordly Castle, which view is rivaled onlyby that obtained from adjacent Calton Hill, stud-ded with its historic monuments. Beyond onesees the Firth of Forth, with its

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