THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

AND ITS VICINITY:

BEING

AN ACCOUNT OF SUCH OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND
CLASSICAL INTEREST AS ARE TO BE FOUND

IN ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD,

WITH A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

OF THE ABBEYS OF

MELROSE, DRYBURGH, KELSO

AND JEDBURGH,

WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF

ABBOTSFORD.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY ENGRAVINGS.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. B. MOULD,
29, NORTH BRIDGE;

BOLD BY J. WALKER, MELROSE; T. MELROSE, BERWICK;
W. DAVIDSON, ALNWICK; AND A. TURNBULL, JEDBURGH.

1841.

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When Founded-Rules of the Cistertian Monks

-Pillaged by the English-Battle of Ancrum

Muir Monks dispersed at the Reformation.

DESCRIPTION OF MELROSE ABBEY,

Inscriptions "The Heart of Bruce"-Tradi-

tion-Descriptions by Mr. Chambers, Sir W.

Scott, and Mr. Lockhart-Invitation to visit

Melrose Abbey.

HISTORY OF Dryburgh AbBEY,

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Beauty of Situation-Originally a Site of Pa-

gan Worship-When Founded.

DESCRIPTION Of Dryburgh ABBEY,

St. Moden's Chapel-St. Mary's Aisle-Sir

Walter Scott's Tomb-" Invitation to Dry-

burgh."

LAST DAYS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT,

His return from the Continent-Death-Ode to

his Memory-Lines by Mr Lockhart-Funeral

-Procession, &c.,-" Dryburgh Abbey."

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Thirlstane Castle" Thomas the Rymer,

Part First-Part Second-Part Third--Cow-

denknows-Ballad "Broom of Cowdenknows"

-Song.

SMAILHOLME TOWER,

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Situation-Description-View from Tower-

"The Eve of St. John."

Description, &c." On Revisiting the Rhy-

THE RHYMER'S GLEN,

mer's Glen."

Description-Colmslie Tower, &c.-" Glen-

dearg" of the Monastery.

ABBOTSFORD,

Situation-Gardens and Pleasure Grounds

Description of the House-Entrance Hall-

Armoury-Dining Room-Breakfast Parlour

-Drawing Room-Library-Study-Closet-

"Farewell to Abbotsford.'

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DESCRIPTION OF JEDBURGH ABBEY, 192

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND 194

Progress of the Cathedrals and Ecclesiastical

Structures in Scotland.