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The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club is the foremost journal for all aspects of Edinburgh history.
The Original Series goes back to 1908 and the foundation of the Old Edinburgh Club.
The New Series was begun in 1991.
Contents
‘A Venerable and Romantic Ruin’: St Anthony’s Chapel and its place in Edinburgh’s Historical and Visual Image
Patricia R. Andrew
James Ker, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh, 1747–1754
William Irvine Fortescue
The Musick Club and the Edinburgh Musical Society
Roger L. Emerson and Jenny Macleod, with the editorial assistance of Allen Simpson
Ramsay Garden: ‘Professor Geddes’s New Buildings’
R. J. Morris
The Public Washhouses of Edinburgh
Steven Robb
Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart, MP (1763–1833)
Roger Marjoribanks
‘Spectator of the Busy Scene’: A Visitor of 1793 Experiences Edinburgh Outside and In