OS1/29/28/102
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| ABBOTSFORD | Abbotsford (Contd.) [Continued] | 007.03 | [Continued from page 101] intimately connected with the fortunes of Jeanie Deans; this door leads into Sir Walter's Study, which is shelved from top to bottom and contains a number of booKs, chiefly of Reference, in the Centre is a plain writing table, and an old Arm chair covered with leather. A narrow Gallery runs round the room affording access to the higher bookshelves and Communicating also with the Poet's bedroom. In a closet attached to the study are the Costumes he wore as a Member of the Celtic Society, and of the Yeomanry Corporal also his last Country dress, heavy shoes and stout walKing stick. The study communicates with the Library which is the largest of all the apartments gorgeously fitted up with antique Cabinets and booK cases, and contains about 20000 volumes, embracing all the finest and largest worKs on Scottish History, antiquities, legends and superstitions. The ceiling is of Carved OaK, and the bal-conied windows, looK out upon the Tweed and a fine Expanse of surrounding Country Over the Marble fire place is a full length Portrait of the Poet's Eldest Son, in the Hussar Uniform, at one end of the room is the bust of Sir Walter by Chantrey, and the other is [Continued on page 103] |
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[page] 102Parish of Melrose -- Sheet 7. 3.
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