Edinburgh: The Golden Age

Introduction

The New Town’s Inception, to 1802
1. A Daring Concept
2. The Old Town and High Street Living
3. The Fabric of Edinburgh Society
  1. The Church
  2. The Law
  3. The Schools
  4. Edinburgh Societies
  5. The University
  6. Medicine and Surgery
  7. Tories and Revolutionaries
  8. Theatrical Progress
4. Building a New Town
5. The French Exiles
6. Interregnum
1802-1815
1. The Young Whigs and The Edinburgh Review
2. The Second New Town
3. A Mecca for Visitors
4. Political and Social Change
5. A City in a Landscape
6. Literary Revenges
7. The Literary Scene
8. The Law and the Offices
9. Schools, Students and Apprentices
10. The Church and Churchmen
11. The Painters
12. The Theatre
13. Eccentrics and Others
14. Reviewers and Rivals
15. The Social Surface
16. Four Marriages
17. Edinburgh Shops
18. Among the Poor
1815-1822
1. The Expanding City
2. A New Kind of Novel
3. Scott Lionised
4. Periodical Warfare
5. The Literati in the Field
6. Lifestyles
7. Literary Figures (1)
8. Literary Figures (2)
9. The Social Background
10. The Church
11. Colleges and Schools
12. Medicine and Surgery
13. Two Sides of the Law
14. Artists and Musicians
15. A New Start in the Theatre
16. Adventures and Curiosities
17. Phrenology
18. The Scottish Regalia
19. Accolade
1823-1833
1. A Rash of New Building
2. Scott in the Heights
3. Carlyle Rises
4. Jeffrey’s Progress
5. A Calamity
6. A Crisis
7. Stages of Friendship: Wilson, Jeffrey, Carlyle
8. Stages of Friendship: Jeffrey: Carlyle
9. De Quincey and Some Lesser Luminaries
10. Old Periodicals and New Ventures
11. The Social Scene: Feasts
12. The Social Scene: Personalities
13. The Church: Great Preachers and Divided Issues
14. The Educational Scene: Schools
15. The Educational Scene: University and Medical School
16. Artists and Musicians
17. Craftsmen and Labourers
18. Thieves, Confidence Tricksters and Beggars
19. The Theatre
20. Lawyers and Law-Breakers
21. Last Years of Scott

Epilogue: Afterwards

Select list of Legal and Civic Officers During the Period 1764-1836
Glossary of Scottish Terms and Legal Officers

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