First published in 1879, Edinburgh:
Picturesque Notes is amongst the most personal and vivid of
Robert Louis
Stevenson's books. Part guide book, part social commentary, this book gives
a fascinating insight into Auld Reekie: the Edinburgh of another era.
At the time Picturesque Notes was
published, RLS's views of his native city were controversial, to the point
where the edition reproduced here carries a footnote in the first chapter
setting out the author's response to criticisms of it.
Like other eBooks whose texts are reproduced on Undiscovered
Scotland, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis
Stevenson is long out of copyright. What sets the Undiscovered Scotland
version apart is the cross linking between the text of the book and features
elsewhere on the site, allowing the reader to explore beyond the text itself,
finding out more about the places and people mentioned.
