Edinburgh

Picturesque Notes

Plot

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.