Old Photographs Colinton Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Colinton, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cholgain, a suburb of Edinburgh. Colinton house was owned by Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsligo, born 5 April 1739, died 12 November 1806, who was a Scottish banker. He was known also as an improving landlord, philanthropist and writer. He was born in Edinburgh. His father Willam Forbes, heir to a Nova Scotia baronetcy, was an advocate. A friend of the family, Sir Francis Farquharson of Haughton, arranged with Messrs. Coutts, a prominent firm of bankers in Edinburgh, to admit Forbes as an apprentice, and he entered their service in 1754. It was run by the sons of John Coutts. The apprenticeship lasted four years, and then he was clerk in the counting house for two years more, at the end of which he was given a small share in the business as a partner. Forbes had become an authority on finance, and in 1783 he took part in preparing the revised Bankruptcy Act. William Pitt used to consult him, and adopted in 1790 some of his suggestions on the stamps on bills of exchange. In 1799 Pitt offered him an Irish peerage, which he declined. The 15th century Colinton Castle, in the grounds of what is now Merchiston Castle School, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during his invasion of Scotland. Following repair, the castle was subsequently partially demolished by the artist Alexander Nasmyth in order to create a picturesque ruin. Spylaw Park in Colinton was bought by the City of Edinburgh Council in 1911. Robert Louis Stevenson spent the summers of his childhood at the manse in Colinton when his grandfather was the village's Parish Minister; the philanthropist James Gillespie; and architects Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and John James Burnet, all lived in the village.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.
Read by Tomás Costal on the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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Opening letters – 0:11
Chapter 1 – 34:23
Chapter 2 – 44:34
Chapter 3 – 57:42
Chapter 4 – 1:14:22
Chapter 5 – 1:29:25
Chapter 6 – 1:43:07
Chapter 7 – 1:59:07
Chapter 8 – 2:21:26
Chapter 9 – 2:40:44
Chapter 10 – 2:54:08
Chapter 11 – 3:09:17
Chapter 12 – 3:25:56
Chapter 13 – 3:38:27
Chapter 14 – 3:51:04
Chapter 15 – 4:02:00
Chapter 16 – 4:20:48
Chapter 17 – 4:40:42
Chapter 18 – 4:52:38
Chapter 19 – 5:09:40
Chapter 20 – 5:24:48
Chapter 21 – 5:45:07
Chapter 22 – 6:05:50
Chapter 23 – 6:25:22
Chapter 24 – 6:40:24
Final letters – 6:58:14
Credits – 7:31:29
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Auto-synced English subtitles are available.
Frankenstein ebook via Project Gutenberg
Picture credits: Theodore Von Holst (1810-1844) (Tate Britain. Private collection, Bath.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons