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KELLIE CASTLE 125 FOURTH PERIOD As usually occurs in connection with most of the remarkable buildings of this age, the architect of which is unknown, Inigo Jones gets the credit of having designed Glamis Castle, but the supposition in this case is really too absurd when the perfectly Scottish character of the work is considered. We find the second of the Earls Patrick excusing himself for not having called in the assistance of the " Public Architecture," but we do not know how his grandfather acted in this matter. It seems however to have been common for noblemen to engage at their houses the same artists as were employed by the king. We have seen that this was the case here as regards the decoration of the house. In the time of the first Earl Patrick, the " Master of the King's Works " was William Schaw, whose monument in Dunfermline, erected by Queen Anne, immediately after his death in 1602, tells us that he "was most skilful in architecture, and was early recommended to great persons." It does not appear improbable that Schaw may have had to do with the design of Glamis. KELLIE CASTLE, FIFESHIRE. Kellie Castle stands 011 the southern slope of Kellie Law, about 2j miles from the sea, and is nearly equidistant from Pittenweem and St. Monance. The house is pleasantly situated on high undulating ground with very extensive views to the south and south-west. A few fine old trees remain, and there is a large and productive garden adjoining the castle. Along the north side of the garden wall are the remains of a moat still partially filled with water. Previous to 1878 the house had been abandoned for many years, and had become an utter wreck, nearly floorless and roofless, and choked full of ruins and rubbish, the home of rooks and owls. It then fortunately passed under a long lease into the custody of James Lorimer, Esq., Professor of Public Law in the Univer- sity of Edinburgh. By him it has been converted into a charming country residence. The following inscription, written by the late Principal Sir Alexander Grant, and carved in stone over the entrance, truly expresses the nature of the work done here by the Professor Hoc domiciliuni corvis et bulonibus ereptum honesto inter labores otio consecratum est. A- S M.D.CCCLXXVIII. J.A.H.L. A private monograph of Kellie Castle compiled from Dr. Joseph Anderson's Book of the Oliphants, Mr. Wood's East Neuk of Fife, and other sources, has been prepared by Professor Lorimer, and to this we are indebted for most of our information regarding its history. The Saxon family of Seward was in possession of Kellie during the