...nth, 1852 ". Sir Robert Gordon added considerably to the Castle, which is thus described in "Leaves": "It is a pretty little Castle in the old Scottish...front, with a high wooded hill ; at the back there is a wood down to the Dee, and the hills rise all around . . , The scenery is wild, and yet not desolate...

...the pines of the older forests, which she could see from her windows. Of Balmoral the Queen wrote : " It is a pretty little castle in the old Scottish style....tower and garden in front, with a high wooded hill. There is a nice little hall with a billiard-room ; next to it is the dining-room. Up-stairs, immediately...

...estate. It is interesting to hear how she described her first visit to it in her Highland Journal. The Queen arrived on her first visit to Balmoral on...rise all around. "There is a nice little hall, with a billiard-roorn ; next to it is the dining-room. Upstairs (ascending by a good broad staircase), immediately...

...cold escarpments of the gray, granite rock." ***** Of the then existing mansion, the Queen says : " It is a pretty little castle in the old Scottish style....tower and garden in front, with a high wooded hill. There is a nice little hall with a billiard-room ; next to it is our dining-room. Upstairs, immediately...

...writes under date of Friday, September 8th, 1848 : ""We arrived at Balmoral at a quarter to three. It is a pretty little castle, in the old Scottish...with a high, •wooded hill ; at the back there is a wood down to the Doe, and the hills rise all around. There is a nice little hall, with a billiard-room...

...the old Scottish style. There is a picturesque "Bilaoral, September 8, ISIS,—It is a pretty little at the back there is wood down to the Dee ; and the : .ind garden in front, with a high wooded hill ; hills rise all around. "There is a nice little hall,...