# A summer in Skye, Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: Smith, Alexander, 1830?-1867

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76786

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+summer+in+Skye%2C+Volume+1+%28of+2%29+Smith&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Summer has leaped suddenly on Edinburgh like a tiger. The air is still and hot above the houses; but every now and then a breath of east wind startles you through the warm sunshine--like a sudden sarcasm felt through a strain of flattery--and passes on detested of every organism. But, with this exception, the atmosphere is so close, so laden with a body of heat, that a thunderstorm would be almost welcomed as a relief. Edinburgh, on her crags, held high towards the sun--too distant the sea to send cool breezes to street and square--is at this moment an uncomfortable dwelling-place. Beautiful as ever, of course--for nothing can be finer than the of the Old Town etched on hot summer azure--...

## Chapters

- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-summer-in-skye-volume-1-of-2-76786/chapters/17/index.md)