" A post-office was first established here in 1635 : and people
'?then began to take more interest in political affairs and to
" desire a Newspaper. Accordingly, Mercurius Scoticus appeared



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"in 1651, but was dropped next year." "The most ancient of
" those really written and printed in Scotland, The Caledonian
"Mercury, began on 31st Dec. 1661, by Thomas Tydserf, son of
" the bishop of Orkney. After 1661 some others were com-
" menced, but dropped again. The Edinburgh Gazette first ap-
peared in 1680, but soon ceased, and was restored again in
"1699." — (History and Progress of the Press in Scotland; in
Frazer's Magazine, May, 8fc. 1838.)

Edmunds (St.) Bury, see Bury.
Egham, a large village of England, in the county of Surrey.
It lies on the river Thames. Near it is the meadow of Runny-
meade, where Magna Charta was signed by King John in the
year 1215.— 1793.
*Egina. This, the modern capital of the island, is built on the
site of the ancient town. The earliest specimen of its printing
which I hear of, is a tract of 13 pages, Notes on the Schools
established in the Greek Islands. Printed at the Gallo-Hellenic
press, 1828, 8°.
Eichstadium, 1720. See Eustadium.
Eilmburg, a considerable town of Prussian Saxony, in the
Government of Merseberg, seated on an island in the river
Mulda. J. F. Bergman printed here in 1724.
*Einsiedlin. Thorpe's (London) Catalogue of 1836 contained -
a German version of The Life of St. Meinrard, bearing the
imprint " Eionsydlen, 1567." If this date is correct, the Abbey
had a press much earlier than was generally known, namely in
the middle of the XVIth century. I have seen a Breviary of
1669 ; and books of 1670 and 1673.
