LADYBANK  , a

police burgh of Fifeshire, Scotland, 51 m . S.W. of Cupar by the North British railway, a m. from the left bank of the Eden . Pop . (1901) 1340 . Besides having a station on the main line to Dundee, it is also connected with Perth and Kinross and is a railway junction of some importance and possesses a locomotive depot . It is an industrial centre, linen weaving, coal mining and malting being the principal industries . KETTLE, a village 1 m . S., has prehistoric barrows and a fort . At COLLESSIE, 21 M . N. by W., a standing stone, a mound and traces of ancient camps exist, while urns and coins have been found . Between the parishes of Collessie and Monimail the boundary line takes the form of a crescent known as the Bow of Fife . MONIMAIL contains the Mount, the residence of Sir David Lindsay the poet (1490--1555) .

Its lofty site is now marked by a

clump of trees . Here, too, is the Doric pillar, loo ft. high, raised to the memory of John Hope, 4th earl of Hopetoun . Melville House, the seat of the earls of Leven, lies amidst beautiful woods .