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Title: Oxford

Author: Frederick Douglas How

Illustrator: E. W. Haslehust

Release Date: February 8, 2008 [EBook #24551]

Language: English

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[Illustration: MAGDALEN BRIDGE AND TOWER]

OXFORD

DESCRIBED BY F.D. HOW PICTURED BY E.W. HASLEHUST

[Illustration]

DANA ESTES & CO. BOSTON

_Printed in Great Britain_

Beautiful England

_Volumes Ready:_

OXFORD
THE ENGLISH LAKES
CANTERBURY
SHAKESPEARE-LAND
THE THAMES
WINDSOR CASTLE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

Magdalen Bridge and Tower _Frontispiece_

Magdalen College from the Cherwell 8

Oxford from Headington Hill 12

Martyrs' Memorial and St. Giles 16

The College Barges and Folly Bridge 20

Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford Castle 24

The Cottages, Worcester College Gardens 28

Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street 32

Christ Church 36

Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda 42

Botanic Gardens and Magdalen Tower 48

Iffley Mill 52

[Illustration: OXFORD]

For beauty and for romance the first place among all the cities of the
United Kingdom must be given to Oxford. There is but one
other--Edinburgh--which can lay any serious claim to rival her. Gazing
upon Scotland's capital from Arthur's Seat, and dreaming visions of
Scotland's wondrous past, it might seem as though the beauty and romance
of the scene could not well be surpassed