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[Illustration: MAGDALEN BRIDGE AND TOWER]

OXFORD

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

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DANA ESTES & CO. BOSTON

_Printed in Great Britain_

Beautiful England

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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