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having defaced the interior. A farmer now occupies what 
remains of the ancient Manor House, pulled down by an Earl of 
Abingdon in 1800. Queen Elizabeth visited Lord Norreys 
therein, and Charles I. made it his residence, when Oxford was 
the head-quarters of the Royal army. 
During the absence of this driving party, the remainder of the 
Members renewed their peregrination by visiting Exeter College 
with its gorgeous Chapel by Sir Gilbert Scott, constructed after 
the model of the Sainte Chapelle, Paris. There is some beautiful 
tapestry hung in this Chapel after a design by Sir E. Burne-Jones, 
_ BR.A., representing the visit of the Magi. The gardens of Exeter 
were entered, and the exquisite view therefrom of the Radcliffe 
Library and Bodleian duly appreciated. Leaving Exeter a hasty 
glance was given to Jesus College and its Chapel, and Brasenose, 
the Radcliffe Library and 8. Mary’s University Church. The 
Divinity School with its beautiful roof and windows bereft of 
their coloured glass was next entered. This was used as a House 
of Commons in 1625 when London was ravaged by the plague, 
and seems to require much expenditure to restore it to its 
original beauty and cleanliness. The Convocation House, 
Bodleian Library with its MSS. treasures and Picture Gallery 
were visited in turn and the morning’s work was completed by 
an examination of the Sheldoniaz Theatre, the noisy scene of the 
“ Encoenia,” early in this month when honorary degrees were 
conferred on Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, and the Right Hon. 
Cecil Rhodes. The afternoon was devoted to a visit to Christ 
Church Cathedral, the Broad Walk, and the river barges, and after 
a final look at Pembroke College and the exceedingly plain 
Church of S. Aldate, the only edifice without painted glass in the 
City, a retreat was made by the whole party to the Station 
whence in two hours, a train restored all to their Bath domicile, 
doubtless with a very hazy recollection of all the Colleges, Chapels, 
a Quads, Buildings and Libraries of Oxford, a due appreciation of 
_ which would require a good week instead of a meagre glance of 
30 hours. 

