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l a commercial and military point of view, was con- 
| siderable, and ‘ Oxford had already seen five cen- 
? turies of borough life before a student appeared 
l within its streets.’ 1 This fact lends additional 
i interest to the place, providing for the histori- 
• cal student much material for research, and for the 
( antiquarian and the photographer many choice 
4 relics of the past; ‘ nowhere else, in England, at 
5 all events, unless it be at the sister University, 
f can the eye and mind feed upon so much anti- 
j quity, certainly not upon so much antique 
; beauty.’ 2 
5 Among the minor annoyances of life perhaps 
f not the least is to be told, after one has returned 
1 from visiting some town or other, that one has 
; missed the object best worth seeing; such mis- 
f fortune the Visitors’ Committee seeks to render 
1 impossible in Oxford. The unaided stranger may 
» very possibly miss a good deal—he may, through 
f the lodge gates of a college, look longingly at the 
j green-turfed quadrangle and fear to intrude where 
l he would be entirely welcome; he may pass by 
] some church and leave unseen what would interest 
j him thoroughly. 
1 J. R. Green. 
2 Goldvvin Smith. 
It would be well, then, for intending visitors to i 
enter into communication with the Committee, 4 
who, through their Secretary, will, if desired, • 
make all necessary arrangements. Applications J 
should be addressed to the Secretary of the 4 
Visitors’ Committee at the office of Messrs. Bell’s s 
Travel Service, 137 High Street, Oxford, who is » 
prepared to quote inclusive terms for conducting \ 
large or small parties through the City and Uni- : 
versity, and to arrange with competent firms for f 
the provision of refreshments, steamers for trips 1 
on the Thames, and motor-coaches for excursions ; 
to places of interest in the neighbourhood. f 
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The following skeleton list, arranged in the f 
order of an itinerary, may give the intending \ 
visitor some idea of the leading points of interest. • 
To endeavour to make this list complete is f 
beyond the limits of this Handbook ; fuller details J 
may be found in numerous volumes, of which a I 
wide choice is obtainable of Messrs. Blackwell’s, | 
Publishers, Broad Street. j 
For those whose time is limited, and who wish 5 
to ‘ see ’ Oxford in a couple of hours, the creme \ 
de la creme is given below in heavier type. 4 
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