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drinking or for domestic purposes, while Oxford, 
owing to careful administration by its Corporation 
and to the valuable properties bequeathed by its 
[ forerunners, boasts of being one of the lowest 
rated boroughs in the Kingdom. 
Of lodging and boarding- houses there is an 
abundance, and to reassure the timid it should 
be stated that most of these are licensed and in¬ 
spected by the University Authorities, and their 
proper sanitation certified. A list of such lodging's 
may be found in the pages of this Guide, and 
in regard to them or their accessibility Bell’s 
Travel Service will be ready at all times to answer 
enquiries. 
To those of studious and artistic tastes, Oxford 
£ with the Bodleian Library offers its vast and 
j varied treasures, and—‘ nowhere in the world can 
« researches be prosecuted with such readiness and 
I comfort ’ ;* the numerous College Libraries; the 
5 University Museum—one of the most complete of 
I its kind, 2 and a monument to the energy and fore- 
| sight of the late Sir Henry Acland ; the Pitt-Rivers 
5 Museum of Anthropology, filled with objects illus- 
( trating the development of the arts and handi- 
f 1 H. A. Evans. 2 The Hope Entomological Collection is 
exceedingly fine. 
crafts among untutored races ; the Taylor Insti- • 
tution, founded for the teaching of European I 
languages and containing an extensive library of \ 
foreign books; the Ashmolean Museum, with its i 
antiquarian treasures and fine art galleries, the t 
former including among many treasures of his¬ 
toric interest the famous Alfred’s Jewel, while in 
the latter will be found examples of the early work 
of Millais and Holman Hunt, of J. M. W. Turner 
and other famous artists ; and, lastly, the Indian 
Institute, opened in 1884, one of whose objects is 
to bind closer the ties between England and India ; 
it possesses a valuable library of Oriental litera¬ 
ture, and a museum illustrating the industries, 
products, etc., and social life of our great Eastern 
Protectorate. These institutions afford an end¬ 
less chain of interest, nor should the numerous 1 
public lectures, delivered by Professors of the Uni¬ 
versity, and open to residents without distinction, 
be overlooked. 
Music lovers have every opportunity of enjoy¬ 
ing their favourite art, not only in the beautifully 
rendered services at Magdalen, New College, and 
the Cathedral, but also at the numerous high-class 
concerts arranged by local societies or by enter¬ 
prising agents ; while the best productions of the 
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