1906
|THIS volume is not intended to compete with any existing guides to
Oxford: it is not a guide-book in any formal or exhaustive sense. Its
purpose is to shew forth the chief beauties of the University and City,
as they have appeared to several artists; with such a running commentary
as may explain the pictures, and may indicate whatever is most
interesting in connection with the scenes which they represent. Slight
as the notes are, there has been no sacrifice, it is believed, of
accuracy. The principal facts have been derived from Alexander Chalmers'
_History of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings of the University
of Oxford_, from Mr. Lang's _Oxford_, and from the _Oxford and its
Colleges_ of Mr. J. Wells.
The illustrations, with the exception of six only, which are derived
from Acker-mann's _Oxford_, are reproduced from the paintings of living
artists, mostly by Mr. W. Matthison, the others by Mrs. C. R. Walton,
Walter S. S. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Bayzant, and Miss E. S. Cheesewright.