Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] [Illustration: _IN CORNMARKET STREET. Drawn by T. H. Crawford._] ASPECTS OF MODERN OXFORD BY A MERE DON (A. D. GODLEY) _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_ J. H. Lorimer, Lancelot Speed, T. H. Crawford, and E. Stamp LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED Essex Street, Strand 1894 ―――― CONTENTS I--OF DONS AND COLLEGES II--OF UNDERGRADUATES III--OF SIGHTSEERS IV--OF EXAMINATIONS V--UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM VI--THE UNIVERSITY AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE. VII--DIARY OF A DON VIII--THE UNIVERSITY AS A PLACE OF LEARNED LEISURE. ―――― LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS In Cornmarket Street. _By T. H. Crawford_ . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ In Christchurch Cathedral. _By J. H. Lorimer_ New College, Oxford. _By E. Stamp_ Corpus Christi College. _By J. H. Lorimer_ Smoking-Room at the Union. _By T. H. Crawford_ Cricket in the Parks. _By L. Speed_ Waiting for the Cox. _By L. Speed_ Ringoal in New College. _By L. Speed_ Golf at Oxford. The Plateau Hole And Arnold’s Tree. _By L. Speed_ Commemoration: Outside the Sheldonian Theatre. _By T. H. Crawford_ In College Rooms. _By T. H. Crawford_ A Ball at Christchurch. _By T. H. Crawford_ The Deer Park, Magdalen College, Oxford. _By J. H. Lorimer_ In Convocation: Conferring a Degree. _By E. Stamp_ A Lecture-Room in Magdalen College. _By E. Stamp_ The Library, Merton College. _By E. Stamp_ Reading the Newdigate. _By T. H. Crawford_ A Dance at St. John’s. _By T. H. Crawford_ The Radcliffe. _By E. Stamp_ In the Bodleian. _By E. Stamp_ Sailing on the Upper River. _By L. Speed_ Porch of St. Mary’s. _By J. Pennell_ In Exeter College Chapel. _By E. Stamp_ Parsons’ Pleasure. _By L. Speed_ Fencing. _By L. Speed_ Lawn Tennis at Oxford. _By L. Speed_ Bowls in New College Garden. _By L. Speed_ Coaching the Eight. _By J. H. Lorimer_ Evening on the River. _By E. Stamp_ ASPECTS OF MODERN OXFORD I--OF DONS AND COLLEGES ’We ain’t no thin red heroes, nor we ain’t no blackguards too, But single men in barracks, most remarkable like you.’ _Rudyard Kipling_.