THE GLAMOUR OF OXFORD DESCRIPTIVE PASSAGES IN VERSE AND PROSE CHOSEN AND EDITED BY WILLIAM KNIGHT EMERITUS-PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE OXFORD B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE HENRY FROWDE. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF ITS UNIVERSITY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON IN ADMIRATION OF MANIFOLD SERVICES TO HIS COUNTRY AT HOME AND ABROAD THIS BOOK IN PRAISE OF OXFORD IS DEDICATED PREFACE HIS book, in Praise of Oxford, has been put TH together as a memorial of the City and its Colleges. It is neither a guide-book to the place, nor a chronicle of events connected with its history; but merely a record of the appreciation, the gratitude, and in some cases the benediction of its alumni and other visitors. It is a tribute both from the dead and from the living; although perhaps the modern appraisals of the city as a seat of learning are superior-both in value and beauty-to those of earlier centuries. They all show in a wonderful way how it has fascinated, and often magnetized, the spirits of those who are privileged to call it their Alma Mater. The literature devoted to Oxford and its Colleges is probably greater than that relating to any other University in the world, and those who wish to pursue the subject in detail can have no difficulty either as to materials or guidance; but the compiler of this small volume believes that the perusal of some remarkable passages in prose and verse, written in its praise by distinguished men, and arranged chronologically, may be acceptable both to undergraduates and old Oxonians, as well as to those who think of sending their sons to Oxford. Both authors and publishers have been extremely kind in allowing use to be made of those passages 269175 |