Words and pictures from “The Charm of Oxford” by J. Wells, 1920, and illustrated by W. G. Blackall.
There is also a Project Gutenberg text edition of this book, but their images are not very good. From this edition I take it that the images and text are out of copyright, but I am not certain.
Note: the text is by Joseph Wells (1855 – 1929) and is out of copyright.
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III.—View in Radcliffe Square
“The visitor to Oxford often asks—“Where is the University?” The proper answer is: “The University is everywhere,” for the colleges are all parts of it. But if a distinction must be made, and some buildings must be shown which are especially “University Buildings,” then it is undoubtedly in the Square of which this picture shows one side, [...] [more...] |
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![[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/000-Front-Cover-q95-385x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]")
![[picture: Title Page from The Charm of Oxford]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/000-Title-Page-q75-384x500.jpg "[picture: Title Page from The Charm of Oxford]")
![[picture: II.---Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary's Spire]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/006-II-Brasenose-College-Quad-q75-391x500.jpg "[picture: II.---Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary's Spire]")
![[picture: III.---View in Radcliffe Square]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/014-View-in-Radcliffe-Square-q75-394x500.jpg "[picture: III.---View in Radcliffe Square]")
![[picture: IV.---Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/022-IV-Sheldonian-Theatre-etc-Broad-Street-q75-500x393.jpg "[picture: IV.---Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street]")
![[picture: VII.---Merton College: The Library Interior]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/036-vii-Merton-College-The-Library-Interior-q80-349x500.jpg "[picture: VII.---Merton College: The Library Interior]")
![[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/134-xxiv-Wadham-College-The-Hall-Interior-greyscale-q85-383x500.jpg "[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)]")
![[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/134-xxiv-Wadham-College-The-Hall-Interior-q90-401x500.jpg "[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior]")