Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . sing in their voyage such places as Iffley,Nuneham, Pangbourne, Mapledurham, Cliveden, and Windsor,whose very names are fragrant with romantic interest. In taking leave of the visitor, we venture to express the hope that our briefcompanionship may have been as fruitful in interest and pleasure as it has beenour desire to make it. Our theme has been a delightful but an inexhaustible one ;and now that we part company, we can but exclaim, with Nathaniel Hawthorne, It is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave i
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . sing in their voyage such places as Iffley,Nuneham, Pangbourne, Mapledurham, Cliveden, and Windsor,whose very names are fragrant with romantic interest. In taking leave of the visitor, we venture to express the hope that our briefcompanionship may have been as fruitful in interest and pleasure as it has beenour desire to make it. Our theme has been a delightful but an inexhaustible one ;and now that we part company, we can but exclaim, with Nathaniel Hawthorne, It is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it; for it would take alife-time, and more than one, to comprehend and enjoy it satisfactorily. [For many gratifying letters of appreciation received from friends who havemade our acquaintance in these pages during past years, we offer our gratefulthanks. Once more we cordially invite communications, and shall be glad toreceive any suggestion for the improvement of the Guide in future editions.] * Sec Appendix, page 119. f See illustration above, also Appendix, pp. 114, ANTIQUARIAN AND HISTORICAL NOTES, CONTRIBUTED BY THE LATE MAJOR-GEN. GIBBES RIGAUD, Hon. , Magd. an Appendix to A Mens Oxford Guide.
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