Reminiscences of Oxford . lish wife. The Angel was thefashionable hotel; the carriages and four ofneighbouring magnates, Dukes of Marlboroughand Buckingham, Lords Macclesfield, Abingdon,Camoys, dashed up to it; there, too, stoppedall day post-chaises, trayelling chariots, equi-pages of bridal couples, coaches from theeastern road; all visitors being received atthe hall door by the obsequious manager , in blue tail-coat gilt-buttoned and velvet-collared, buff waistcoat, light kerseymere pan-taloons, silk stockings and pumps, a gold eye-glass pendent from a broad black ribbon;and by Wal
Reminiscences of Oxford . lish wife. The Angel was thefashionable hotel; the carriages and four ofneighbouring magnates, Dukes of Marlboroughand Buckingham, Lords Macclesfield, Abingdon,Camoys, dashed up to it; there, too, stoppedall day post-chaises, trayelling chariots, equi-pages of bridal couples, coaches from theeastern road; all visitors being received atthe hall door by the obsequious manager , in blue tail-coat gilt-buttoned and velvet-collared, buff waistcoat, light kerseymere pan-taloons, silk stockings and pumps, a gold eye-glass pendent from a broad black ribbon;and by Wallace, a huge mastiff, who madefriends with every guest. All of it has van-ished excejit the spacious coffee-room, whichbecame Coopers shop. The Old Bank stoodwhere now it stands, already some twentyyears old. It was founded by two tradesmen—Thompson, a gunsmith, and Parsons, a draper,the latter lii-othei- to Dr. Parsons, Master ofBalliol and J3isho]) of Peterborough. Passinggallantly tliroiii;li the money jmnic of 1825,. J A .1 III 11 i;\ )KD. Ennrra\-cd from the Ori<rina) Prim /^S^^VI^O:::^^!!—3- b\\;an— Price 7 0. MOTHER LOUSE,from fde i/(?e Engr.^uiny nter Loggan. WALK ABOUT ZION. 249 when Walter Scott was mined and lialf thebanks in England broke, it rose into highrepute, obtained the deposits of all the Colleges,and retains probably most of them to-da}under the grandsons of its founders. Closeto it were Vincents Rooms, the home of theUnion, whose debates were held in a hallbehind Wyatts picture shop. In 1835 thehouse of Wood, the apothecary, at the entranceto Skimmery Hall Lane, was translated intoSpiers, now itself extinct, but for nearly sixtyyears inseparable from Oxford life, better servedand more artistic in its merchandise than anyshop in England. Its display of papier mAcheand of ceramic ware, surrounding a beautifulcardboard model of the Martyrs Memorial,was one of the features in the 1851 Ex-hibition. There were in the High two superiorconfection
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