Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . d the roofs of the BodleianLibrary (6), Biasenose (22),Lincoln (64), and Jesus (63)Colleges. From the secondwindow to the right, begin-ning with the spire of AllSaints Church (65), we seethe roof of the Corn Exchange(35), the spire of St. Aldates(32), the hall of Pembroke College (33), and further to the right the plainsquare tower of Carfax Church (36) ; while closer at hand are the Bodleian(6), the library, new buildings, hall, quadrangle, entrance tower, and chapelof Exeter College (62), the high-pitched roof and
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . d the roofs of the BodleianLibrary (6), Biasenose (22),Lincoln (64), and Jesus (63)Colleges. From the secondwindow to the right, begin-ning with the spire of AllSaints Church (65), we seethe roof of the Corn Exchange(35), the spire of St. Aldates(32), the hall of Pembroke College (33), and further to the right the plainsquare tower of Carfax Church (36) ; while closer at hand are the Bodleian(6), the library, new buildings, hall, quadrangle, entrance tower, and chapelof Exeter College (62), the high-pitched roof and slender spirelet of the latterbeing most conspicuous objects. From the third (west) window we catcha glimpse (behind the chapel of Exeter College) of the tower battlements ofSt. Ieter-le-Bailey Church 39), next to which are the lofty roofs of the UnionSocietys Rooms (42, and the elegant spire of the new Wesleyan Chapel (40).Next come the plain old Saxon tower of St. Michaels {6b), and the gables andintern of the New High School for Boys. The trees in the distance cover the. THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE. Aldens Oxford Guide. mound of the ancient Castle (69), and the Berkshire hills form a background tothe whole. The fourth window gives us an excellent view of Broad street,looking west; the nearest buildings on the left being the Ashmolean Museum(2) and the north front of Exeter College *62) ; on the right are the handsomenew buildings, chapel, and hall of Balliol v6o), adjoining which are the chapeland gardens of Trinity College (61). Behind Balliol rise the roofs of theRandolph Hotel (57) and the Taylor Institute (56) ; further in the rear are thecampanile of St. Barnabas Church (49) and the chimney-shaft of the UniversityPress (48). To the right are the entrance towers, garden front, £.nd garden ofSt. Johns (55), St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, the Radcliffe Observa-tory (50) and Infirmary (53), and St. Giless Church (54). From the fifth ornorth window, especially in summer an
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