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hall or inn which stood on the sonth-wcst corner ofthe present court, and was the property of RichardPeckwater, who gave it to St. Frideswide’s priory, inthe reign of Henry III. About the middle of thereign of Henry VIII. another inn, called Vine Hall,was added to it; these, with other buildings, wereformed into a quadrangle, in the time of dean Duppaand Hr. S. Fell, which remained until 1705, when theeast, west, and north sides were rebuilt after a plangiven by dean Aldrich, at the expense of the dean,canons, and nobility and gentry educated in this so-ciety. Anthony Radclitfe, canon, bequeathed 3000/.for this purpose.

The three sides are in a chaste Ionic style ; all su-perfluity of ornament has been judiciously rejected,and it may be said to be one of the most correct ex-amples of the Palladian architecture in this kingdom.

The library, which forms the south-side of Peck-water quadrangle, was begun in 1716, after a design ofDr. George Clarke, of All Souls, and was not com-pleted until 1761. The elevation consists of oneorder of three-quarter Corinthian columns, of consi-derable height and diameter. It was originally in-tended that the lower story should consist of an openpiazza of seven arches, with an ascent of three 6tepsalong the front of the building ; but it was afterwardsinclosed, and forms the rooms which contain somebooks and the collection of paintings left to the col-lege by brigadier-general Guise, who had received apart of his education in it.

The upper room is 141 feet by thirty, and thirty-seven feet in height. The ceiling is richly orna-mented ; and the wainscot and pillars are of the finestNorway oak. The festoons of stucco arc muchadmired for the delicacy of the workmanship. Thislibrary, in books, prints, manuscripts, and coins, is ofthe first order. The recesses in the upper room areoccupied by a bust, in bronze, of Marcus Modius, aphysician, presented to the society by lord FrederickCampbell; and a female figure, in marble, attendedby a smaller figure of a boy, with one hand upon hershoulder, given by the late A. K. Mackenzie, M.A.,a student of this house. This fine antique statue wasfound at Pella in Greece. At the east end are marblebusts of Seneca and Nero ; and at the other end, ofCeres and Cicero. On the staircase is a fine whole-length statue of Locke, by lloubilliac.

Canterbury quadrangle joins that of Peckwater onthe east side, and is a handsome entrance to the col-lege. On this site formerly stood Canterbury Hall,which was granted to the college by Henry VIII.In 1775 the north and cast sides of it were rebuilt,after a design of Mr. Wyatt, chiefly at the expenseof Dr. Robinson, primate of Ireland, who contributed2000/. towards their completion ; by whose liberalitythe south side also was rebuilt in 1783. The chiefornament of this court is the magnificent gateway,erected under the direction of Mr. Wyatt, in 1778.The order is Doric, and the design combines all thatcan be expected from an union of solidity and ele-gance. Both Canterbury and Peckwater quadranglesare inhabited chiefly by the undergraduate membersof the college.

Magdalen College is one of the noblest 'insti-tutions in Oxford. It was founded by William ofWaynflete, bishop of Winchester, in the year 1458,for a president, forty fellows, thirty scholars, calleddemies, a divinity lecturer, four chaplains, eightclerks, and sixteen choristers for the service of the

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chapel. The members of the college still remain thesame as at the time of the foundation, with the additiononly of gentlemen commoners, for no commoners areadmitted. The members on the books of this collegein 1834 were 158, of whom 115 were members ofconvocation. Magdalen college is bound by its sta-tutes to entertain the kings of England and their sonswhen at Oxford, whence this hall has often been thescene of royal and princely festivities. Magdalencollege is situated at the east entrance to Oxford, andforms a noble object as the traveller crosses thebridge over the Oherwell. The buildings, as de-signed by the founder compose two quadrangu-lar courts, one of small and another of large dimen-sions. The entrance to the first is through a modemDoric portal that does not harmonise well withthe rest of the structure. In front of the court isthe original entrance, now disused, to the largerquadrangle, under a venerable Gothic tower, whichis adorned with statues of the founder, of HenryVI., and of St. John the Baptist and Mary Mag-dalen, in canopied niches of exquisite workmanship.The other court is nearly as the founder left it,the south cloister being the only portion that hasbeen added since his death. This court contains thechapel, hall, and library, with apartments for resi-dence. Round the whole of this court is arranged aseries of hieroglyphic figures, which have occasioneda good deal of speculation among the learned.Besides the two courts there is a tower, and severalother ranges of buildings belonging to the college,which have been erected at different periods, andwere not included in the founder’s design. Thetower, which attracts notice bv its beautiful propor-tions, was finished in 1498. It is said to have beendesigned by cardinal Wolsey, a report which seemsto have originated in the fact that he was bursar ofthe college at the time; and the cardinal is reportedto have affirmed that he owed all his greatness to itsclassic shades.

Pembroke College owes it foundation to the jointmunificence of Thomas Teesdale and Richard Wight-wick ; for although in the charter, dated in 1624,James I.iscailed the founder, and the earl of Pembroke,then chancellor of the university, the godfather, yet itdoes not appear that either of these personages assistedthe foundation otherwise than by their patronage. Itwas intended for a master, ten fellows,and ten scholars;but the fellows have since been increased, as havealso the scholars and exhibitioners to twenty-one. Thenumber of members now on the books is 189, of whomninety-seven are members of convocation. Dr. Sa-muel Johnson entered as a commoner in 1728; hisapartment is that upon the second floor of the gate-way. The college forms two small courts, compre-hending some portions of the Broadgate Hall. The.principal court, which was erected at different pe-riods during the seventeenth century, is uniform andsimple in its architecture. The front, which was onlycompleted in 1694, is an unadorned elevation, with alow tower over the entrance in the centre.

New College was founded by William of Wyke-ham, bishop of Winchester, and lord high chancellorin the reign of Edward III., one of the most illus-tiious characters of the age in which! he lived. Heoriginally established the society about the year1373, and placed the members in hired halls untilthe buildings of the college were completed in 1386,when they removed to the new premises. In the