The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-25


tanned to very high prominence. He
obtained great proficiency in science
and the Sultan showered favors upon
him."
Hassan, however, fell from grace. at
tempted to supplant his benefactor and
was accordingly banished. He finally
became the head Of the Ismalians. who
seemed bound together for the purpose
of murder. Hassan seized the castle
| of Alamut in the mountainous country
| south of the Caspian Sea and here it
| was that he lived when Richard made
| his crusade. He was known as the
Old Man of the Mountains and it IS
| still a matter of dispute whether the
| word assassin" is derived from hash
ish or from Hassan's name.
A book of unusual timeliness Is IAN
American at Oxford by John Corbin,
for since the Rhodes requests of schol-
arships to Oxford, there has sprung
up in this country a new interest in
this English University. Mr.. Corbin
gives a very good description of the
life, ways and peculiarities of oxford
and expresses the opinion that only
| graduates of our own universities
should take advantage of the Rhodes
| scholarships. 1t seems that Mr..
Rhodes will was published on the day
| that the last proofs of Mr.. Corbin's
book went to the printers, so Mr.. Cor
| bin was able to make some additional
| remarks in which he expresses his OPP
| position to sending undergraduate stu
| dents to Oxford from this country for
the reason that they would thus lose
the opportunity of forming lifelong
| friendships among their own country
men and would not be able to assimilate
our national spirit. Mr.. Corbin has
| given a good picture of student life
| which is as different from that of the
university or college in this country
| as one may imagine. The American
who goes there is first confronted with
| the fact that the university is nothing
| more than a vague general unity of
| several scattered colleges. The uni
versity" is supposed to examine the
| men who are trained in the separate
| colleges. The student will be able to
see little of the American style of
| study; the social side of student life
seems to be of the most Importance.
| The oxford man goes to chapel first
! thing in the morning, then he goes to
! breakfast with some other student.
After breakfast he smokes and talks
| until perhaps, at 10, he has to go to
| lecture. Luncheon, in the middle of
the day. is followed by out-of-door ex-
ercises and sports, and at 4 o'clock
| the student is back at his room ready
| for afternoon tea. Two hours of read
| ing are likely to follow this refresh
| ment. At Z the men dine together in
! the hall, after which some go to their
rooms to read, while the most of them
| play cards and smoke until it is time
to go to bed Oxford requires man
to reside within it's gates a certain
length of time before he can graduate,
| but as to when, how and where he
studies it leaves to his own choice. AS
/ matter of fact most oxford men do
their hardest studying and reading
| during their vacations.
E. w. Townsend's "Chimmie Fadden
and Mr.. Paul. scarce ceased it's serial
! appearance before the book was on
| sale. AS volume, however, a much
better valuation can be placed upon the
further adventures of Chimmie. He is
the same Chames, even though five
years have passed since his former APP
| pearance, and he has the same dialect.
which is easy to read and quickly I'M
| derstood. Chimmie is an acute OBJ
server, as may be seen throughout the
| course of the love story which runs
through the entire book. The follow
| ing are samples of his way of looking
| at things:
Listen: De best ting about living
| out of New York is dat you have New
York to come to. If it wasn't for dat
I'd give up me job wit Whiskers and go
to woik for living-sell evening poi
pers to Brooklyn gents to put em to
sleep in de Bridge cars"
Chimmie quotes Mr.. Paul on house
parties as follows:
Man. says Mr. Paul, not to men
ton lovely women, being a fool of
great specific gravity builds comfort
able homes where he can live in quiet
and seclusion, and den shuts 'em up,
or else fills EN- wit odder fools to de-
stroy his quiet and put him in train
ing for de hereafter-if de noise comes
to de woist.
I'VE boast, Chimme of our mental
sauces, but all de same he says, 'dere
are but few of us able to entertain
ourselves If tr'un upon our own sauces
of recreation. When we buys Old Mas
tiers, or hires a great chef, or leans to
play de banjo, or do any of de odder
highly intellectual stunts dat distin-
guishes us from fiat or cave jewellers,
we pretends it is all for our own i'm
proVement. Nay nay!' says he. Not
a bit like it. We gest our dividends
on such investments only when our
friends praise our table, our pictures,
or our rag-time. Derefore let US CAD
der at de house party; not to be en-
tertained by our friends accomplish
ments, but to do an act of charity, to
justify him in his own eyes for de
Doodle he has cleaned buying tings he
enjoys only when he shows EN- off,
Before going abroad this spring Kate
Douglas Wiggin completed her work
on the proofs of her DIARY of a Goose
Girl as well as her share in the labor
of collaboration with her sister on
kindergarten work. The Goose Girl
relates the adventures of a pretty
American girl who ran away from her
friends and too ardent sutton. She
explains her action by saying that
"she is very tired of people and wants
to rest herself by living awhile with
things" She becomes a paying guest
at a goose farm and becomes inter
ested in helping take care of the
geese.
Last Thoughts from Herbert Spen-
GER is the title of a book from the
pen of the distinguished scientist
which, it is announced, will be his
last.
During the years spent in writing
various systematic works. he says in
the preface, there have from time to
time arisen ideas not fitted for incor-
poration in them. Many of these have
found places in articles published in
reviews, and are collected together in
the three volumes of my essays. But