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made to the chancellor of the University
of Kansas. chapter on progress in the
industrial fellowships closes this excep-
tionaliy instructive work
, FOOT BALL: The American Iutercol.
Iegfate Game. BY Parke. III. Davis
member of the intercollegiate rules
committee. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons
So much has been written of late abou,
the necessity of amending the foot bal
rules to prevent fatalities on the grid
iron field that Mr.. Davis history of the
game and description of important con.
tests has special value beyond it's ap-
peal to players and partisans He be.
gins by telling the story of foot ball In
the olden times, tracing it through its
variations during the past century to its
present development, including the grad.
ual changes of the rules. He presents a
strong argument for the game as a
wholesome means of developing youne
men in school and college. He describes
some of the most interesting and impor.
tant Of the games Of the past few years
and thus makes his work of exceptional
historical value. In an appendix is
printed the record of proceedings of in
tercollegiate conventions. conferences and
sessions Of rules committees from 1876
to 1911.
CHARADES. BY An Idle Man. Bos.
ton: Little, Brown & Co.
About the first thing that is done by
one who picks up book of charades is
to select what seems to be an easy ex-
ample and then, after more or les.
shrewd guess at the answer, turn to the
key, which every we'll ordered volume OF
this character possesses, and sneak the
or Nov yxyb<, ~ hoe
charades made sure that his readers
would not find so short cut to enlighten-
ment, for his key is quite as mulch of a
puzzle as the charades themselves. Yet
a person of average intelligence and pa
thence can use it. The charades them
selves are presented in excellent verse an6
have the appearance of such difficulty as
to provide plenty of entertainment.
THE LITTLEsT REBEL. BY Edward
Peple. Illustrated. New York
Moffat, Yard G. Co.
This short story of wartime adventure
has become widely popular, through
first its appearance in magazine form
and next its presentation as vaude-
vile sketch. 1t is now produced as an
attractive little volume, artistically IL
Illustrated and decorated. The anecdote
of the little southern girl whose father
nered in the cabin where she is wait
ing for him is told in dramatic terms
and in spirit of -partisanship that
gives it strong appeal to both north
and south.
THE DEMPSEY DIAMONDS. BY Allen
Arnot. New York: John Lane Com
pany.
When three attractive young girls are
in love with the same man complications
are almost certain to result especially
as the young man is not especially partic-
uIar or conscientious about his attitude
toward them. But the real complication
in the story of Scotch life that Mr.. Ar.
not has so entertainingly told in this vol
ume did not arise from this quadrangular
affair. but from the efforts Of an aged
spinster just before her sudden death. al
the outset OF the story, to make provi-
sion for one of the three girls who un.
knowingly bears a close blood relation
ship to her. Secretly transforming her
fortune into a necklace of diamonds. she
undertakes to place the jewels in the
hands of a physician who long years be-
fore was in love with her. BY singular
yet well accounted for chance they reach