Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-07

fund for the endowment Of scholarships
at Oxford University for students from
the United States and the British COL
onies Sixty of these scholarships were
originally established and that number
has since been increased to sixty-six by
the trustees in order to fill up some
evidently unintentional omissions. Now.
at the end Of decade, Mr. Parkin, who
is organizing secretary of the Rhodes
scholarship trust, presents a work ex-
planatory Of this remarkable endowment,
as a means OF spreading information
regarding the system that has been
adopted to carry Cecil Rhodes will into
effect. This work Is a summary OF the
experience OF the trustees in organising
and developing the scholarship system.
and is designed in large part for the in
struction Of those who are prospective
applicants for Rhodes scholarships. and
those who are to make the selections for
these honors. The volume opens with q
brief biography of the founder Of the
trust, comprising an explanation of Mr..
Rhodes aim to promote a good under
standing and close friendship throughout
the Anglo-Saxon world. Chapters on the
system Of education at Oxford, upon the
social life of the university city. the
responsibilities Of Rhodes scholars follow.
together with practical suggestions for
making the most Of study there. This
Is not designed as a memorial volume
In any sense, but rather as a practical
guide to an educational enterprise that
has no parallel in history.
HOOF BEATS. BY Philip Hichborn.
Boston: Richard G. Badger.
Assembled in this volume are nine short
stories written by the late Philip HIGH
born Of Washington, Who for some time
before his death, had been developing
literary talents that promised shortly to
place him among the most attractive and
successful story writer's of this country.
An ardent love Of horses Is evidenced by
the frequent use OF the equine theme. In
deed. this volume is so conspicuously de-
voted to "hoof beats" as to justify the
title without explanation. The stories
and illustrations have had serial publica-
ton. This little book will appeal to Mr..
SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS,
Being Recoliections Of My Girlhood.
By Eliza Ripley illustrated. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
From time to time Mrs. Ripley pub
hshed In the New Orleans Times-Democrat
articles on social life in the old city that
have attracted wide attention throughout
the south, and now these papers have
been collected in a volume that forms an
important contribution to the history Of
this country during the middle of the last
century. These are reminiscent sketches,
highly colored with personal recOllectiOns
and dealing intimately with famous char
acters. Mrs. Ripleys own position in
New Orleans society was such as to bring
her into close relations with those who
formed the leading circles in the gulf
metropolis. although during the latter
part OF her life she was a resident Of the
north. She passed away in July last in
her eighty-first year. and thus the vol
rangements for the publication having
been perfected the day before she died.
These chapters are written entertainingly
and with a delightful freedom from for
mality. Numerous illustrations present
artistic aspects Of the present city. bits of
gardens and hooks characteristic Of the
quaint architecture of New Orleans,
STORIES OF SOME SHOOTS; or the
Chronicles Of a Gratihed Gunner.
BY James A. Drain. Washington:
Arms and the Man Publishing Com
pany.
Gen. Drain has long been known as an
expert Inarksman. both as huntsman and
before the targets. In this volume he
tells entertainingly of some remarkable
shooting experiences in the field and in
1911 Those who have stalked deer and
shot ducks, and knocked pheasantS and
cartridges will keenly enjoy these chap
tiers descriptive of Gen. Drains expe-
rences behind the guns in the old cOun-
try. The thrill of the hunt pulses through
these pages, which give a clear idea Of
Scotch and English shooting.
THE CONTROL OF TRUSTS. BY John
Bates Clark and John Maurice
10 r1r payr ri TO nd mil rood
New York: The Macmillan Company.
In 1901 appeared a small book on the
trust problem which surveyed the Ques-
ton in the light of experiences had at
that time with this form of economic
organization. Now this work has been
rewritten and brought up to the new
point of view, for the purpose Of advo-
eating the regulation Of competition as a
means of solving the problem. The au-
thors propose to repress the cut-throat
operations by which the trusts often
crush their rivals. They believe that this
ant competition would rule business life.
and that this could be accomplished with
out disrupting the business system. This
work is constructive and calculated to
effect an adjustment Of a now vexing
question without serious arrangement Of
the economic system.
BIOGRAPHIES OF LEADING ANIERI-
CANS-LEADING AMERICAN IN
VENTORS. By George lies, author
of Inventors at Work." etc. With
fifteen portraits and many illustra-
tons. New York: Henry Holt &
Co.
Here are presented the lives Of the fol-
lowing great American inventors: John
and Robert Livingston Stevens, Robert
Fulton. Eli Whitney, Thomas Blanchard,
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Charles
Goodyear. John Ericsson. Cyrus Hall Nc