Orford and the Rhodes Scholarships. By R. F. Scholz and
S. K. Hornbeck. (H. Frowde. 2s. -6d.- net.)—This is a useful little volume, giving particulars of the Rhodes foundation, estimates of the cost of College life, and details of studies, examinations, &c. In the January of the current year there were a hundred and 'fifty-eight Rhodes Scholars in residence, of whom nearly a half (seventy-seven) came from the United States ; Germany sends eleven ; Canada and Newfoundland, twenty-seven ; South Africa,. sixteen; the West Indies, six ; Australasia, twenty-one. The expenses (for the summer term) are reckoned at £48 14s., and it is calculated that a man "who, while not extravagant, is at the same time not inclined to stint himself, must expect to put between £175 and 1200 as. a minimum into his six months at Oxford." "As a minimum" might, perhaps, be excised. Taking £90 per annum as necessary expenses (tuition, room rent, dues, &c.), and £2 per week for food, we get £140. Add another £1 per week for non-necessaries, and we reach a total of £166.
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