Memoir of Hugo Daniel Harper, D.D. By L. V. Lester.
(Long- mans and Co.)—H. D. Harper was educated at Christ's Hospital, distinguished himself at Oxford, became Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, and after presiding over Cowbridge School for three years and over Sherborne for twenty-seven, returned to his College as Principal. On both schools be left his mark. He found both at the lowest ebb. At Cowbridge there were a dozen boys ; at Sherborne there were forty. This volume is chiefly devoted to the story of his work at Sherborne, which is supplemented by an interesting account of the Head-Masters' Conference, an institu- tion initiated by Edward Thring, of Uppingham, but mainly developed by Mr. Harper. In Dr. Harper's Principalship term the chief event was the controversy as to the limitation of the College endowments to Wales. His mental powers failed him some time before his death. Few men have done more work and to better purpose.
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