Columbia. By F. P. Keppel. (Humphrey Milford. 6s. 6d. net.)—Amongst
the eight hundred degree-granting institu- tions of the United States—" in some sections universities are no rarer than colonels "—a justly high place is held by Columbia University. Mr. Keppel is the Dean of Columbia College, the oldest institution of the modern University. It was founded in 1754 under the name of King's College, which was changed to Columbia after the Revolution. Mr. Keppel tells us that Columbia has gained much from the fact that her buildings are situated within the boundaries of New York "her growth has been a function of the growth of the city." His concluding chapter helps us to understand the growing influence of the leading American Universities on the develop- ment of a spirit of unselfish citizenship in the United States.
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