10 APRIL 1909, Page 27

Ten Years After. By G. Fred. 13ergin. (J. Nisbet and

Co. 3s. 61)—Mr. Mailer, founder, and for many years director, of the Bristol Orphanage, died. in 1898. Would the work collapse, or in any way be weakened, by his death P According to the theory, that its continued usefulness was an answer to prayer, it should not. The personality of the man was nothing; the work was every- thing. Mr. Bergin writes this book to show that the theory has stood its ground. The orphanage has prospered. The year 1900 was the best, in the matter of support, that had been known in its history ; 1905, after a period of doubt and difficulty, ended by being nearly as good.