10 SEPTEMBER 1910, Page 26

Low's Handbook to the Charities of London (Eliot Boothroyd, ls.)

appears for the twenty-fifth time. The preface to this edition is devoted to the subject of orphanages. Germany seems to have taken the lead in this beneficent work. In England the Royal Asylum of St. Anne comes first with a foundation dating from 1702. The Clergy Orphan Corporation came into existence in 1749. These, as is remarked, were for defined classes. The first general institutions were the Orphan Working. School for boys and the Royal Female Orphans Asylum, both founded in 1758. We commend to our readers this useful volume.