Low's Handbook to the Charities of London, edited by H.
IL Dam. 'fine, B.A. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 18. 6d.), has reached its "sixty-second year." An interesting preface tells us something of the year's vicissitudes in the fortunes of hospitals, &c. On the whole, the result has been satisfactory. There have been efforts in new directions, but the old have not suffered as much is might have been expected. Benevolence is happily a growing force. We may emphasise, however, Mr. Dumville's emphatic warning that the object of the benevolent should be not to start new institutions, but to support those that already exist. We may add a word of regret at the lamentable quarrels among the supporters of charities. Many whose benevolence is not very strong button up their pockets when they read such a correspond- ence as that which has recently appeared about the Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes and the National Hospital for Epileptics.— Another annual publication is The School Calendar (Whittaker and Co., ls. net), "a Year-Book of Scholarships and Examinations at Schools, Colleges, and Universities." This is in its fourteenth year.
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