18 JANUARY 1908, Page 25

Herbert Fry's London Charities. Edited by John Lane. (Chatto and

Windus. Is. 6d.)—An Indian critic is reported to have said the other day that in England there was no charity worth the name,—just a little promiscuous giving and no more. He should look at this volume, with its hundred and forty-six pages,—we halve the number because the right-hand pages give further details of the charities described on the left hand. Here are two pages of "Charities for the Blind," giving twenty foundations or institu- tions with a total income of about £110,000. It would be difficult, even impossible, to find a form of distress for which some special provision is not made. This is a most interesting volume.' A summary would be a useful addition.