1 SEPTEMBER 1923, Page 20

A Short History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1123-1923. By Sir

D'Arcy Power and H. J. Waring. (Copies to be had of Mr. Geoffrey Keynes, at the Hospital. I Is. post free.) The octocentenary of " Bart's " is worthily commemorated in this attractive and well-written volume, which abounds in portraits and views, with a coloured plate of Rahere's tomb as frontispiece. Sir D'Arcy Power deals with the long and glorious history of the foundation, which was worked out in detail by the late Sir Norman Moore, while Mr. Waring, with the help of the architect, Mr. T. A. Lodge, explains the Governors' plans for the extension of the hospital in the near future. •