The Annual Charities Register and Digest. With Index and an
Introduction by C. S. Loch. (Longmans and Co. 2s. 6d. net.}- The introduction, written as it is by an expert, is a very valuable conspectus. It is, as Mr. Loch says, " a reference book rather than an introductory preface." " The test of the usefulness of charitable institutions is whether or not they produce self-help in the recipients of their bounties and in the people at large." That is the root of the whole matter. In detail, the introduction is full of interest. Let any one read, for instance, Section
" Vagrants, Casuals, and Homeless Cases." He will own that it contains matter worthy of the most serious attention. So much, indeed, can be said for the whole. One remark is suggested by the accounts of industrial homes,—might not rough bookbinding be taught, not of volumes for sale, but of pamphlets, due., that are littered about in a study and aro often damaged, destrOyed, •
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