Charitable Trusts. By R. E. Mitcheson. (Stevens and Sons.)— The
alternative title of this book, "Charity Commission Acts," more exactly states its purport and contents. A general work on Charitable Trusts is sadly wanted, but this book will not supply that want. It is, in fact, nothing more than a reprint of the Acts under which the
Charity Commission now executes the various duties it has to perform, with the cases on those Acts noted up, and a preface con- taining the history of the direct interference of the State in various ways before the institution of the Charity Commission. In these days, when the Charity Commission is attacked by various parties, for divers reasons, it is perhaps useful to remind the public—if only the legal public—of the miserable state of things which preceded the institution of the Commission, when charities were plundered on every hand by trustees, landowners, and lawyers ; and their funds, especially those of educational charities, were wasted and misapplied in every possible way. The book seems to be carefully done, and should be useful to the Charity Commission and those who have the administration of endowed charities subject to their control or inter- ference.
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