4 NOVEMBER 1916, Page 9

The Annual Charities Register and Digest. (Longmans and Co. 5s.

not.) —This well-known publication of the Charity Organization Society, which deals with London charities, appears in its twenty-fifth edition, with much new matter relating to the effects of the war, which has, of course, made life harder for many poor people, though it has brought high wages to others. Sir C. S. Loch's voluminous introduction has been revised, and the index seems to be as accurate as ever.