CURRENT LITERATURE.
Shilling Guide to the Charities of London. By Sampson Low, Jun (Sampson Low, Son, and Co.)—In this very useful little volume Mr._ Low has given us the names and addresses of about 7011 distinct charities, accompanied in most cases by a brief statement of the- resources of the institution and the name of the official to whom any- application respecting it should be made. The book is, in fact, a directory to the charities of London. Although, therefore, it is designed as a supplement to Mr. Low's larger work on the same subject,. it may fairly lay claim to an independent position on its own account.. Mr. Low has adopted the alphabetical system of arrangement, giving,. in every case, none but the strict official title of each charity—a mode- of proceeding productive occasionally of some inconvenience, since it not nnfrequently happens that the name by which a society is commonly known differs materially from its official designation. The addition of an index classifying the charities under their respective objects, similar to that which already exists in Mr. Low's larger work, would add very considerably to the independent value of the volume before us.
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