We regret deeply to record the death of Dr. Barnardo,
the well-known founder of "Dr. Barnardo's Homes" for the reclamation of destitute waif children. An Edinburgh doctor of Spanish extraction, he had resolved to engage in the work of a medical missionary, when accident turned his attention to the condition of destitute orphans in London, and thence- forward for nearly forty years his life was devoted to the work of their reclamation. He set up homes where boys and girls could be taught and afterwards enabled to work for them- selves. The best work for them, he thought, was to be agricultural colonists in Canada, and he is said to have sent out more than ten thousand of his pupils, who were pronounced to be excellent Colonists, the proportion of failures averaging only two per cent., which is less than the proportion among voluntary emigrants. His immense energy, and the necessity be was under of perpetually asking for money for his work, brought him many enemies; but he survived all attacks— the only one well founded was that he was given to advertising the success of his plans—and for many years he has been recognised as one of the most useful philanthropists that this country has produced.
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