WOP.KS or REFERENCE.—Burcktr a Hospitals and Charities, 1921 (Scientific , Press,
17s. 6d. net), is the thirty-second yearly issue of an invaluable book, which has been drastically revised and seems more trustworthy than ever. The opening chapters are of importance for a study of the voluntary hospital problem, which is grave indeed. The editor expresses a hope that the new local committees working under Lord Onslow's Voluntary Hospitals Commission will be able to co-ordinate the work of the separate hospitals. But it is clear that the hospitals must somehow be induced to co-operate more readily with the general practitioners. The growth of King Edward's Hospital Fund for London is shown by the fact that last year it distri- buted in grants no loss than £700,000. The beneficent influence of the Fund on administration is already great and will increase, because it has the power of the purse.—The Calendar of University College, London, for the new session, 1921-22, has just been issued (Taylor and Francis). It presents a remarkable picture of the varied activities of the College, which seems in its courses to cover the whole field of knowledge. The index might be improved.
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