Burcletes Hospitals and Charities. By Sir Henry Burdett. (Scientific Press.
lOs. 6d. net.)—Sir Henry Burdett continues to urge on the work in which he has already accomplished so much, regularity and economy in the management and general outlay of charitable institutions. That something remains to be done is evident from the remarkable differences which still exist. Take hospitals, and we find that in London the average cost of those to which medical schools are attached is 5s. 6d., the highest figure being 6s. 70., the lowest 4e. 9d. In the United Kingdom it is very nearly 4s. In the United States the average is 7s. 6d., with a maximum of 9s. 10d. and a minimum of 5s. 5d. In Australasia the average is 3s. 9d. Sir Henry Burdett gives, and is quite right in giving, a chapter to home and foreign missions. That he may do good by urging financial reform in this quarter is more than likely, but we cannot but think that ho is going beyond his province when he begins his review of the matter by saying that reports from travellers and residents in foreign countries "tend to discourage, rather than otherwise, gifts to Foreign Missionary Societies." This is not the place to argue the matter, but we would recommend to Sir Henry Burdett a little pamphlet contain- ing the opinions of great Indian statesmen on this subject. Tho writer of this notice does not pretend to any special knowledge, but a long experience has shown him that the best kind of traveller does not sneer at missions.
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