10 NOVEMBER 1923, Page 28

THE CHARITIES.

The familiar work which the Charity Organization Society has produced for a generation appears in its thirty-second edition. All who have to deal with charities should know the book, from which, "as far as possible, all fraudulent institu- tions and societies have been excluded." The arrangement is simple and clear, and the amount of detailed information is astonishing. The introductory review of the year is well worth careful study : it is to be noted that, despite the heavy taxes and the trade depression, the charitable con- tributed more in 1921 than in either of the two preceding years, the total amount being £5,716,943 for London alone.