This 1858 account of Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital, opened in London in 1741, complements the author's Chronicles (1847).

1. History and objects of the charity; 2. Early admission of children; 3. Reasons for the existence of the charity; 4. The privileges of the governors; 5. Naming and baptizing of the children; 6. Nursing of the children; 7. The disposal of the children; 8. The revenue of the hospital; 9. The benevolent fund; 10. The hospital and the arts; 11. The chapel; 12. The catacombs; 13. Proposal for a music school; 14. Memoir of the founder; 15. Catalogue of pictures; 16. List of governors and guardians.