Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17

roman forum, Caesar pdldSSS anu
the Coliseum are visited. The numer-
Gus art galleries receive patronage
and trip along the Appian way fur
nishes diversion and plenty of sight
seeing. 80
No trip to Italy is complete without
visit to the home of Michael Angelo.
Florence. This city is the cneter of
the artistic brush work In italy, and
supports two famous galleries from
which several pictures are reproduced
for the benefit of readers of ''The Spell
of Italy.
Verona and Venice are given atten-
ton, and then the reader is carried in
imagination to Milan.
The Spell of italy. BY Caroline At
water Mason. Boston: L. c. Page
& Co.
Lads who are interested in railroad
ing will enjoy 1.-THE Young Train
master" by Burton S. Stevenson. This
continues the story of 1.-THE Young
Train Dispatcher" and records the
further progress of Allen West, who is
now chief dispatch of his division. The
central event is a great railroad strike
which envolves the hero in periious ex-
periences. The tone of the book is
admirable, the characters well drawn,
the labor situation is presented fairly,
and there is a fund of information con-
ceTnlnR InlS great lHuuSlIys
The Young Trainmaster BY Burton
S. Stevenson. Boston: L. C. Page &
Co.
Captain Jinks" is another of those
delightful books for children which
though not religious In character
nevertheless teach to our children the
lesson of kindness and humanity in
the treatment of dumb beasts. In
many respects 1t resembles the famous
'Rlack Beauty" but is far in advance
of that little classic, both on account
of its typographical excellence, as also
for the general literary beauty of the
story.
CAPTAIN Jinks: The Autobiography
of a Shetland Pony By Frances
Hodges White. Boston: l.. c. Page
& Co.
In Guatemala and Her People of To-
day" Nevin o. Winter presents a care
full history of Guatemala from it's set
tlement in 1922 to the present time.
Guatemala is the corruption of an In
dian word meaning land covered with
trees. The various industries of the
country are we'll described. "Guate-
mala City was noted for Its learning
before any educational institution had
been established in the Atlantic states;
and dust had accumulated on its IL
house had made it's appearance" The
country has more miles of railway
than all the other Central American
republics together. President Cabrera
takes great interest in the development
of his country along that line The
Aztecs and their predecessors, the Toll
tees, are most interestingly treated.
A purer religion would be the greatest
help these people could have, for so
far it has largely been "paganism bap-
tized and Christianity paganized." Mr
Winter makes a most earnest plea for
the opening of a Y. NJ. c. A. in Qua
temala City, where he is sure 1t will
be well supported. The book is pro-
fusely and we'll illustrated and con-
tains good map. The delicate brown
tint of the paper is rest to the eye
Guatemala and Her People of To
day. BY Nevin o. Winter. Boston:
L. C. Page & Co.
A tale in which a legacy plays the
chief part is the very entertaining
book. "The Quest for the Rose Of
Sharon" by Burton e. Stevenson.
1t possesses the quality which is all
too unusual in books for young peo-
pie, of an interest we'll sustained to
the end. Stocks and bonds hidden
away in a puzzling place, to be in
herited by the finder thereof If found
within a month, and the only clue to
their hiding place, the Rose of
Sharon"-this makes the plot. One
would never imagine that there could
be so many different Roses of Sharon
as the very determined 14-year-old
Cecil met with in her search. But
by k-wittedness and perseverance