Evening star., 1934-03-25

Francesca first Duke of Milan; Galeazso Maria,
his successor: Ludovico II Moro and his wife,
Beatrice dESte, and Caterina, legtimized
daughter Of Gaeazzo Maria. ''the living en-
bodiment" of the strongest Sforza qualities.
The Sforza record is full of personal and public
scandals, to which full justice is done without
overemphass. Mr.. COLLISION Morley is also the
author of THE Story of the Borg.as," and his
two books take their place with Col. G. F.
Young's The Medici" chronicles of the
brilliant pageant of Italian medieval family
history.
GUIDING THE ADOLESCENT, BY D. A.
Thom M D. Bureau publication No. 225.
Washington: United States Department of
Labor, Children's Bureau.
THE four bulletins of the Children's Bureau
on prenatal care and the of the child
of different ages have been of inestimable value
to mothers and children all over the United
States especially in districts remote from facili
ties for medical care and advice. Miss Grace
Abbott and her staa of trained field and re-
search workers can give literally hundreds of
examples of apprecative mothers who have
been helped in their problems by Children's
Bureau publications
This most recent pamphlet has for its pur-
pose the helping of parents Ito understand the
adolescent" and to guide him from childhood
to healthy, happy adulthood." DR.. Thorn de-
lultS dOOieSCcUCe, eApldulS the pIiySlCdl ana
mental changes which it brings and suggests
the right attitude of parents toward the adoles-
cent child. The intelligence measurement, edu-
cation, work, use of leisure, sex instruction,
diet, social conduct and companions of the
adolescent are discussed with the attitude of
friendly physician, but much more carefully
and in detail than is possible when a patient
consults busy physician in his office. No
attempt is made to deal with the problem of
the defective or severely retarded adolescent,
but for the guidance of the average, the slightly
below the average and the superior boy girl
there is much good advice. The tone OF the
advice is wholesome: it is free from morbid
psychological analysis. An excellent bbli-
ography is furnished for those who may wish
to read further on the subject. Copies of this
bulletin may be obtained by application to the
Children's Bureau.
BLUE BLAZE. Danger and Delight in Strange
Islands of Honduras. BY Jane Harvey Houl-
son. Illustrated. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co.
81 I'VE never missed a revolution yet my
chief remarked. And if there's any fun
going on must say I'd hate to be out of it. 1"
Jane Houlson and her chief" F. A. MITCHELL
Hedges, were on the trail of Indian remains
under the sponsorship of the British Museum
of the American Indian, Heye Foundation,
New York. Presumably he wrote the scientific
report of their findings, and she here writes
the story of their unscentifc adventures and
dangers. This was not her first expedition of
the sort since she left her English village
home and, in answer to an advertisement, be-
came private secretary to explorer. During
tedious waiting in Jamaica for United States
boat which did not come because of disturbed
conditions, they were told that if they got to
Honduras they wouldn't be able to get out
again. Nevertheless being stubborn, they
finally hoat at md hv n.
about journey reached Honduran soil at Puerto
Castillo. From there they went in brave
little boat" to the group of seldom visited
islands off the coaSt-Roatan, Bonaca, Helene
and Others composing the group of the Islas
Bahia. In the picture of their experiences are
mingled the muf1ed throb of tom-toms, luscious
tropical fruits in abundance. buccaneers
ruined forts (where buried treasure might have
been), the horror of bats, the landing OF a
giant queenfsh by Jane herself anopheles mos
quitoes and many other sinister insects, snakes
of course death-trap swamps, primitive sur
gerry performed on natives by the "chief," reefs
haunted by man-eating sharks and giant
death-rays, islanders who would kill you or die
for you with equal readiness, the valley of
rot" and encounter with savage iguanas
and frequent thrills from the discovery of beau
tiful vases, pots and fgurineS as the result of
their diggings. Miss Houlson writes with the
enthusiasm which comes from love of her
work, of adventure and of the tropics.
THEY HAD THEIR HOUR. BY Marquis James.
indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Co.
THIS collection of miscellanies, studies of men
! and women who had their brief hour of
exaltation and then dropped into the obscurity
of the commonplace, is in no way on the same
historical level with Marquis James "The
Raven: Biography of Sam Houston" his
Andrew Jackson, the Border Captain" con-
tinuation volume To- which he is ln0E preparing.
Perhaps he found reatioRs1 i'm byEiting these