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| Published date | 01 November 1938 |
| Date | 01 November 1938 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053800300309 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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BOOKS
Advances
in
Understanding
the
Adolescent.
Pub-
lished
by
the
Home
and
School
Council
of
Great
Britain.
Unfortunately,
there
is
no
means
of
making
sure
that
this
book
comes
to
the
attention
of
all
parents,
but
there
can
be
no
possible
doubt
that
it
would
do
them
all
good.
Probation
Officers
do
not
need
to
be
told
how
desperately
unfortunate
are
the
well-
meaning
efforts
of
so
many
parents,
who
never
hesi-
tate
in
their
dealings
with
children
to
wonder
what
the
child
is
thinking,
or
to
think
how
they
can
con-
structively
help.
This
book
is
not
written
by
people
of
that
disas-
trous
type
who
are &dquo;
good
with
dhildren.&dquo;
It
is
by
experts,
doctors,
schoolmasters,
psychologists
who
can
approach
childhood
from
an
intelligent
point
of
view
and.
clearly
tabulate
their
findings.
Some
of
the
most
valuable
articles
in
the
book
are
in
the
form
of
&dquo;
dos
&dquo;
and &dquo;
do~n’ts
&dquo;
with
advice
as
to
how
to
deal
with
problems
when
they
arise.
Probation
Officers
are
becoming
more
and
more
concerned
with
adolescents,
either
directly
or
in-
directly,
and
they
will
find
this
book
invaluable
in
their
capacity
of
general
consultants
on
all
family
matters.
It
consists
of
a
series
of
short
articles
on
every
phase
of
adolescence.
Here
Comes
the
Copper.
Henry
Wade.
Constable,
7/6d.
Probation
Officers
who
are
interested
in
reading
detective
fiction
will
enjoy
reading
Henry
Wade,
who
is
one
of
the
best
of
the
writers
on
the
subject.
This
book
has
as
its
centre
a
charming
young
policeman
who
has
the
Sherlock
Holmes
capacity
of
making
mountains
of
deductions
from
molehills
of
evidence.
On
the
other
hand
the
stories
are
within
the
bounds
of
possibility
and
the
author
does
not
resort
to
unheard
of
oriental
drugs
to
account
for
the
crimes
that
fall
in
the
way
of
this
officer
with
such
startling
profusion.
This
is
a
good
bedside
book.
T he
Pilgrim
Trust.
The
Trustees
of
the
Pilgrim
Trust
have
recently
issued
their
seventh
Annual
Report.
Like
all
their
publications,
it
is
a
most
beautiful
document,
even
considered
apart
from
its
contents.
Its
photographs
and
woodcuts
could
not
be
better.
The
beneficiaries
under
the
Trust
are
of
two
kinds.
The
first,
in
which
is
the
National
Associa-
tion
of
Probation
Officers,
is
made
up
of
the
social
services;
help
has
been
given
to
Committees
and
local
organizations
whose
object
it
has
been
to
bet-
ter
the
social
state
of
the
country.
Of
probation
the
Trustees
say &dquo;
as
the
system
develops,
the
work
of
the
probation
officer
becomes
a
social
service
of
increasing
value
to
the
whole
community.&dquo;
In
the
second
category
also,
which
deals
with
preservation
of
the
treasures
of
the
nation,
the
Trustees
have
been
able
to
interpret
their
terms
of
reference
very
widely.
They
have
given
their
money
for
the
preservation
of
the
countryside,
for
the
restoration
of
churches
and
houses
and
the
cata-
loguing
of
libraries.
In
many
cases
their
help
has
come
at
the
eleventh
hour.
The
seventh
report
ends
with
David
Livingstone’s
wonderful
claim
&dquo;
I
shall
try
to
ihold
myself
in
readiness
to
go
anywhere
provided
it
be’forward.&dquo;
It
is
in
that
spirit
that
the
Trustees
of
the
Pilgrim
Trust
have
interpreted
their
great
responsibility:
and
we,
the
beneficiaries,
are
grateful.
Bow
Street
World.
Albert
Lieck.
Robert
Hale
Ltd.
12,/6d.
Illustrated.
Mr.
Albert
Lieck needs
no
introduction
to
readers
of
this
Journal.
In
his
book
of
memoirs
he
bids
a
not
altogether
regretful
farewell
to
the
courts
he
has
served
in
London
for
so
many
years.
Perhaps
no
one,
with
the
possible
exception
of
a
probation
officer
in
an
up-to-date
court,
sees
so
much
of
the
work
of
a
&dquo;
police &dquo;
court
as
the
clerk,
and
it
is
from
this
point
of
view
that
Mr.
Lieck’s
book
is
so
interesting.
For
he
has
very
often
been
in-
strumental
in
assisting
the
inspirations
of
our
legis-
lators
with
practical
advice.
He
gives
a
very
reassuring
analysis
of
the
increase
in
crime
about
which
there
has
lately
been
a
great
mass
of
panicky
and
ill-informed
publicity.
The
book
contains
a
most
interesting
chapter
on
the
laws
of
evidence
which
are so
often,
either
con-
sciously
or
unconsciously,
confused
in
magistrates’
courts
by
the
fact
that
so
few
people
can
give
an
account
of
something
they
did
two
hours
after
they
did
it,
much
less
give
two
consistent
accounts
of
the
same
act
if
asked
at
two
separate
times :
and
also
there
is
a
tendency
always
to
see
what
you
are
looking
for,
which
is
the
cause
of
a
great
deal
of
unintentional
lying.
All
who
have
been
connected
with
the
London
courts
will
find
this
book
interesting,
and
will
enjoy
reading
it.
How
to
Help
Cases
of
Distress.
The
Year
Book
of
the
Charity
Organisation
Society.
2/6d.
This
is
the
fifty-fifth
annual
review
of
the
agencies,
either
statutory
or
voluntary
which
are
available
for
the
relief
of
distress,
and
includes
ex-
planations
of
the
working
of
the
laws
which
govern
each
particular
aspect
of
the
work.
It
is
always
of
great
value
to
social
workers
to
have
a
convenient
directory
of
the
services
available,
provided
it
is
both
up-to-date
and
accurate,
and
this
book,
which
is
both,
amply
fulfils
its
purpose
of
being
&dquo;a
guide
book
for
the
inexperienced,
and
a
reference
book
for
the
experienced.&dquo;
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