23 DECEMBER 1932, Page 23

HOW YOU ARE MADE By Amain' Williams-Ems In How You

Began, Mrs. Williams-Ellis related the story of Evolution in a language intelligible to the youngest child, and in this book, How You are Made (Black, 2s. 6d.) she provides older children with an outline of the human body and its pro- cesses that is clear, straightforward, and very readable. In eleven short chapters, she tells of nerves and muscle and bone, describes the mechanisms of the heart and brain, and shows the functions performed by the glands, tissues and organs of the body—a marvellous feat of compression. But though intended primarily for young people, the book is likely to reach a far wider circle ; and parents, teachers, and social workers in particular have cause to be grateful for the writer's insight and imagination.