... resig nation that must date from the days of cholera epidemics, and perhaps lrom longer ago still, to the notion of heavy infant mortality: Mother, mother, I feel sick: Send for the doctor, quick, quick, quick! Mother, Mother, shall I die? Yes, my darling ...

... says that the god was born when Hermes loved and wedded Dryops, the comely daughter of an Arcadian shepherd. When she saw the infant she was terrified and fled. He was ruddy- cheeked, he had squat horns peeping from his thick curls, pointed ears, furry chest ...

... inquire into what are perhaps the frivolities of child- life; what they do on wet days, what they wear, how much they care about infant self-expression through the creation of a felt tiger and whether anyone actually minds if they learn the Twist before the ...

... the event was not imminent. While they were out of the room, and only her maid remained, a woman stole in with a new born infant boy, plus the incidentals to a genuine birth. Bianca's screams brought the others rushing in, to be con fronted with the fait ...

... still) of the French Ministry of Fine Arts, huddle together to hold each other up; and fish that were in the sea that morning infant sole and baby eels and a sort of fat sardine are in Madame Prielec's frying-pan at midday. In her ancient half-timbered e ...