... by its unaided efforts. I should o0 Llike to see some attempt at classifying the catses of dc I ?? death. Infant mortality, or rather mortality of th hchildren under five years old, is, I believe, very a, I high; the causes of this ought to. be ascertainable ...

... his attention to the domestic results of the factory system. He denies that the system has produced a large increase of infant mortality; it is linown, he says that the general death-rate has much 'The Modern F1actory System. By R. v\ hately Cooke Taylor ...

... intelligible manner the really vita scti subject--so much overlooked, it is to be feared the -of infant feeding in relation to infant 18 mortality? Dr.,-Scott is a strong advocate18 'or vciation in its bearing On small- Pu apox. Dr. Dreselifleld. has ...

... moaning sound, Rlepeated with that labouring breath Thatever vshera Death, Instead of the serene and soft pulsation, Of an infant's respiration. How emall the tribute, then, of humau pain Tbe Eternal Wisdom did.ordain Thy migralit spirit should be bound ...

... Original. TO THE INFANT LYRMt l Art thou indeed of earth? or say, from heaven TO wieary mortals for a season given, Say, hast thou left thy starry mansion bright; l Elysiun blessed of supreme delight,S To lure, with seraph form and witching lay, Arsd ...

... POETRY. A MOTHER'S ADDRESS TO HER DYING INFANT. Written byt Mfehetafel Kt8Y4', Tender softness! inrant mild! Perfect, purest, brightest child! Transient lustre! beauteous Clay! Smiling wonder of a day! Ere the last convulsive start Rends tly unresisting ...

... a jesting breath May fall on a list'ning ear And raw the soul from its rusty sheath To work and win the rarest wreath That mortal brow can wear. Yon tiny bud is holding fast Gay Flora's fairest gem Let the sunlight stay and the shower go past, And the ...

... ed years, On thy sinking spirit 4ie, Mocking ali.thy hopes and fears, Chl d of friil mortality ? Pause thee, theib and inark the ground Sacred to a dcapt'l sway , Infant age and thought profound, Here nustequaa tributerpay. IDosi thou, on life's slippery ...

... untired; Looks back and scans the infant days of yore, On to the time when time shall be no more; Even in life's parting throb its spirit burns, And shut from earth, to heaven more warmly turns. Shall he alone, of mortal dwellers here, Thus soar aloft to ...

... all who breath'd wwhen thou took'st birth Are, by the ruthless hand of fate, Swept from the earth. The sw'ains that eyed thy infant shoots Soon vanish'd; and the garbs they wore Lie deeper than thy diving roots, Mouldering all o'er. Tbose, too, who view'd ...

... whose bashful eyes were kept Still oil the ground, and thus the goddess said: To thee, oh, well-beloved swain, I bring My infant Eros; toach him how to Sillg! She spoke and vanished. I, alas i began To te6ch the urchin apt our rustic lays- How'Hermes ...

... mercy hath begun. Oh may this infant henceforth live to Thee, From sin, the world, and Satan may she flee. Beneath Thy blood-stained banner may she move, Fight the good fight, Thy faithful soldier prove; Until when this her mortal life is o'er, She may eternally ...