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      Marry Birtcett; The Story Of A Man Who H...

      and unfeeling and do not even affect decent respect to misfortune , are not startling often , met the good with ; chil and dren as mi are ght just be as expected unnatural the contrast and almost is equall as un y -

      pleasant and repulsive . Reformations take place with astounding rapidity , and a silly , heartless , frivolous girl in half a page becomes

      the exact reverse . But nevertheless children might be less particularand even find the strong shading which we deprecate

      , rather attractive , and the intention and moral of the book ., are

      unexceptionable .

      280 Notices Of Books*

      280 NOTICES OF BOOKS *

      A Summary Of Pamphlets, Reports, Akd Pro...

      A _SUMMARY OF PAMPHLETS , REPORTS , AKD PROSPECTUSES . _JFbman Woman _' s ' Worh s Secret ; or or How How she to make can Hel Home p the Happy Sich . ' . B Griffiths y the author and _Earrer of "A

      St . Paul ' s Church ; yard . Price 6 < X ., or 5 s . per dozen . _, By means of a story much useful information is here conveyed as

      to the needs of a patient and the duties of a nurse _, intermingled with observations and suggestions evidently dictated by experience .

      A few simple prescriptions and recipes are _apj _3 ended , rendering this altogether a suitable book for general distribution .

      The before Compara a medical tive Properties audience at of Human Hanover and A . uare nvmal R 3 £ il 7 cs . ebruar A Paj ) er read _tli 1860 bMABainesJohn _ChurchillISTe q w Burlington , Street y Booth ,

      _Eeg-ent , y Street . . . . , ; , Mrs . Baines is well known as an _ojDponent to the much-abused

      practice of wet-nursing . She endeavors in this paper to show that by a skilful admixture of farinaceous food with animal milk—that

      of the cow for instance—a substitute for human milk is obtainable , which renders wet-nursing altogether unnecessary . The lady speaks

      from experience , being herself the mother of a numerous and handsome offspring .

      3 farrie _Korth d and Women East at Streets Home Bri . B hton y H . . Stallwood . Price Id . Treacher & Co ., , g This essay is the production of a working man , and gained a prize

      of two guineas , offered by a lady for the best essay on the subject of " Married Women at Home . " The writer strenuously advocates the

      economy of the wife and mother at home ; and here we cordially indorse his arguments . " Domestic happiness and a comfortable

      household" are among God ' s best blessings ; and , when the husband is industrious and sober , these are more likely to exist with

      the wife and mother in the home , than when she is a bread-winner abroad . There are some sweeping passages in this little essay

      which it would have been better to expunge ; and which must be attributed to the warmth of an inexperienced "writer .

      When ivere you Vaccinated f _Published by the Ladies' Sanitary Association , Paul 14 a , ' Princes s Church Street yard . , Cavendish Price Id ., S or qu 8 are s . per ; and hundred by Jarrold , 6 s . to and subscribers Sons , 47 , . St .

      A well-timed and well-written sanitary tract . We congratulate

      the ladies upon its production , and hope that it will be largely

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/64/