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ing it, on the one hand, to experience the slightest sensation of 

 chilliness, nor on the other unnecessarily augmenting its heat. 

 The younger the infant the warmer should it be clothed, and the 

 more care should be taken to protect every part of its surface by 

 an appropriate covering. 



Another important subject is treated of, viz: " the moral defects 

 which render a female totally unfit to give nourishment to an in- 

 fant, or to assume any charge of it whatever. Thus, an irrita- 

 bility of disposition, giving rise to frequent gusts of passion, has 

 been known to produce so deleterious effect upon the milk, as to 

 render the infant liable to convulsions, that paitakes of it during 

 or immediately after such exhibitions of ungovernable temper. 

 Grief, envy, hatred, fear, jealousy, and peevishness, likewise, in- 

 dependently of their abstracting the mind from the duties neces- 

 sary to be fulfilled towards the infant by their influence upon her 

 health, tend to alter the quantities of the nurse's milk, so that the 

 stomach of the infant becomes quickly disordered by it, while at 

 the same time it is altogether unfitted for its proper nourishment." 



A Voyage up the River Amazon, including a residence at Para, 

 By William H. Edwards. D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway, 

 N. Y., and G. S. Appleton, 143 Chesnut street, Philadelphia: 

 1847. pp. 256. 



We certainly have read, and continue to read with increasing 

 interest this journal of travels. Whether our partiality for the 

 book is increased by the fact, that it is the production of an old 

 and esteemed friend, we are unable to say. This is a matter of 

 little consequence to our readers, as we can assure them that it 

 abounds in interesting details and useful information. Mr. Ed- 

 wards is a zealous naturalist, a good observer and gives his nar- 

 rative in an easy, lively style, which never tires, but entices his 

 reader along from chapter to chapter without surfeiting or fatigue. 

 In general, Amazon travelers have been deficient in information 

 relating to natui-al objects; and hence they have roamed over and 

 through interesting fields, without the power and ability to instruct 

 us in things of the highest interest. But we are happy to say 

 that Mr. Edwards is free from this charge. One peculiarity of his 

 work consists in giving the reader a picture of the journey itself. 

 You at once feel that you are almost a fellow voyager, pushing 

 up the mighty Amazon with the same objects in view. We ob- 

 tain a vivid idea of what life is upon these waters; what the 

 pursuits of men are in this distant part of our continent; how 

 different their feelings, views and conditions are when compared 

 with our owm. This is no mean character in a journal; it is 

 rather one which is of the highest excellence. We bespeak for 

 our friend's work a wide circulation, and we cannot but hope that 



