I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London; that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food; whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled; and, I make no doubt, that it will equally serve as a fricassee, or ragout.. Undoubtedly, a strange saying unless one considers the irony of the stage set for era and country where famine played the lead role. With children left to starve in the streets, might it not have been simpler to sell them for nourishment of other bellies? At least, Swift seems to cry out, they would serve a …