The mothercraft manual

CHAPTER II. HOME AND MARRIAGE

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I. Cabot, Richard C. What Men Live By. Houghton. 1914. 341 p. $1.50. Illuminating chapters on love and marriage.

Cannon, Frank J., and Knapp, Geo. L. Brigham Young and his Mormon Empire. Revell. 1913. 350 p. Illus. $1.00. History and present ideals and customs, by a man brought up in Mormonism, and author of the play “Polygamy.”

Crow, Martha Foote. The American Country Girl. Stokes. 1915. 367 p. Illus. $1.50. Includes chapters on choice in marriage, home life.

Drummond, Henry. The Ascent of Man. Potts. 1898. 346 p. $1.00. Chapters on the evolution of a mother and of a father.

Ellwood, Chas. A. Sociology and Modern Social Problems. A. B. Co. 1910. 331 p. Bibl. $1.00. Chapters on the family, values of monogamy, causes of family instability.

Gillette, John M. The Family and Society. McClurg. 1914. 164 p. Illus. Bibl. $.75. Brief history, values, tendencies, reforms; divorce.

†Goodsell, Willystine. History of the Family as a Social Institution. Macmillan. 1915. 600 p. Bibl. $2.00. History of family and marriage from primitive times; values; divorce; suggested reforms.

Hillis, Mrs. Newell Dwight. American Woman and Her Home. Revell. 1913. 186 p. $1.00. Practical psychology of harmonious family life.

Ringrose, Hyacinthe. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World. Stechert. 1911. 270 p. $2.50. Includes Europe, Asia and America.

Wilson, Jennie L. Legal and Political Status of Women in the U. S. The author. Cedar Rapids, Ia. 1912. p. 336. $2.00. Statement of the common law, and a compendium of the laws of each State relating to marriage, property rights, divorce.

I._b._ A Marriage Contract and Creed. School of Mothercraft. 1916. $.50. Summarizes the responsibilities and rights of each party to the contract; presented as a basis for prenuptial discussion and comparison of standards, tastes, and adjustment of practical problems.

(See also Chap. I.) Other standard writers: Lyman Abbott, Franklin H. Giddings, E. J. Hardy, George E. Howard, E. A. Ross, James H. Tufts, Lester F. Ward.