A HISTORY OF MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

CHIEFLY IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRO-
DUCTORY ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE
THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MARRIAGE

AND THE FAMILY

BY
GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD PH.D.

PROFESSOBIAL LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AUTHOR OF "LOCAL

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES"

VOLUME THREE

CHICAGO
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CALLAGHAN & COMPANY

LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1904

TO

Alice Frost Howard

HER HUSBAND DEDICATES THIS BOOK IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER

AID IN MAKING IT