Descrizione

HE two passages quoted above serve to indicate the motive and scope of this book. Its Object, in the first place, is to present the facts and Opinions that have led to what appears to be a Widespread revolt against conventional marriage and an equally widespread increase of divorce; next, to discover to what extent any definite new conceptions, emerging from this conflict, are finding acceptance; and, lastly, from an examination and analysis of causes and effects to obtain a forecast of probable future results.