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Show H "Illl'ltOVKMK.NT," tUll A FACT. HH' A recent writer on "the law of mar. HH rlago and family relatlona" In Ureat HHI llrltaln cllei facta and Instances which Hlj at llmea cause the reader to forget that HI thecuitomaof a clvlllied people are HMj being deicrlbed, not the practice! of HHj savages. The thaptera dwelling on tho HHi 'ImprovemonU" In these customs, HH however, constitute the portion of the HMr work that It moat entertaining. For HJl Instance, the form na regulated by HJi etatutu even now rcinilroa that Church HH of l'.Dglan I marriages muit be aolem- Kl nlied lietwven the houra ot eight In KB the forenoon and three In theultcr. 11 noon, unleia by special license. "A Kl; person wilfully eoleniuliluii marriage HAI without such hours Is guilty of felony, HBr nJ punlshablo by lourleen years' HB( ianal servitude." Huch marriage, HH however, Is not exureasiy declared In. H valid. The object of euch limitation H.' seemsorlglna y to have been that thu H parties should not bu drunk when H going to lo married. Again, we H are told that the husband it HJl ttlll regarded ut having authority HJl over his wife; he Is thesolejudgoof Hl whatlt her proper conduct. It la her HJh duty to conform to hU tastes and HH) habits, even to eacrlllco much of her HBu owu comfjrt ulnl couvenlencu to hit 1 whims aud cnrrlci'". A huibtnd hat a right to Interdict hit wlfo'i Inter- PP, oourto with her uirnfamlly; but hit HHi right to chastise her Is obsolete, 'uveu HHJ If she be drunk." This Utter It, ot H oourte, a great advancement; but a HHJ perusal of tho book loavciouewlth the HH I Imprtrslon that the reformeri havu HH merely nibbled at tho margin of the HH abuteo, leaving thu great matt mi- HH touched. |