Marriage and Society. By E. 0. James. (Hutchinson's University Library: ,
18s.) PROFESSOR JAMES, in this scholarly book, argues that marriage is a social as well as a private affair, and his chapters oh the history of marriage in hunting, agricultural pastoral and urban societies are interesting, particularly those which deal with the canonical and Roman ingredients with which our own preconceptions about mar- riage are entangled. Some readers will, however, feel that he does not deal with what is really our own immediate problem —what in our society, for the sake of the children, should be done about marriages which are turning out badly. Education for marriage and rather a different kind of adult-ideal are clearly among the things we need. The reader who seeks guidance may be disappointed by the book. A.. W.-E.
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