The Institution of Marriage in the United Kingdom;. beim, Law,
Facts, Sv,ggeetions, and remarkable Divorce Oases. By Philauthropns, (J.A„ LL.D.) (Effingham Wileon.)—This book contains a large amount of useful information on the subject of the Marriage-laws of the United Kingdom, and also on those of foreign States, and the evils arising from faulty or imperfect legislation are exposed at length and with considerable ability. The question of divorce occupies a largo portion of the work, and in connection with this subject some matters are incidentally discussed which had perhaps been bettor left alone, as they are usually confined to medical works written for pro- fessional readers. The measure proposed by the author as a remedy for existing mischiefs is of a somewhat startling character. Further legislation may or may not be desirable, but it is certain that any attempt to establish a greatly enlarged facility of divorce would offend the moral sense of a great majority of the publio,,and would in all probability only aggravate evils already too rife.
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