MAUD CHURTON BRABY

“Marriage is the origin and summit of all
civilisation.”—Goethe.

POPULAR EDITION

[PART I] SIGNS OF UNREST
CHAP.		PAGE
[I.]	THE MUTUAL DISSATISFACTION OF THE SEXES	3
[II.]	WHY MEN DON’T MARRY	14
[III.]	WHY WOMEN DON’T MARRY	26
[IV.]	THE TRAGEDY OF THE UNDESIRED	42
[PART II] CAUSES OF FAILURE
[I.]	THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MARRIAGE	57
[II.]	WHY WE FALL OUT: DIVERS DISCORDS	68
[III.]	THE AGE TO MARRY	85
[IV.]	WILD OATS FOR WIVES	89
[V.]	A PLEA FOR THE WISER TRAINING OF GIRLS	101
[VI.]	‘KEEPING ONLY TO HER’—THE CRUX OF MATRIMONY	109
[PART III] SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES
[I.]	LEASEHOLD MARRIAGE À LA MEREDITH	119
[II.]	LEASEHOLD MARRIAGE IN PRACTICE: A DIALOGUE IN 1999	129
[III.]	THE FIASCO OF FREE LOVE	141
[IV.]	POLYGAMY AT THE POLITE DINNER-TABLE	146
[V.]	IS LEGALISED POLYANDRY THE SOLUTION?	159
[VI.]	A WORD FOR ‘DUOGAMY’	161
[VII.]	THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PRELIMINARY CANTER	171
[PART IV] CHILDREN—THE CUL-DE-SAC OF ALLREFORMS
[I.]	TO BEGET OR NOT TO BEGET—THE QUESTION OF THE DAY	177
[II.]	THE PROS AND CONS OF THE LIMITED FAMILY	184
[III.]	PARENTHOOD: THE HIGHEST DESTINY	193
[PART V] HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED
[I.]	A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR REFORM	203
[II.]	SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES	209

TO
C. STANLEY CHURTON
THE BEST FATHER IN THE WORLD
WITH DEEP GRATITUDE
FOR A LIFETIME OF LOVING-KINDNESS

‘The Subject of Marriage is kept too much in the dark.
Air it! Air it!’ —George Meredith.