Studies in ancient history - Primitive Marriage [antikvár]

PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.This volume is a reprint of Studies in Ancient History as published in 1876, with, notes added only where they appeared to be indispensable. It is proposed to follow it up with a second volume containing other writings of the authorwritings for the most part hitherto unpublished, and prepared for a work which was left unfinishedfrom which it will be possible to gather, in a considerable measure at least, how far the author's views had grown or been developed, how far they had changed or been added to, subsequently to the appearance of Primitive Marriage. It seemed best therefore to attempt no statement about this at present. And there was equal reason against doing the same thing fragmentarily in notes. The notes have accordingly been confined to certain matters on which the author had announced a change of view; and to some otherse.g. Mr. Morgan's speculations where circumstances had made an additional statement