The Truth about Marriage/Chapter44
CHAPTER XLIV
BIBLIOGRAPHY
For general statistics on marriage and divorce procure "Marriage and Divorce," from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 15c.
For the history of marriage the public libraries will provide many books. E. A. Westermarck, History of Human Marriage, is the outstanding book, although there are many others. Sex and Society, William I. Thomas, is interesting. History of Marriage, George Elliot Howard, gives another view. For abstract idea of marriage, The Book of Marriage, H. A. Keyserling, is an outstanding book. A Plea for Monogamy, Wilfrid Lay, is useful.
The classic for all time on marriage is Swedenborg's "Marriage Love," written in 1768. Since that time this remarkable book has been republished many times, and is available in English in new and modern translations from the original Latin—a striking proof of its great human and scientific value. It is to be found in all of the larger public libraries.
For people who would be happy in marriage, and for young people looking forward to it, the following are suggested: How to be Happy Though Married, E. J. Hardy, Scribner's, 1913; Marriage, Every Day Help for Every Day People, Dorothy Dix; Marriage Love, Swedenborg; What Price Marriage, symposium; When, Whom and How to Marry; Modern Marriage, Paul Popenoe, MacMillan, 1925; The Woman a Man Marries, Victor Cox Pederson, Geo. H. Doran Co., 1927; The Fine Art of Living Together, A. W. Beaven, D. D., Geo. H. Doran Co., 1927; Our Girls and Our Times, Caroline Benedict Burrell, W. A. Wilde Co., 1927; Aurora Leigh, a well-known poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, overflowing with the loftiest marriage ideals.
The New-Church Press, Brooklyn, New York, offers a number of interesting books on marriage as follows:
Emanuel Swedenborg—Marriage Love.
William Bruce—Marriage a Divine Institution, and a Spiritual and Enduring Union.
Jane Dearborn Mills—Marriage.
Chauncey Giles—The Sanctity of Marriage.
William D. Parkinson—Sex and Education, highly recommended.
L. H. Grindon—Sexuality of Nature.
Louis Pendelton—The Wedding Garment.
Benjamin C. Gruenberg—Parents and Sex Education. (Recommended by American Social Hygiene Association).
Julian Hawthorne—Lovers in Heaven.
Louis F. Post—Ethical Principles of Marriage and Divorce.
William H. Holcombe—Sexes Here and Hereafter.
William F. Wunsch—Swedenborg on Marriage.
Mary C. Rothery—The Wedding Guests.