Marriage Customs and Modes of Courtship of The various nations

About The Book -: Productions of the nature of this work Can possess little other merit than that of accurate selection, and their utility or entertainment principally consists in presenting, under a brief view, information dispersed throughout a number of expensive and elaborate volumes, in which references are occasionally made to the subjects mentioned in our title. It is interesting and important to the observing mind to compare the different sentiments which every where respect the relative situations of man and wife, to observe the customs with which different nations cement the conjugal union, and condition of the sex in society. It should seem in proportion as women are admitted to their natural rights and weight in the scale of existence, the character of the man is softened, and states are recognized by a love of the arts and sciences; since a relish for cultivating the society of women presupposes a tendency to civilization and harmony. The purpose of this little volume is fully answered if it create a sigh in the bosom of our fair country-women for the afflicting situation in which rude laws and savage customs have placed the young and amiable part of their sex, and raise a feeling of gratitude to that Being who has cast their lot in a Christian country, and under British laws and opinions, which give equal protection to all, and require no sacrifices inconsistent with good order and common sense.