A mass of materials relating to every phase of the subject for many peoples may be found in the large general works of Klemm, _Cultur-Geschichte der Menschheit_ (Leipzig, 1843-52); Waitz-Gerland, _Anthropologie der Naturvölker_ (Leipzig, 1860-72; 2d ed., begun 1877); Featherman, _Social History of the Races of Mankind_ (London, 1881-91); and Ratzel, _History of Mankind_ (London and New York, 1896-98). General summaries are given by Adams, "Primitive Rights of Women," in _Historical Essays_ (New York, 1891); McGee, "The Beginnings of Marriage," in _Am. Anthropologist_, IX (Washington, 1896); Solotaroff, "Origin of the Family," _ibid._, XI (Washington, 1898); Nadaillac, _L'évolution du mariage_ (Paris, 1893); Brinton, "Religions of Primitive Peoples," in his _American Lectures_, 2d series (New York and London, 1897); Devas, _Studies in Family Life_ (London and New York, 1886); Lang, "Early History of the Family," in his _Custom and Myth_ (London, 1884); Miln, _Wooings and Weddings_ (Chicago, 1900); and Hutchinson's popular _Marriage Customs in Many Lands_ (London, 1897). An earlier book, inferior though similar in scope to the one last named, is Hamilton's _Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies_ (London, 1822). Of little value, except as marking the beginning of attempts to write general histories, are Moore, _Marriage Customs_ (London, 1814; 2d ed., 1820); Laumier, _Cérémonies nuptiales_ (Paris, 1829); the anonymous _Hochzeitsgebräuche aller Nationen_ (Swabach, 1783); and Hurtaut's _Coup d'œil anglois sur les cérémonies du mariage_ (Geneva, 1750), compiled from Louis de Gaya's _Cérémonies nuptiales_ (original ed., Paris, 1680). The subject is also treated by Schroeder, _Das Recht in der geschlechtlichen Ordnung_ (Berlin, 1893); Gage, _Woman, Church, and State_ (Chicago, 1893); and Mason, _Woman's Share in Primitive Culture_ (New York, 1894). Mucke, _Horde und Familie_ (Stuttgart, 1895), traces the classificatory systems of kinship to original "space-relationships" in the horde camping-place, and the work is a remarkable example of ingenious though fantastic speculation on a large scale.
For the matrimonial customs of low races, especially valuable are Krause, _Die Tlinkit-Indianer_ (Jena, 1885); Marshall, _A Phrenologist amongst the Todas_ (London, 1873); and the magnificent volumes of Paul and Fritz Sarasin, _Die Weddas von Ceylon_ (Wiesbaden, 1892-93). For examples of sexual practices, commonly regarded as survivals of original promiscuity, see Buch, _Die Wotjäken_ (Helsingfors, 1882); Kohler, "Studien über Frauengemeinschaft," in _ZVR._, V; Bastian, _Rechtsverhältnisse_ (Berlin, 1872); his "Eheverhältnisse," in _ZFE._, VI; and his "Matriarchat und Patriarchat," _ibid._, _Verhandlungen_ (Berlin, 1886); Ploss, _Das Weib_ (Leipzig, 1895); his _Das Kind_ (Leipzig, 1884); and Mantegazza's _Geschlechtsverhältnisse des Menschen_, constituting with the earlier _Physiologie der Liebe_ and _Hygiene der Liebe_ his so-called "trilogy of love." For the bearings of phallicism on the subject read Howard's _Sex Worship_ (2d ed., Washington, 1898), containing a bibliography. In this connection are also of service the works on "seignorial right," the most elaborate monograph being Schmidt's _Jus primae noctis_ (Freiburg, 1881), containing a full bibliography. See also his _Slavische Geschichtsquellen zur Streitfrage über das Jus Primae Noctis_ (Posen, 1886); his paper in _ZFE._, XVI; and Kohler's criticism, _ZVR._, IV, V. Against its existence as a right of the mediæval lord are Veuillot, _Droit du seigneur_ (1st ed., Paris, 1854; 3d ed., 1878); Raepsaet, _Recherches_ (Gand, 1817); Barthélemy, "Droit du seigneur," in _Revue des questions historiques_, I (Paris, 1866), a critical paper of value; and Labessade, _Droit du seigneur et la rosière de Salency_ (Paris, 1878). In his _Réponse_ (Paris, 1857) Delpit makes a vigorous and detailed reply to the arguments of Veuillot (early edition). See also Foras, _Droit du seigneur_ (Chambéry, 1886); and, for comparison, read "Bibliophile's" _Les nuits d'épreuve des villageoises allemandes avant le mariage_ (Brussels, 1877); Grupen's quaint _De uxore theotisca_ (Göttingen, 1748); and Fischer's remarkably valuable and interesting _Probenächte der teutschen Bauernmädchen_ (Berlin and Leipzig, 1780; reprinted, Leipzig, 1898).