Fowler, Lorenzo Niles. Marriage: Its History and Ceremonies, with a Phrenological and Physiological Exposition of the Functions and Qualifications for Happy Marriages. ...

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Following a brief discussion of marriage in ancient Israel, the author summarizes the marriage rites of the modern Jews, as in the custom of a husband smashing a cup against the wall "in perpetual remembrance of the mournful destruction of their once noble and magnificent temple" (p. 27). A perfect copy has a frontispiece. Frequently reissued.