**// is an uncommonly entertaining book, crammed full of interesting 

 material. . . . The reader will find plenty of excellent matter in it, 

 plenty of admirable suggestions and a great deal of sound truth. In 

 short, it is an uncommonly fascinating book.'''' — NewYork Evening Sun. 



PRIMITIVE LOVE 

 AND LOVE-STORIES 



By henry T. FINCK 



AUTHOR OF "ROMANTIC LOVE AND PERSONAL BEAUTY," "LOTOS-TIME IN JAPAN," ETC. 



One volume. Octavo, 851 pages, $3*00 



TREATING EXHAUSTIVELY OF 

 History of an Idea Specimens of African Love 



How Sentiments Change and Grow Aboriginal Australian Love 



What is Romantic Love ? Island Love on the Pacifjc 



Sensuality, Sentimentality, and Sen- How American Indians Love 



TiMENT India — Wild Tribes and Temple Girls 



Mistakes regarding Conjugal Love Does the Bible Ignore Romantic Love? 



Obstacles to Romantic Love Greek Love-Stories and Poems 



Bibliography and Indexes 



SOME REVIEWS 



"It is no ordinary book, but rather a literary monument, a contribution to the history of the human 

 family which will long remain a text-book for all students." — Netv York World. 



" Curious, unique, and singularly interesting. ... In many ways Mr. Finck's theory throws new light 

 on Greek literature and culture, and the stories, which follow one another in quick succession, are valuable 

 not only as a record of the erolution of love, but also as a study of primitive emotions." — Boston Herald. 



" Mr. Finck's style is lucid, elegant, and the book in every chapter reflects the scholar. Not the 

 least recommendation for the work is that it avoids the didactic, pedagogic manner of the scientific pathol- 

 ogist, for most of the arguments are supported by quotations from histories and incidents, so the result is a 

 narrative, a romance almost, which holds the interest as closely as exciting fiction." — Chicago E-vening Post. 



" It is a work of really enormous research, yet written in the lightest and most inviting vein. You are 

 led on from page to page as one whom the changing charms of scenery lead along past one milestone after 

 another of a winding country road. Astounding truly are some of the scenes Mr. Finck brings to our 

 view. . . . You have never read another book like this, and I doubt if you ever will. It is an extraordi- 

 nary book; unique both in substance and mode of presentation." — North ylmerican. 



"The present volume, one of some 851 pages, is really a remarkable compendium, and shows unusual 

 power of research. . . . Mr. Finck has performed a most praiseworthy task, and one that should bring him 

 the grateful acknowledgment of readers and students. Between the covers of his well-printed and well- 

 compiled volume one may find a wealth of material, and the results of an examination into the erotic 

 literature of all climes, lands, and ages, that makes it really worthy of the title, ' infinite riches in a little 

 room.' " — New York Times. 



"Some dozen years ago Mr. Henry T. Finck published a book that stirred up considerable discussion 

 among sociologists and literary men, and excited the interest even of the general reader. It was entitled 

 'Romantic Love and Personal Beauty.' . . . He now comes forward with another work. ... It shows 

 us that, bad as we may be collectively, we are uniformly superior in love affairs, as in everything else, to 

 those primitive peoples, and thus we are encouraged to hope for further progress in the future in the direc- 

 tion of purity and altruism. It would be impossible in a brief review to do justice to the immense mosaic- 

 work of facts which Mr. Finck has put together to prove his theories." — Neiv York Herald. 



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