13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 



MESSRS. HURST AND BLACKETT'S 

 NEW WORKS Continued. 



BRIDES AND BRIDALS. By J. C. JEAFFRESON, 



B.A., Oxon, Author of "A Book about the Clergy," &c. Second 

 Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 30a. 



CONTENTS : Antiquity of Matrimonial Customs, Marriage by Capture, Marriage by 

 Purchase, The Church Porch, Espousals, Celebration of Marriage, Publication 

 of Banns, Ancient Restraints on Freedom of Marriage, Pro-Contracts, Marriages 

 in Strict Order and Marriages by License, The Wedding Ring, The Ring-finger, 

 The Qimmal Ring, Costumes of Bridos, Bridesmaids, and Groomsmen, Wedding 

 Cake, Wedding Presents, The Dinner and the Dance, Sports and Pastimes, Bri- 

 dal Music, Wedding Sermons, Infantile Wedlock, Lucky Days and Lawful 

 Hours, Parental Authority, Discipline of Wives, Laws and Novels, Sermons and 

 Essays, Old Proverbs about Marriage and Women,Characteristicsof Womankind 

 in Old Time, The Spinsters of Past Times, Medical Women and White Slaves, 

 Clerical.Marriage,Lay-marriages during the Commonwealth, Taxes on Celibacy, 

 Curious Marriages, Clandestine and Irregular Marriages, Prisons and Lawless 

 Churches, Fleet Marriages, The Fleet Clergy, Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act, 

 The Savoy Chapel, Gretna Green Matches, The Carrying away of Heiresses, 

 The Royal Fleet Marriages, The Royal Marriage Act, Marriage with Deceased 

 Wife's Sister, Honeymoon Trips and Cards, Samuel Johnson on Matrimony, 

 Jeux d'Esprit against Wives, Dissolution of Partnership, &c. 



" In this book Mr. Jeaffroson appeals to an audience even larger than those 

 addressed in his books about Lawyers, Doctors, and the Clergy. His ' Brides and 

 Bridals ' cannot fail to go straight to the heart of every woman in England. We 

 doubt not that these volumes will be carefully scanned by fair eyes of all ages and 



conditions, and will afford no less amusement than instruction There is 



much that wo should like to quote in the interesting chapters on ' Clerical Mar- 

 riage,' 'Curious Marriages,' the 'Abduction of Heiresses,' and the 'Dissolution of 

 Marriages,' but wo must be content with referring all who read, whether for 

 amusement or information, to the book itself, which they will flnd a valuable 

 depository of knowledge on the subject." Athenaeum. 



" While those delightful volumes are certain to command the attention of men 

 of ' all sorts and conditions,' women will fool that the book especially concerns 

 themselves. Having consulted hundreds of volumes and unpublished records of 

 obsolete customs, Mr. Jeaffroson, interspersing legal information with quaint and 

 amusing anecdotes, has produced a work which will bo found a most useful book of 

 reference by historians, artists, and all persons who desire to know how our fore- 

 fathers lived. The chapter on ' The Discipline of Wives,' and ' Old Proverbs about 

 Marriage and Women,' are extremely interesting." Morning 1'ost. 



" These volumes contain something for all tastes, and aro sure of a lasting 

 popularity." Daily News. 



"Two very interesting and clever volumes. Happy in his subjects, and happy 

 in his treatment of them, Mr. Joaffroson has hero maintained his old character- 

 istics, and has produced a book about Brides and Bridals as attractive as either of 

 hia well-known books about Doctors, Lawyers, or the Clergy." Note* and Querist. 



ADVENTURES AFLOAT AND ASHORE. By 



PARKER GILLMORE (" Ubiquo"), Author of " Prairio Farms and 

 Prairio Folk," &c. 2 vols. crown 8vo, with Illustrations. 21s. 



"Written in bright and lively stylo." Athenieum. 



"An inimitable repertory of anecdotes, fun, and frolic." John null. 



" Two readable volumes, which become at times really exciting. Standard. 



" Two lively, rattling volumes of racy anecdote, giving & charming idea of sport 

 by land and Boa." Graphic. 



"A most amusing and interesting work. Though much of its matter is 

 addressed to sportsmen, yet enough remains to afford great entertainment to all 

 classes of readers. We have been in every way pleased with the pleasant travels 

 of the author, and with hia excellent description of them." Ji.-H's Life, 



