Note 774 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY

Including the repeal in 1878 of the celebrated Connecticut "omnibus clause" introduced in 1849. On the alleged influence of this clause see Dike, "Facts as to Divorce in New England," in Christ and Modern Thought, 197-202; idem, "Some Aspects of the Divorce Problem," Princeton Review, March, 1884, 170, 171; and especially Loomis, "Divorce Legislation in Conn.," New Englander, XXV, 436 ff., 441, 442, giving a table of Connecticut divorces by counties, 1849-65; and Allen, "Divorce in New England," North Am. Rev., CXXX, 547 ff., giving statistics for the period 1860-78.