Note 596 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY

Cook, "The Marriage Celebration in the United States," Atlantic, LXI, 521. "But in the early part of this century there arose in the courts a discussion regarding the nature of our common law, and the relation of that law to our statute law in governing the celebration of marriage—a discussion which since then has constantly increased, and has gradually brought about a revolution unparalleled in the history of our subject."—Ibid.