This is a pamphlet and not a book; and the writer of a pamphlet not only deals with passing things, but generally with things which he hopes will pass. It is designed merely to note certain fugitive proposals of the moment, and compare them with certain recurrent necessities of the race; but especially the necessity for some spontaneous social formation freer than that of the state. Therefore, Mr. Chesterton does not delve deeply into this subject and does not present an in depth study of the superstition of divorce. Contents: superstition of divorce; story of the family; story of the vow; tragedies of marriage; vista of divorce; conclusion.