[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE I.--The modern history of the patriarchal theory begins with Filmer's _Patriarchia_ (London, 1680), in which the author finds in the Hebrew family a justification of the "divine prerogative" of kings; and the trenchant reply of Locke in _The Two Treatises on Civil Government_ (London, 1690), reprinted with Filmer's work in the ninth volume of Morley's _Universal Library_. But the theory is especially associated with the name of Sir Henry Maine. His _Ancient Law_ (New York, 1861), aside from its leading hypothesis, is one of the most suggestive books of the century. It was followed by the _Early History of Institutions_ (New York, 1875); the _Village Communities_ (New York, 1876); and _Early Law and Custom_ (New York, 1883). In this last work he contributes supplementary chapters on such topics as "Ancestor-Worship" and "East European House Communities," and he replies to his critics. Maine is criticised by Spencer, _Principles of Sociology_ (New York, 1879), Vol. I, Part III, chap. ix; and by McLennan, _Patriarchal Theory_ (London, 1885), who, on the negative side, is fairly successful in confuting his adversary. Hearn's _Aryan Household_ (London, 1879) and the _Ancient City_ (Boston, 1877) of Fustel de Coulanges take practically the same view of primitive society as Maine, while particularly emphasizing ancestor-worship and the genealogical organization.