Among recent writings relating to the general subject most important are Shirley, "Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire," in _Proceedings of the New Hamp. Hist. Society_, 1876-84 (Concord, 1885); Earle, _Customs and Fashions in Old New England_ (New York, 1894); Weeden, _Economic and Social History of New England_, 1620-1789 (Boston, 1891); Goodwin, _Pilgrim Republic_ (Boston, 1888); Howe, _Puritan Republic_ (Indianapolis, 1899); Arnold, _History of Rhode Island_ (New York, 1874); Friedberg, _Eheschliessung_ (Leipzig, 1865); Cook, "Marriage Celebration in the Colonies," in _Atlantic Monthly_, LXI (Boston, 1888); Bishop, _Marriage, Divorce, and Separation_ (Chicago, 1891); Lodge, _Short History of the English Colonies_ (New York, 1882); Trumbull, _History of Connecticut_ (New Haven, 1818); Hollister, _History of Connecticut_ (Hartford, 1857); Atwater, _History of the Colony of New Haven_ (New Haven, 1881); Freeman, _History of Cape Cod_ (Boston, 1869); Bailey, _Historical Sketches of Andover_ (Boston, 1880); Bliss, _Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-House_ (Boston, 1896); _idem_, _Colonial Times on Buzzard's Bay_ (Boston, 1888); Brooks, _The Olden Time Series: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England_ (Boston, 1886); articles by Scudder, Whitmore, Edes, McKenzie, Morse, and Goddard, in _Memorial History of Boston_ (Boston, 1882-83); and Newhall, _Ye Great and General Court_ (Lynn, 1897). Illustrative material has likewise been gathered from a large number of writers, among whom are Palfrey, _History of New England_ (Boston, 1888-90); Carlier, _Le mariage aux États-Unis_ (Paris, 1860); Oliver, _Puritan Commonwealth_ (Boston, 1856); Doyle, _English Colonies_ (New York, 1882-87); Ellis, _Puritan Age_ (Boston, 1888); Dexter, _Congregationalism_ (New York, 1880); Bacon, _Genesis of the New England Churches_ (New York, 1874); Belknap, _History of New Hampshire_ (Dover, 1812); Green, _Short History of Rhode Island_ (Providence, 1877); Sanford, _History of Connecticut_ (Hartford, 1888); Hawthorne, _Grandfather's Chair_ (Boston, 1893); Campbell, _The Puritan in Holland, England, and America_ (New York, 1892); Hildreth, _History of the United States_ (New York, 1882); Snow, _History of Boston_ (Boston, 1824); Shurtleff, _Topographical and Historical Description of Boston_ (Boston, 1872); Gilman, _The Story of Boston_ (New York, 1889); Drake (S. G.), _History and Antiquities of Boston_ (Boston, 1854); Drake (S. A.), _Old Landmarks of Boston_ (Boston, 1889); Drake (S. A.), _The Making of New England_ (New York, 1887); Prime, _Along New England Roads_ (New York, 1892); Read, in the _Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society_, No. 2 (Taunton, 1880); and Brigham, in _Proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Society_, IV.