Among the works drawn upon in the treatment of special topics are Stiles's _Bundling_ (Albany, 1871); supplemented by his _History of Windsor_ (New York, 1859); and the very suggestive paper of Charles Francis Adams, _Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England_, reprinted from the _Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings_, June, 1891 (Cambridge, 1891); while there is an interesting passage relating to the same custom in Burnaby's _Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America_, 1759-60 (London, 1798); as also a characteristic reference in Irving's _Knickerbocker History of New York_ (Philadelphia, 1871). For the first time the history of the stigma of the "scarlet letter" has been treated from the sources in Davis's careful monograph, _The Law of Adultery and Ignominious Punishments_ (Worcester, 1895). In connection with the influence of the Levitical law on the New England conception of marriage and the family, Amram's _The Jewish Law of Divorce_ (Philadelphia, 1896), and Mielziner's _The Jewish Law of Marriage and Divorce_ (Cincinnati, 1884) are important. Of most service for the legal character of New England slave marriages are Moore's _Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts_ (New York, 1866); his "Slave Marriages in Massachusetts," in the _Historical Magazine_, XV (1869), containing a significant ritual used by Rev. Samuel Phillips, minister at Andover, 1710-71; and Steiner's "History of Slavery in Connecticut," in _Johns Hopkins University Studies_, XI (Baltimore, 1893). The originality of the system of civil registration created by the New England settlers is appreciated by Kuczynski, "The Registration Laws in the Colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth," in _Publications of the Am. Statistical Ass._, VII, 65-73 (Boston, 1901). See also Bibliographical Note XV.] I. THE MAGISTRATE SUPERSEDES THE PRIEST AT THE NUPTIALS