Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. * * * * * MARRIED LOVE Books by the same Author SCIENTIFIC. "The Cretaceous Flora, Part I." Illustrated. Published by the Trustees of the British Museum. 12s. net. "The Cretaceous Flora, Part II." Illustrated. Published by the Trustees of the British Museum. £1 1s. net. "Ancient Plants." Illustrated. Published by Blackie. 4s. 6d. net. "The Study of Plant Life." Illustrated. Published by Blackie. 3s. 6d. net. "Wise Parenthood." Published by Fifield. 2s. 6d. net. TRAVEL. "A Journal from Japan." Published by Blackie. 7s. 6d. net. LITERARY. "Man, Other Poems, and a Preface." Published by Heinemann. 3s. 6d. net. "Conquest," a Three-Act Play. Published by French. 1s. net. "Gold in the Wood" and "The Race." Two Plays. Published by Fifield. 2s. net. With Prof. J. Sakurai, "Plays of Old Japan, The Nö." Published by Heinemann. 5s. net. _The author's vivid and imaginative sympathy has really enabled her in some degree to communicate the incommunicable._ ATHENÆUM. MARRIED LOVE A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties BY MARIE CARMICHAEL STOPES _Doctor of Science, London; Doctor of Philosophy, Munich; Fellow of University College, London; Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the Linnean Society, London_ _With a Preface by Dr. JESSIE MURRAY and LETTERS from PROFESSOR E. H. STARLING, F.R.S., and FATHER STANISLAUS ST. JOHN, S.J._ _Sixth and enlarged Edition_ London: A. C. Fifield 13, Clifford's Inn, E.C.4 1919 _Dedicated to young husbands and all those who are betrothed in love_ _First published March 26, 1918_ _Second Edition printed May 17, 1918_ _Third Edition printed June 25, 1918_ _Fourth Edition printed August 2, 1918_ _Fifth Edition printed September 19, 1918_ _Sixth Edition printed February 3, 1919_ _Printed by the Pelican Press, London._ _Copyright; translation and all other rights reserved by the Author_ _Copyright in U.S.A._ Contents PAGE. Preface by Dr. Jessie Murray vii Letter from Professor Starling, F.R.S., &c. x Author's Preface xi Letter from Father St. John and Reply xiv Chapter I. The Heart's Desire 1 Chapter II. The Broken Joy 7 Chapter III. Woman's "Contrariness" 14 Chapter IV. The Fundamental Pulse 26 Chapter V. Mutual Adjustment 38 Chapter VI. Sleep 55 Chapter VII. Modesty and Romance 66 Chapter VIII. Abstinence 72 Chapter IX. Children 77 Chapter X. Society 92