[79] The reader is referred to the chapter on “Divorce” in _The Truth about Woman_, pp. 352-359. I may, perhaps, also state my intention of devoting my next book entirely to the urgent question of Divorce Reform. For this reason I have said very little about the subject in this work. [80] See pp. 229-254. [81] See p. 347. [82] The reader is referred to the chapter on “Reproductive Differences” in an instructive little book, _Preparation for Marriage_, by Walter Heape. [83] See p. 339. [84] See _The Truth about Woman_, pp. 326-328. Also article in the _English Review_, September 1913, republished as a small book in America under the title _Women and Morality_. [85] _The Truth about Woman_, p. 191. [86] See p. 51. [87] This estimate of the number of Women War Workers is given by Sir Leo Chiozza Money. [88] See p. 155. [89] Sir Leo Chiozza Money, in an article in _Tit Bits_ (October 21, 1916), “Women’s Share in Winning the War,” says, “Assuming peace to come by the end of 1917, the country will probably contain about two millions more women than men of marriageable age.” [90] I am here in agreement with Mr. H. G. Wells’ forecast, “What is Coming?” See his essay on _Women and the War_, already referred to, p. 167. [91] On this question see _The Truth about Woman_, pp. 372, 373. An article by Mr. W. L. George, “Women after the War,” appeared in the _English Review_ of December 1. Mr. George gives some very interesting statistics as to the disproportion between the numbers of the two sexes, treating the question from a very new point of view. He shows that the number of unmarried men in England and Wales at the last census so greatly outnumbered the extra women that there were “nearly three men for every superfluous woman!” [92] I related this incident first in _The Truth about Woman_, p. 347. [93] Very interesting statistics in this connection are given in an admirable monograph by Dr. Max Marcuse, _Uneheliche Mütter_ (Berlin, 1907, vol. xxvii. of the _Documents of Great Towns_, edited by Hans Ostwald). Marriages Illegitimate births per 1000. per 1000. 1876 8.5 8.6 1877 8.0 8.7 1878 7.7 8.7 1879 7.5 8.8 Taken from _Jahrbuch für das deutsche Reich_. This table clearly shows a steady increase in the illegitimate birth-rate in direct proportion to the decline in the number of marriages. In Bavaria, again, up to the year 1868, the parishes (Gemeinden) held a power of veto over all wage-earners desiring to marry. In 1868 most of these restrictions were abolished, and at once the illegitimate births dropped 12.6 per cent. [94] The reader is referred to the chapter on “Prostitution” in _The Truth about Woman_. [95] By the _Affiliation Order Act_, 1914, two important changes in the law were gained (see p. 276), but little has been done in comparison with the wise changes made in other States.