Instances of great kindness displayed by savages towards persons of a foreign race, pp. 570-572.--Hospitality a universal custom among the lower races and among the peoples of culture at the earlier stages of their civilisation, pp. 572-574.--The stranger treated with special marks of honour, and enjoying extraordinary privileges as a guest, pp. 574-576.--Custom may require that hospitality should be shown even to an enemy, p. 576 _sq._--To protect a guest looked upon as a most stringent duty, p. 577 _sq._--Hospitality in a remarkable degree associated with religion, pp. 578-580.--The rules of hospitality in the main based on egoistic considerations, p. 581.--The stranger, supposed to bring with him good luck or blessings, pp. 581-583.--The blessings of a stranger considered exceptionally powerful, p. 583 _sq._--The visiting stranger regarded as a potential source of evil, p. 584.--His evil wishes and curses greatly feared, owing partly to his quasi-supernatural character, partly to the close contact in which he comes with the host and his belongings, pp. 584-590.--Precautions taken against the visiting stranger, pp. 590-593.--Why no payment is received from a guest, p. 593 _sq._--The duty of hospitality limited by time, p. 594 _sq._--The cause of this, p. 595 _sq._--The decline of hospitality in progressive communities, p. 596. CHAPTER XXV THE SUBJECTION OF CHILDREN The right of personal freedom never absolute, p. 597.--Among some savages a man's children are in the power of the head of their mother's family or of their maternal uncle, p. 597 _sq._--Among the great bulk of existing savages children are in the power of their father, though he may to some extent have to share his authority with the mother, p. 598 _sq._--The extent of the father's power subject to great variations, p. 599.--Among some savages the father's authority practically very slight, p. 599 _sq._--Other savages by no means deficient in filial piety, p. 600 _sq._--The period during which the paternal authority lasts, p. 601 _sq._--Old age commands respect and gives authority, pp. 603-605.--Superiority of age also gives a certain amount {xx} of power, p. 605 _sq._--The reverence for old age may cease when the grey-head becomes an incumbrance to those around him, and imbecility may put an end to the father's authority over his family, p. 606 _sq._--Paternal, or parental, authority and filial reverence at their height among peoples of archaic culture, pp. 607-613.--Among these peoples we also meet with reverence for the elder brother, for persons of a superior age generally, and especially for the aged, p. 614 _sq._--Decline of the paternal authority in Europe, p. 615 _sq._--Christianity not unfavourable to the emancipation of children, though obedience to parents was enjoined as a Christian duty, p. 616 _sq._--The Roman notions of paternal rights and filial duties have to some extent survived in Latin countries, p. 617 _sq._--Sources of the parental authority, p.