Bundling: Its Origin, Progress And Decline In America By Henry Reed Stiles

Bundling: Its Origin, Progress And Decline In America

By Henry Reed Stiles 

Henry Reed Stiles was an 18th century historian. Stiles has undertaken to trace, the origin, progress and decline of the custom of bundling in America, together with such facts as clearly prove that it was not confined to this continent, but prevalent in various countries of the world. BUNDLING. "A man and a woman lying on the same bed with their clothes on; an expedient practiced in America on a scarcity of beds, where, on such occasions, husbands and parents frequently permitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters." Grose Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. BUNDLE, "To sleep on the same bed without undressing; applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping."--Webster, 1864.

Bundling was an important part of American courting life, enjoyed by all good country maids and men and blessed by honest folk. During the nineteenth century, many elders clothed bundling in a licentious mantle, and a dark veil was drawn over the subject. Henry Reed Stiles, no believer in the theory that objectionable portions of history should be kept in the shadows, here defrocks these misconceptions and sheds light on this lost American custom and its origins. This book was banned in Boston in 1872. 

Publisher:  Privately issued for subscribers only

Publication Date: Undated but 1871 likely.

Binding: Hard cover

Book Condition: Fair for its age. The front page before the title page is missing.

Pages: 142 + Index

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