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The Roman Index of
Forbidden Books

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NOTE

This short treatise was written for thebenefit of those who cannot devote muchtime to the study of the Index. It appearedfirst in the “Catholic Union andTimes,” Buffalo, N. Y., and was reprintedin the “Catholic Mind” series, FordhamUniversity Press, New York, as numbers23 and 24 of 1907.

Those who wish to make a deeper studyof the subject are referred to the followingbooks:

• Rev. Timothy Hurley.—A Commentary onthe Present Index Legislation. Dublin,Brown and Nolan. New York, BenzigerBros. $1.35.
• Rev. Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.—De prohibitioneet censura librorum. $0.85.
• Rev. Jos. Hilgers, S.J.—Der Index derverbotenen Bücher. St. Louis, Herder.$3.25.
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  —Die Bücherverbote in Papstbriefen. St.Louis, Herder. $0.95.
• Rev. Jos. Hilgers, S.J.—The Roman Indexand its Last Historian. A CriticalReview of “The Censorship of theChurch of Rome” by George HavenPutnam. Techny, Ill. Society of theDivine Word. 10 cents.

There is also a long article on “Censorship,”written by Rev. J. Hilgers, S.J., invol. III of the Catholic Encyclopedia.

An English translation of the Constitution“Officiorum ac munerum” is containedin The Great Encyclical Letters ofPope Leo XIII, with Preface by Rev.John J. Wynne, S.J. New York, BenzigerBros. $2.25.