Supplement, with schedule of the Indexes issued under the authority of the Church, 1526–1900. By Geo. Haven Putnam =Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times.=--A sketch of literary conditions, and of the relations with the public of literary producers, from the earliest times to the fall of the Roman Empire. Third Edition, revised. 12^o, gilt top, net, $1.50 =Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages.=--A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the Seventeenth Century. Two vols., sold separately. 8^o, gilt tops. Each $2.50 Volume I., 476–1600. Volume II., 1500–1709. =The Question of Copyright.=--Comprising the text of the Copyright Law of the United States, and a Summary of the Copyright Laws at present in force in the Chief Countries of the World. Third edition, revised, with Additions, and with the Record of Legislation brought down to March, 1896. 8^o, gilt top $1.75 =The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence upon the Production and the Distribution of Literature.=--A Study of the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, Together with Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant Censorship and of Censorship by the State. Two volumes, 8vo. Uniform with “Books and Their Makers.” Each net, $2.50 G. P. Putnam’s Sons NEW YORK AND LONDON THE CENSORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF ROME AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROHIBITORY AND EXPURGATORY INDEXES, TOGETHER WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP AND OF CENSORSHIP BY THE STATE BY GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM, LITT.D. Author of “AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES,” “BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES,” “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,” “AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS,” ETC. _IN TWO VOLUMES_ VOLUME I G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1906 BY GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM The Knickerbocker Press TO MY DAUGHTER ETHEL IN RECOGNITION OF LOVING SERVICE AND OF SKILLED AND PATIENT LABOUR, DEVOTED TO PREPARING THIS MATERIAL FOR THE PRINTERS PREFACE