The Roman Index of Forbidden Books BRIEFLY EXPLAINED FOR CATHOLIC BOOKLOVERS AND STUDENTS BY FRANCIS S. BETTEN, S.J. WITH A SUMMARY OF THE INDEX SECOND EDITION ST. LOUIS, MO., 1909 Published by B. Herder 17 South Broadway FREIBURG (BADEN) | LONDON AND EDINBURGH B. HERDER | SANDS AND CO. NIHIL OBSTAT. St. Louis, die 1. Nov., 1908. R.J. Meyer, S.J. Praep. Pror. Missour NIHIL OBSTAT. St. Louis, 17 Nov., 1908. F.G. Holweck. Censor Librorum. IMPRIMATUR. St. Louis, 17 Nov., 1908. O.J.S. Hoog, V.G. Copyright, 1909, by Joseph Gummersbach. —BECKTOLD— PRINTING AND BOOK MFG. CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. NOTE This short treatise was written for the benefit of those who cannot devote much time to the study of the Index. It appeared first in the “Catholic Union and Times,” Buffalo, N. Y., and was reprinted in the “Catholic Mind” series, Fordham University Press, New York, as numbers 23 and 24 of 1907. Those who wish to make a deeper study of the subject are referred to the following books: Rev. Timothy Hurley.—_A Commentary on the Present Index Legislation._ Dublin, Brown and Nolan. New York, Benziger Bros. $1.35. Rev. Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.—_De prohibitione et censura librorum._ $0.85. Rev. Jos. Hilgers, S.J.—_Der Index der verbotenen Bücher._ St. Louis, Herder. $3.25. —_Die Bücherverbote in Papstbriefen._ St. Louis, Herder. $0.95. Rev. Jos. Hilgers, S.J.—_The Roman Index and its Last Historian. A Critical Review of “The Censorship of the Church of Rome” by George Haven Putnam._ Techny, Ill. Society of the Divine Word. 10 cents. There is also a long article on “Censorship,” written by Rev. J. Hilgers, S.J., in vol. III of the _Catholic Encyclopedia_. An English translation of the Constitution “Officiorum ac munerum” is contained in _The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII_, with Preface by Rev. John J. Wynne, S.J. New York, Benziger Bros. $2.25. CONTENTS