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Excerpt from The Roman Index of Forbidden Books: Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.