New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
THE REVISED INDEX.
IT GRANTS AMNESTY TO AUTHORS WHO
WROTE BEFORE THE YEAR 1-1E

From the Courier des Etais Unis.
\ new edition of the Index il annoanced-that
is to say OF tn" table of books prohibited by the
Pontifical Congregation specially charged 10y the
constitution # Henot XIV with the censurc in
regard to books.
The present volume differs from all the pre-
ceding edition. Leo XIII. a he himself says IN
the preamble # the decree which precedes the
table. desires, in accordance with the request
Of the French. German ana Italian bishops TO
apply the old prescriptions certain moHinca-
tions more in conformity with the spirit Of the
times 1t is therefore complete revision. and
also a reduction communication Cf the SEN
tercas formerly pronounced. or. as n Pope him
self expresze es il. il is an ADVERTISEMENT
For example. all the combinations previous
the year 1900 cffaced. Excepted also are
the books which. notwithstanding certain repre-
hensibIe passages. are distinguished by e'egance
Of language. abundance Of eruditol ami d null
tipl city OF useful documents. Lastly, all works
dealing with forgotten disputes and Contro-
versies which have long since been settled are
taken from tire list-ttat Is To sly. pamphlets OF
an ephemerai nature
Notwithstanding this partial amnesty tn list
of works which stin remains under thy ban is
long II comprises rs pages. and each page
covers average about dozen works,
which gives approximate total of t2N6 books.
II is a curious collection. and many people
will be surprised TO find in il certain names IL
lustri0us in the Church. Among them are Bos-
suet anC Jacques Bengne for his 'PTOJet De re-
ponse 4 NJ. de Tenoin, Archbishop of Embrun
communicated to the ecclesiastics of the diocese
OF Troyes for their information" Then came
Ftntlon ard FRANCOIS de Salgnac. the latter
for his 'Explication des max.mes des Saintes
Ia vie Interieure.
Among the philosophers are Michel De Mon
taigne for his Essais and DesCartes for his
'Meditations." his letters to Pere Duret-ia
fact all his philosophical works except those
subject to revision. and his "Disccurs sur la
recherche de la vtritt' After Descartes comes
Nicolas Malebranche for several works.
peciaIly his ''Tratt de la nature IT de Ia grace,
his ,DiscouIs sur la recherche &c la Vtrit6," his
"Entretiens'' and his Sur Ia metaphy yslque."
Even Pascal is not spar red on account Of his
'Lettres Provencaes' and his edition of Pen
sees" annotated by Eoltaire
II is hardly necessary to say that all the
philosophers of the eighteenth century con-
demned in general, including Montesquieu. for
"I-'esprt des Lois and his ''Lettres Persaues.'
FontanelIe still stands condemned for his 'Plu-
rality Of Worlds
place in tn volume. BaZac catches it for all
his love roma noes. So do AleXandre Dumas.
Eugene sue, George Sand. Ernest Feydeau and
Flaubert Paul ie kOck is not even mentioned.
but Iamartine is stricken down for his "Joce-
lyn" his Voyage Orient" and the Chute
dun Ange.' Victor Hugo is condemned for
.'Notre Dame dc Paris and Les Niserahles." p"
Nothing is said about his "Chatiments' his
"Ouatre- Vingt- -Treize." Emile ZOla is wiped
out with the words All his works. The his
tory of the French Revolution by Mignet is
Included but that of Theirs is allowed To stand
We might mention also the names of Edgar