The Irish standard., 1901-07-13
one work, Remarks Upon a Late Dis
course of Freethinking."

George Berkeley, bishop Of Cloyne.
Ireland, one of the most subtle and
original English metaphysicians, has
his book, ''Alciphron, or the Minute
Philosopher" Q733), on the list. Berke
ley. on the British governments prom
ise to found a college in the Bermudas.
sailed for America, went to Rhode Is
land with his family, bought farm,
but the promised grant not materializ-
ing, returned and wrote the result Of
his studies and observations in cal
cfphron." 1t is a finely written work
in the form of dialogue, critically ex-
amining the various forms of free
thinking in the age, and bringing for
ward In antithesis to them his own
theory, which shows all nature to be
the language of God.
Richard Blackburne's life of Thom-
AS Hobbes," also all the works of
Hobbies himself.
J. j. Blunt, "Vestiges Of Ancient
Manners and Customs Discovered in
Modern Sicily and Italy 1S2O.
"Book of Common Prayer" u71N.
Robert Boyle, one of the greatest nat
ural philosophers of his age, has three
works, one being devotional, "Seraphic
Love, or Some Motives and Incentives
to the Love of God'
Sir Thomas Browne, "The Religion
of Physician" q645). The book was
puzzle to his contemporaries. and he
Is still hard to understand.
Baron Bunsen is on the Index with
"Hippolytus and His Age, or the Doc
trine and Practice Of the Church Of
Rome Under Commodus and Alexander
Severus and Ancient and Modern
Christianity and Divinity Compared"
qS59. This celebrated Prussian was
the tutor of William B. Astor when the
son of the famous Jacob J. was stu
dent at Gottingen and for two years
subsequently Travelled all over the con-
tinent with Mr.. Astor
Gilbert Burnet, whose orthodoxy was
once attacked by his own co-relgion-
lists, is condemned for History of the
Reformation of the Church of Eng
land" "History of His Own Times"
and two other works on natural and re-
vealed religion.
Daniel Defoe. political History of
the Devil,"-a curious book. partly ex
planatory Of his ideas on morality and
partly belonging to series of demon
olOgical works he wrote.
John Wilkins, "Discovcry of New
World, or discourse tending to prove
that tits probable there may be another
habitable world in the moon: with n
discourse concerning the possibility of
a passage tllither" 07OD.
John William Draper, History of the
Conflicts Between Religion and Sci
ence" 17O1).
Edward Gibbon, "Thc History of
the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire" G7S3).
Oliver Goldsmith, the poet, falls foul
OF the congregation through his
abridged History of England' OS2:,).
1t Is noted, however, in the Index that
the ban will be removed when the OBJ
1ectl0nahle passages are rNpllnged. or
to use the official term "donec corrgan-
tllr'
Hallam's constitutional History of
England" also Europe During the
Middle Ages"
David Hume everything he wrote
and that is not Il little-during the
sixty-five years Of his busy life.
Locke's ESSAY Concerning the HUI
man Understanding" condemned by Il
brief of Clement NIL; also. two other
works.
John Stuart Mills "princples of Po-
litical Economy" is on, and therefore
one would look for the name of Her
bert Spencer, but the latter is not there.
Samuel Richardson's "Pamela: or.
Virtue Rewarded" G74D, the inventor
Of the modern novel of life and man.
ners. AS there is nothing doctrinal in
Pamela" it is probably condemned for
its suggestiveness.
"Robinson's History of.the Reign Of
the Emperor Charles w." Q77O.
Richard Steele's can Account of the
State of the Roman Catholic Religion"
Other English names are those Of
Bishop Saunderson, Bishop Bull (all his
works., Bishop Pearson, Ussher, Bar
clay, Cave, Edward Cary c'The Cate
.chist Catechised'). Edward Chamber
layne, Bernard Connor, Anthony Col
Inns ('Discourse ON Freethinking''), J,
John Charles Earle (two books. 1873,
Peter King, Middleton, Andrew Mar
we'll, Frank Osborne, Peter Conry,
Alexander Ross, William Sherlock, NJ.
H. Seymour, Arthur Ashley Sykes and
Thomas Woolston.
1t is almost unnecessary to say that
voltaire occupies large portion of the
Index. Thirty-nine of his writings are
specifically named. Renan has nineteen
works forbidden, including the 'Life of
Jesus" Rousseau has five, including
the "New Heloise." All Of Proudhon's
writings are prohibited, and Auguste
Comte's "Positivist Philosophy" Other