REVUE OF READINGS. - A monthly periodical, begun in 1908 by Abbot Luigi Bethléem (1861-1940), as a publication accompanying his activity as a moral reviewer of French novels.

It was at first titled Roman-Revue (1908-12), then Guide des lectures (1913-14); interrupted by the First World War, it resumed in 1920 under the new title R. des I. But at the beginning of 1947 it merged with the similar periodical Cahiers des livres, appearing with the 2nd issue of 1947 under the title Livres et lectures.

The purpose of the combative periodical was to reform the field of fiction and theater, putting inexperienced or indifferent Catholics on their guard and at the same time giving prominence to whatever good or at least passable work was being published on the subject. Little by little the field of review widened, taking an interest also in publications on theology, philosophy, civil and ecclesiastical history, hagiography and ascetics, but above all in newspapers, reviews and periodicals.

Celestino Testore

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