Ferreting Out Evil - the records of the Committee on Evil Literature by Tom Quinlan - images (2)
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(Left) Extract from A PRACTICAL TREATISE
ON BIRTH CONTROL by an Eminent London
Physician (published by S. Seymour, London).
A passage on page 11 describing the act
of sexual intercourse appears to have been
marked for the attention of the Committee.
The booklet was one of a number submitted
to the Committee by Rev. Richard Devane,
SJ, when giving evidence as an expert witness. (NAI JUS 7/2/9) (17K)
(Right) A List of
Some OBJECTIONABLE PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
which the Christian
Brothers considered should be banned. (NAI
JUS 7/2/7) (14K)
(Left) Extract
from Our Boys 5 February 1925 showing the
burning of an unnamed London publication which reportedly contained
a Christmas carol ridiculing the Holy Family
in blasphemous language. (NAI, JUS 7/2/7) (35K)
(Right) Report
in The New Leader of 12 February 1926 relating
to the introduction of a parliamentary bill
on birth control. This was submitted to the
Committee by Rev. Richard Devane, SJ, when
presenting evidence as an expert witness.
(NAI, JUS 7/2/9) (33K)