本文是时任北堂图书馆馆长惠泽霖(H.Verhaeren,C.M.)神文为其所编《北堂图书馆藏书目录》撰写的简介。它通过对17世纪开始在我国设立的教会图书馆如南堂、东堂、北堂和西堂图书馆以及一些主教图书馆、私人教徒图书馆和地方教会图书馆的介绍,简要地概括了北堂图书馆及其藏书的历史渊源及变故。 This essay is a synopsis of the time when H. Verhaeren (C.M.), the curator of the Bentang Librarian, wrote a catalog for his collection of books in the Beitang Library. It gives a brief summary of the North Hall Book by introducing the library of the Lutheran Church, the East Hall, the North Hall and the West Hall, as well as some bishop’s, private’s and local church libraries, which were established in our country in the 17th century Museum and its history and origin of the accident.