Bombay

between the brethren of the Lodge and himself . Whilst further expressing his obligation to R . W . Bro . Lang for the cordial manner in which the presentation had been made , Bro . Thomson observed that he had been a number of years one of " Caledonia ' s" members ; he might say , in faot , from its infancy ; and ho hoped to continue so for many years to come . During his membership he had held every

office in the Lodge , as his only objeot and endeavour waa to promote its interests in every way , and this he hoped to be spared to continue to do for a long time yet . Bro . Thomson sat down amidst the warm congratulations of all present . After the termination of this most interesting part of the evening ' s proceedings , Bro . Schenok was passed to tbe Fellow Craft ' s degree , and Bro . Adams , of " Truth "

Lodge , 914 E . C , waa unanimously ballottod for and affiliated . Bro . Rodger S . W ., being about to proceed to England , requested that some brother be allowed to act for him during his temporary absence . Thi 3 being acceded to , tho R . W . Master expressed his regret at being deprived of the services of Bro . Rodger , even for a time , but wished him a prosperous voyage and a speedy return . This brought

tho business part of the proceedings to a termination , when the brethren retired to banquet , and enjoyed a few happy hours around the festive board . Free , full and heartfelt expressions were given vent to by brethren and guests alike at tho pleasure they all experienced in witnessing the satisfactory manner in which P . M . Thomson ' s valuable and eminent services had been recognised and

rewarded by the Lodge . On Wednesday , 24 th July , the Caledonia Lodgo held its monthly meeting , in the Scottish Masonic . Hall , under the hiram of the E . W . M . Bro . Lang . The officers present were W . Bro . Thomson I . P . M ., Thorpe Dep . M . / Taylor Sub . Master , Yates S . W ., Doolittle J . W ., Houston TreasurerPurvis SecretaryBrown S . D . Fnrber J . D ., Allan

, , Jeweller , Rule I . G ., Smith Tyler ; Bros . Schenck , Rawlins , Adams , Hearn , J . B . Smith , & c , & o . Visitors—R . W . Bros . Rowell , McCIumpha , Waite and others . The Lodge was opened at 7 . 30 p . m ., when the minutes of the last regular meeting were read and con . firmed , as also those of the standing committee . Bros . Schenck and Rawlins were raised to the sublime degree by the R . W . Bro . Lang

the ceremony being conducted in the most impressive manner , with the aid of appropriate music . The onerons part devolving on the W . Master , and the effective style of his delivery , combined with a thorough knowledge of the legend and ritual , proved that he waa in every sense eminently qualified to occupy the chair , and perform its responsible duties with credit and ability , and that the proud position of the Caledonia Lodge would be upheld whilst he wielded its hiram .

The Lodge was then reduced , when Bro . Hearn was advanced to the rank of F . C . To show the flourishing condition of its finances , it was unanimously resolved to invest a portion of the cash balance of the Lodge in 4 per cent . Government Paper , and this satisfactory arrangement brought the business of the meeting to a close , after which those present sat down to banquet , where the usual toasts of obligation , & c . were given and responded to in a fraternal manner .

Reviews

REVIEWS

All Books intended for Keview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C . Subtle Brains and Lissom Fingers . By Andrew Wynter , M . D ., Author of " Curiosities of Civilization , " " Our Social Bees , " & c . New Edition , Revised and Enlarged . By Andrew Steinmetz , of the Middle Temple , Barrister-at-Law . London : Hardwicke & Bogue , 192 Piccadilly . 1877 .

So much that is published now-a-days is so utterly worthless , that the appearance of a new edition of an old and deservedly popular work is matter for the heartiest congratulation . The late Dr . Wynter was favourably known in the literary world for his devotion to the study of important social and domestic subjects . He was most patient in his researches , and had accumulated vast stores of

knowledge . The consequence is that , when we take up one of his essays , we find the main question surrounded and elncitaded by such a mass of information that we wonder how and whence he can have procured it all . At the same time the manner in which he arranges his facts is BO admirable , there is so little effort at display , and his style ia so easy and unaffected , that it seems aa though he were chatting

confidentially with his readers instead of imparting to them valuable lessons in science . The first edition of this work made its appearance in 1864 , and therefore Mr . Steinmetz , in undertaking the duty of preparing a new edition , has necessarily found much to alter or modify in the original essays , while , by the aid of more recent discoveries he has been in a position to furnish a considerable amount

of entirely new matter . Some of the papers , he tells ns , have been re . written , and two articles have been added . Thus , as regards the subjects , which , in the course of time , would of necessity undergo further change , the book may be considered as almost a new ono . Great praise is due to Mr . Steinmetz for the manner in which he has fulfilled his duty , and while the merit of having originated the work

will ever remain with Dr . Wynter , we feel that Mr . Steinmetz has worthily followed in the footsteps of his predecessor , aa will be gathered from the two essays which are entirely his . Tho book treats of every variety of subject , beginning with an account of the remains of what was a flourishing city in tho days when Britain was a province of tho Roman Empire , and passing on to

Coroner ' s Inquests , Circulating Libraries , Trade Marks , Photographic Portraiture , and the Postal Telegraph . In tho fir 3 t essay , tho author tells us what he saw—when exploring in tho neighbourhood of Shrewsbury—of the "Buried Roman City in Britain , " and how , driving about with a friend , they came upon part of an old wall whioh had « uce belonged to " » large building in the form , of a parallelogram

Reviews

divided into three compartments ; the middle one being 226 feet long and 30 feet wide , the side aisles , if we may so term them , being of exactly the same length , but one only 14 feet wide , and the other 13 feet 9 inches wide at one end and 16 feet at the other . The middle compartment is paved with brick in the herring-bone pattern , but portions of tasselated floors were found at the eastern extremity

of the northern lateral chamber . Archaeologists are puzzled as to the nature of the building , but it has been ascertained that it stood in the angle formed by the intersection of two streets , and was entered from both of them . " Along its western facade ran tho great Roman military highway which connected London with Chester , still in use and known under the Saxon name of Watling Street . " A Committee

of Excavation in its explorations and excavations came upon a fine hypocaust or hot-air chamber such as the Romans were in the habit of building beneath the ground floor for the purpose of warming the rooms above . This was ' * in almost aa perfect a state as when Roman fires were first circulated through it . The pillars of tiles were in perfeot order , and the soot still adhered to their sides aa

though the smoke had only passed through them yesterday . Other smaller hypocausta were discovered , and in one case " what we may term the stokehole of one of these hypocausta remains still intact . Three steps , formed out of single slabs of stone , sharp almost as the day they came from the stono-dresser ' a hands , lead to an arched opening of splendid workmanship , which directly

communicated with the hot-air chamber . " Hard by this stoke-hole " there was found an ash-heap—a Romano-British ash-heap , " and here , of course , was discovered a number of " unconsidered trifles , but of priceless worth , as illustrating the everyday life of the inhabitants . " Pieces of pottery , hairpins of bone , pieces of windowglaBs , boxes of bird 3 and animals , and even oyster shells , with bono

needles and ornamental fibula ) , coins , & o . In the hypocaust leading from the stoke-hole , the workmen discovered , " crouched up in tho north . west corner , the skeleton of an old man , and close to him ( the ruling passion strong in death ) waa found a little heap of ooins , and among them fragmenta of wood and nails , evidently the remains of a amall box or coffer , decayed by time , which had onco held the

old man's treasure . These coins , 132 in number , were all , with two exceptions , of copper , leading to the inference that he was a domestic . " Close by was found " the skeleton of a woman , and huddled against the northern wall waa another . " In the ground adjoining was found " the skeleton of a baby , so young that its teeth were still uncut . Other skeletons , chiefly of females , were found a little eastward ,

while southward of this block of buildings were the lower walla and pavement of a court some forty feet square , on the north and south sides of which runa a row of chambera from ten to twelve feet square . In excavating the rubbish of these rooms stores of different substances were found ; in one a quantity of oharcoal , in another the bones , horns , & o ., chiefly of the red deer and the ox , and the tuska

of boars . On the antlers of the deer were visible saw-marka and signa of tools , and some bad been turned in a lathe . Pottery , too , was found in great abundance , " including a piece of Samian ware repaired with metal rivets , and some not inelegant Romano-Salopian pottery , made from fine Broseley clay . " Then there were keys , chains , rings , shackles , and " scores of cock ' s legs with natural spurs , filed

evidently to fit on bronzo ones . That they know how to fight a main of cocks at Uriconium is quite evident , and those legs in all probability were those of celebrated victors . " Among other relics were a leaden cock , evidently a child's toy , " and preserved in the museum at Shrewsbury are to be seen combs of bone , bodkins , men's studs and

buttons of bronzo , & c , & c , and the seal of a physician who vended a patent eye-salve , bearing the inscription , as rendered into English , " the dialibanum of Tiberius Claudius , the physician for all complaints of the eyes , to be used with egg . " ( To be continued . )

" BAPTISM " AJIONO INDIANS . —The Indians in the territory ( Wyoming ) are the Shoshones and Bannacks . They aro mostly peaceable , though in 1876 there waa a good deal of ill blood stirred up amongst them by the Mormons . These polygamous " saints " started a propaganda among the Indians , holding out , among other inducements to the aborigines , that , as they were the " chosen people , "

they should inherit the " Gentiles '" houses when they were driven out of the country . Instantly an unwonted desire to be baptised or " washed , " as the Indians call it , seized on thenatives . A Mormon bishop stood up to his waist in water all day long washing his unsavoury con . verts . His zeal resulting in nothing , for beyond the unwonted ablutions the Indians had not the most remote notion of what it was all about , and having received their presents they returned to the agency . Still

for a long time afterwards they looked upon the rite a 3 a something which absolved them from the consequences of their acts . When caught in snch familiar peccadilloes as horse stealing or petty theffc generally , they would assume an air of great dignity , and indignantly reply to the soft impeachment , " Me good Mormon ; mo heap wash !" From " The Countries of the World " by Dr . Robert Brown , for September .

Mr . A . Henderson's opera-bonne company havo appeared at tho Theatre Royal , Brighton , whore the novelty has been tho production of a threo act opera-bouffe by Offenbach , the libretto by Bros . H . B . Farnic and R . Reeco . The charming singing and acting of Misses Nelly Bromley , Kate Munroo and Violet Cameron was highly appreciated . Bro . John Howson , a comedian of Australian aud American celebrity , has made a great hit . Several of his songs will become extremely

popular . The opera was preceded by a new musical romance , entitled tho Sea Nymphs , in which Miss Kathleen Corri distinguished herself ; she waa assisted by Mr . C . Drew , who has an excellent voice , aud by Mr . Bedford . Bro . John Fitzgerald provided a very efficient band . Bros . Lionel Brough and E . Saker have been giving au cutertaiument at tho Royal Aquarium , to crowded and appreciative audiences . Tho refreshment department here is now under the direction of Mr , Geo . Reeves Smith jun ,, a son of tho euergetio manager ,