Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Beview should be addressed to tlie Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C . John Lillywhile's Cricketers' Companion for 1877 . Thirty-tliird Edition . Loudon : John Lilly white , Cricket Warehouse , 10 Seymourstreet , Euston-square , N . W . Kent ancl Co ., Patornostor-row .

WE have received a copy of this invaluable handy-book for the Cricketer . It contains a full record of events and performances during the past season , with tho bowling and batting averages of the principal elevens—County , University , Public School , Clubs , local and others , & o ., & o . —with comments on the stylo aud success , or defects ,

of individual players . There is also a Guide to the Cricketer , containing hints on the game by the late John Lillywhito , aud several papers by noted amateurs . In fact , all tho information that can possibly bo needed by a Cricketer , be ho amateur or professional , will be found clearly and concisely stated in these pages . No lover of the game can afford to be without it .

Cassell ' s Family Magazine . —Those who have carefully followed tho career of "Paul Knox , Pitman , " will read with pleasure the present instalment describing the gallant service he rendered ia saving the life of an obnoxious "butty , " with his splendid treatment of tho miner " Ned Foord , " tho

professional athlete , whom he vanquishes in every way . The scene by the canal is well described . " My Guardian , " is progressing satisfactorily . Then follow tho usual papers , hero and there interspersed amongst them , being such excellent short tales as " A Fight at Close Quarters : a Yarn from Ceylon , " and " Old Money-Bags , " a

" Story told over a Counter . " There is a short sketch of Covent Garden , some sensible advico to thoso who may bo desirous of entering the Indian Civil Service , directions by Phillis Browne " How to Make Children's Toys , " " Chifc-Chat on Dress , " tho usual excellent Gardening Notes for the month , together with Notes by " the

Gatherer . " We must not forget to mention as among the other contents , that there is a very clever serviceable paper giving hints , for thoso who may require any , as to " Home Billiards . " Mr . B . H . Cowper contributes a very readable description of " Epping Forest and

its Ancients Camps . " A Family Doctor indulges in " A familiar Chat about Vaccination , " and there are some particulars about " Winter Sessions at the London Colleges . " We raay further mention that the Frontispiece is from a drawing by Mr . Fred . Barnard , and is entitled " Just now we are Selling Valentines . "

The Leisure Hour has a most excellent programme . Tho serial "A Young Wife ' s Story" being ono of the chief attractions . For example , there is a very good account of " An Armenian Wedding , " and this is followed by a biographical sketch of " The Late Sir Robert Peel , Bart . " bo who was Prime Minister , and died in 1850 , of

injuries received when thrown from his horse . " The State of the Funds" is the titlo of a most valuable article , in which aro shown the amount of tho National debt , and tho rise ancl fall of tho Government Funds for the years from 1789 to 1876 . This is very ingeniously managed , by means of a tabular statement , not

unlike at a distance a Berlin wool or shawl pattern , measured according to scale , only in this , there aro deep black patches on the space marked for each successive year , showing the highest and lowest quotations for that year . Thus at a g lance the reader can obtain a clear notion of the fluctuations to which our funds have been

subjected within the period referred to . " Americanisms" ia worth reading , while " Zoological Disillusions " is of a lighter character than we find in this periodical . But the papers to which we would rather draw the attention of our readers are those in which aro described " Brazil and its Chief Cities , " and the second instalment of

Miss Bird's impressions of Victoria , under the taking title of " Australia Felix . " We may add that Mr . E . Paxton Hood contributes an interesting sketch of the " Great Smith Family , Lineal and Collateral . " The illustrations are for the most part as good as usual , that of " Canadian Toboggin , " which forms the frontispiece , being particularly so .

We have noticed in the Sunday at Home a very neat story , entitled " Tho Fords of Dingle Nell , " by the author of " A Golden Harvest . " Though short , it is exceedingly well told . No . II . of " Pictures from Jewish Life " havo also impressed us mosb favourably . Nob so , however , " Personal Adventures of a Young Officer during tho Peninsular

War , " though our objection is rather to the maimer m which these are related than to the matter they contain . Of tho other contents we have been most pleased with " A Wonderful Cnro , " by the late J . do Liofde , of Amsterdam . Thoso who havo read any of tho late

de Liefde ' s works will readily understand how effectually ho succeeds in fixing and retaining the attention of bis readers . The story is very short and very simple , but it is , perhaps , the more effective on that accant . The frontispiece is " My First Sermon , " from Mr . Millaia ' picture , and fills admirably tho place assigned to it .

In T 7 ie Countries of the World , Part 6 ( Cassall , Pettor and Galpin ) , are several capital illustrations , among them being "Hunting the Prong-horned Antelope with Greyhounds on tho Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains , " "A Winter Hut in tho Saskatchewan Country , "

and " Birch-bark cauoes on tho Red River of tho North . ' Among the literary contents , the chief interest will attach to the particulars given about tho Fur Trading , and also of the different " Types of the < Mountain Men . ' " Many of tho contributions to tho London Magazine aro worth reading . " May Fair , " for instance , by ouo who sigua liimaelf " A

Reviews.

London Writer , is more than a passable representation of serial fiction . " Men ( and Women ) of the Time" will , no doubt , provo useful to the class of people who are fond of collecting lists and indexes . Tho compiler , Mr . G . Kingfredo Cooper , has been at somo pains in preparing this list of eminent persoim . cjes , who , ho tell us ,

are conspicuous by their absence from Rontledge ' s Men of the Time But , if useful , this list is not exactly what we care to find in a magazine of light literature . Far more appropriate is the true sketch of "A Civil Servant , " "Up tho Rhino , " and tho "Story of My Littlo

Lady , by St . D Arros Blanche . There is also , by Mrs . M . A . Baines , a song , to be set to music , bearing the title " Oh , let me Dream that Dream again , " which , like all Mrs . Balnea ' s effusions , reads very gracefully . The last verse will convey an excellent idea of the song :

" Dream on , poor soul ; while such bright dreama , By fancy ' s art , can set theo free , To revel in a world that seems Foretaste of blest eternity . " The Age of Science , a newspaper of tho XXth century , by Merlin

Nostradamus , had it been even moderately well written , and had not the same idea been many times worked out in other and more attractive forms , would havo been worthy a few minutes' attention . Bub it in no way realises onr idea of what such a paper should be , and wo should be sorry to go oab of oar way to read a line mora than ia necessary to enable ua to form a judgment of it .

We regret to announce that , owing to the state of his health , His Royal Highness Prince Leopold will be unable to preside at tho Festival of tbe Royal Masonic Benevolent

Institution , on Monday next . The Right Hon . the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire , hap , however , very kindly undertaken to supply the vacancy .

Brotherhood

BROTHERHOOD

Speak kindly to thy erring brother ; God pities him ; Providence waits for him ; Heaven ' s mercy yearns towards him , and tho spirits of tho jnst maris perfect aro ready to receive him back with joy . Why , then , should not your voice be in unison with aff those powers that Uocl is using for his recovery ? Pray for thy erring brother in every prayer That thou offerest to tho Great Architect ' s cara :

When in tho Lodge , ' midst happiness and joy , When charitable thoughts thy heart employ , When thy yearnings point to dut y's call , Then pray for thy brother—pray for all . We are all erring , thou might ' st well say ,

We have all forgotten God ' s will to obey . True , but there are those more guilty still , True they have erred more greatly against His will Pray that they may not be beyond mercy ' s call , Pray for thy erring brother ; oh ! pray for all . Yes , pray for tho erriug—day by

day—Yes , even when they wrong thee , brother , then pray—That bhose now in darkness may see tho light , That their lives , henceforth , be pure and bright . Pray , for we all aro erring , and may soon fall , Pray for thy erring brother j oh ! pray for all . C . HOSGOOD

Death Of Bro. W. R. Baker.

DEATH OF BRO . W . R . BAKER .

WITH feelings of tho profoundest sorrow we take pen in band to chronicle the death of William Richard Baker , of Cripplegato and Camden-square , which took place on Tuesday , the 30 th ult ., at the age of forty-two years . Tho interment took place on Saturday , tho 3 rd inst ., at Konsal-green Cemetery , in tho presence of above 250 of his mosb intimate friends . At half-past 2 o ' clock the hearse drew up in front of his residence in Camden-square , and the body waa

placed therein . Having moved a few paces off , four mourning coaches drew up , tho first three containing his sorrowing and bereaved family . These were followed by twenty-five pair-horso carriages , occupied by somo of his oldest friends . The funeral cortege slowly ancl solemnly wended its way to tho cemetery , where it was mob by a large concourse of sympathising friends . The body

was borno to the church through a line densely formed , and attended to the grave by his brethren and fellow citizens . A wreath of flowers was placed on tho coffin , which was of polished oak with brass mountings . Tho dead silenco of tho vast assembly around the gravo gave proof of tho puro feeling of respect which existed for their friend ancl brother . Ho waa a brother , not only in name but in doed .

His ear was never deaf to tho appeal of tho poor , and his hand wa 3 ever open to tho cry of the needy . Tho shortness of his ilineas , tho suddenness of his death , and tho loss of his kind and gonial countenance , will leave a gap in many a circle which it will take a long time to fill up ; and his loss will not only be regretted amongst the Craft , but by a numerous circle of non-Masonic friends to whom

ho had endeared himself during his whole life , which has been passed in tho Ward of Cripplegato . His memory will ever bo enshrined in tho hearts of those who lovo truth and honesty above thr ? eternal advantages of rank and fortune . Amongst his Tinny friends we noticed Messrs . T . Beard , T . Fisher , E . Coleman , S . Hainei :, B . Bright , J . Curio , J . Foulger , D . Smith , H . Diz , H . Freshwater , J . Constable , J , Lawrence , E . Jones , j . Q , Marsh , 0 , Uosgood , & q ., & c ,