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2302 St . Mary , Assembly Rooms , Southwell 2305 Stour , Bank Street Hall , Ashford 2325 Rose of Lancaster , F . M . H ., Southport 2341 Clemency , F . M . H ., Oldham 2352 Universities , F . M . H ., Durham 2300 Exmoor , Public Hall , Minehead

2495 Goodacre , F . M . H ., Bootle 2555 England ' s Centre , Weedon 2570 Prince Llewellyn , Mas . Temple , Cardiff 259 8 St . Sampson , Commercial , Guernsey 2666 Victoria Commemoration , Newcastle

2703 Wallsend , F . M . H ., Wallsend 2707 Weald , Lion and Lamb , Brentwjod 2711 Imperial , Sefton Park , Liverpool 2745 Ambleside , Queen's , Ambleside 2770 Earl of Yarborough , Great Griirisby

Friday . Board of Management , Boys School , 2 . 30 . 1962 London Rifle Brigade , Anderton ' i 2157 St . Mark's College , Holborn Restaurant

2247 Argonauts , Frascati ' 2346 Warrant Officers , F . M . H . 2721 Light , Holborn Restaurant 155 Perseverance , F . M . H ., Liverpool 152 Virtue , F . M . H ., Manchester 271 Royal Clarence , Pavilion , Brighton

347 Noah's Ark , Waggon & Horses , Tipton 541 De Loraine , F . M . H ., Newcastle-on-T . 599 Cherwelf , F . M . H ., Banbury 904 Phoenix , Masonic Bldgs ., Rotherham 993 Alexandra , Midland , Levenshulme 1108 Royal Wharfedale , Mas . Rooms , Otley

1311 Zetland , F . M . H ., Leeds 1357 Cope , Brookland's , Sale 138 9 Fenwick , F . M . H ., Sunderland 1626 Hotspur , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1644 Alma Mater , F . M . H ., Birmingham 1773 Albert Victor , Town Hall , Pendleton 1794 De Vere , F . M . H ., Nottingham

2063 St . Osyth Priory , Clacton-on-Sea 2231 Talbot , Council Offices , Old Trafford 2244 Cowper and Newton , F . M . H ., Olney 2447 Palatine , Albion , Manchester 2610 Beresford Peirse , Assem . R ., Bedale 2644 Chaloner , F . M . H ., Melksham 2657 Liscard , Concert Hall , Liscard 2695 Doric , F . M . H ., Harrogate

Saturday . 1139 South Norwood , South Norwood Park 1185 Lewis , Holborn Restaurant 1364 Earl of Zetland , Ship and Turtle 1641 Crichton , Frascati 173 2 King's Cross , Anderton ' s Hotel 2773 Assistance , Freemasons' Hall

811 Yarborough , Royal Pavilion , Brighton 1126 Oakwood , Sale Hotel , Sale 1326 Lebanon , Railway Hotel , Feltham 18 97 Citadel , Railway Hotel , Harrow Station 2035 Beaumont , F . M . H ., Kirkburton 2548 Herga , Technical Schools , Harrow 2671 Victoria , F . M . H ., Windsor 2717 Albert Lucking , M . H ., Southend-o-Sea

Books Of The Day.

BOOKS OF THE DAY .

Books , Music , & o . Intended for review , should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , at Fleet Works , New Barnet .

—; u ;—The Colombian and Venezuelan Republics . With notes on other parts of Central and South America . By William L . Scruggs . With maps and illustrations ( 12 s 6 d net ) . —Sampson Low , Marston and Co ., Limited .

THERE is more in this work than is implied in the title . As the author tells us in a brief preface , it is a series of studies in Central and South America . These studies are exceedingly well written ; the descriptions are clear and concise ; the political remarks are carefully weighed and , on the whole , just ; the style is a model of its kind . We feel personally indebted to Mr . Scruggs for his

first chapter , on the Isthmus of Panama , for he has told us much in the compass of a few pages that is certainly not common knowledge . The remarks about the weather , particularly in regard to the sudden and terrific storms at Colon , are a revelation to such as live under kinder skies where gentler manners reign . We are not prone to discuss politics , national or international ; but so far as we are qualified to judge Mr . Scruggs has given us a masterly

summary of such questions as the Monroe Doctrine , the Mosquito Coast Controversy , and the Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary Dispute . His handling of these topics is rendered still more intelligent by the addition of some carefully prepared maps . So much for the requirements of that class styled by the reviews " our better class of readers , " but some readers are not "better , " and they read only for amusement . To all such we can warmly recommend the chapter entitled "A mule ride in the Andes . " It would do credit to a

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romance . We can remember no superior narrative of travel over the great Cordillera—unless , possibly , it is that in Darwin's " Journal of Researches . " Mr . Scruggs tells his story admirably , —the delay at the start , the weakness of the muleteers for a drink at the way side " chicheria , " the fine view of the river , and valley of Magdalena , the grander scenery and sweeter climate of the higher slopes , the

stillness that pervades the neighbourhood of the great Andean heights , the primitive lack of necessities in the mud-hut town of Villete , the last lap of the journey from Manzanas to Bogota . Nor must we overlook the merits of the two chapters concerning the products and mineral resources of Venezuela . Here we have every evidence of that wide grasp of detail , that specialistic knowledge

which we have a right to expect from a writer who was for some time United States Minister to Columbia and Venezuela . The value of this work is further enhanced by the excellence of the illustrations . Those of us who read largely in the days of the often uncouth , unsatisfactory woodcut , can fully appreciate the beauty of such illustrations as the publishers have here given us . The book merits a large sale .

A twentieth century Parson . A story , by the Rev . E . H . Sugden , M . A . —Skeffington and Son . AN eminently readable book . We enjoyed it greatly without perceiving why . The characters can hardly be called original ; the plot , such as it is , has been handled a hundred times ; the descriptive passages are merely honest " journeyman-work . " And yet , as we

have said , Mr . Sugden s book is one to be read . We suspect that his success is largely due to the fact that he seldom interrupts his story in order that he may lecture us on the way . This may appear to some a small merit ; but we speak feelingly when we say that it is a very rare one . We think this trait does much credit to Mr . Sugden j fpr his temptations to preach must have been manifold .

Books On Freemasonry

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HUTCHINSON , WM . The Spirit of Masonry . Original binding , uncut ; perfect , with plates and appendices . 10 s 6 d . ( 1 ) 1775

OLIVER , GEORGE . The Star in the East , shewing the Analogy which exists between the Lectures of Freemasonry , the mechanism of Initiation into its Mysteries , and the Christian Religion . 5 s . ( 2 ) 1825

OLIVER , REV . G ., D . D . The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , in Twelve Lectures , on its Speculative , Operative , and Spurious branches . 10 s 6 d . ( 3 ) 1840

WHYMPER , HENRY J OSIAH P . D . D . G . M . Punjab . The Religion of Freemasonry . With an introduction by Bro . William James Hughan P . S . G . D . Eng . Edited by Bro . George William Speth P . M . 5 s . ( 4 ) 1888

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CUNNINGHAM , WILL . M ., M . A . Cross' Masonic Chart : Revised containing the Degrees of the Ancient York Rite as worked in the United States of America ; arranged according to the Ancient Mode of Work and Lectures . Together with a Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Freemasonry , and a collection of Masonic Songs , Funeral Service , etc . Fifth revised edition . 4 s . New York ( 9 )

1 S 94 OLIVER , REV . G ., D . D . The Book of the Lodge , and Officer ' s Manual ; to which is added , a Century of Aphorisms , calculated for general instruction , and the improvement of a Masonic life . With an emblematical frontispiece . 5 s . ( 10 ) 1856

CAMPBELL , REV . GEORGE , Incumbent of New Swindon , and Provincial Grand Chaplain . The Aim and Tendency of Freemasonry . A Sermon preached in the Parish Church

of Swindon . On the occasion of the installation of the Right Honorable Lord Methuen as Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Wilts ., on Tuesday , September 6 , 1853 . 5 s ( II ) N . D .

ROBISON , JOHN , A . M ., Professor of Natural Philosophy , and Secretary to the Royal

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Society of Edinburgh . Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe , carried on in the secret meetings of Free Masons , Illuminati , and Reading Societies . Collected from

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