The Masonic Press.

—have , each of them , a Masonic department , containing for the most part reports of local news , but now and again there appear leaders which invariably possess a high degree of merit . The Square , of New York , appears onco a month , and is now publishing , among other valuable matter , a History of Freemasonry , which , when complete ,

will make a useful addition to the Craftsman ' s library . The Masonic Journal , of Greensboro ' , North Carolina , is onl y in the first year of its existence , bnt , having regard to the variety and excellence of its matter , it deserves , if it

does not command , the hearty support of our North Carolinian brethren . Then there is the Masonic Review , a Cincinnati monthly , wholly devoted to the advocacy of Craft interests , and the exposition of Craft doctrine . Last week we had occasion to refer to it as bavins

reproduced in its latest numbers an old and valuable MS ., a fact which stamps it at once as a periodical of the very highest . As the last number we have received , namely , that for the month of March , is a fair average specimen of its quality , we enumerate the contents , so that our

readers may form for themselves some notion of its merits . We have , first of all , a brief portrait of Bro . Enoch T . Carson , tho eminent American Masonic Bibliographer . This is followed by a sketch of " Early Masonry in New-York , " a summary of Foreign Masonic news , a list of the

Templar Bodies which are announced to take part in the approaching Templar Re-union at Philadelp hia , with the provisions and regulations issued by the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania . Then come excerpts from Bro . Parvin ' s address at Keokuk in October last , accompanied

by a running commentary , notes on the " Scottish Rite Re-union , " held in the month of February , a few pertinent observations on " Profanity , " and brief sk > tches of two worthy brethren , Bro . John M . Barron of Hillsboro , Ohio , and Bro . Joseph H . Hough , Grand Secretary , New Jersey ,

apropos of well " Deserved Honours recently paid them . These are followed b y the concluding half of Mrs . Dodd ' s MS . already mentioned , "The Widow ' s Story , " neatl y recounted by Bro . S . C . Coffinberry P . G . M ., Michigan , both here and in the Masonic Advocate for April , and

a paper on the all absorbing question of the recognition of "Coloured Masons , " b y "J . L . Y . " A series of notes and comments conclude the number . Tho value to the Ohio Craft of such a publication must be apparent to every

one ; and when wc add that its guiding spirit is Bro . Cornelius Moore , that his associate editors are Bros . Henry D . Moore and Thomas J . Mellish , and that the Jleview is now in its forty-eighth volume , we adduce a triad of evidence that Masonic literature finds favour in the si < rhfc of

our Ohiun brethren . The Masonic Jewel , published at Memphis , and the official Masonic organ of the States of Mississippi and Tennessee , is devoted to Masonry , its Literature , llistory , Science and Teachings , and also to the Family Fireside . In these terms it is described on the

title page , and the contents fully accord with the description . Its Editor and Proprietor is Bro . A . J . Wheeler , P . G . M ., P . G . H . P ., & c , to whose skill and judgment as a literary brother , the admirable programme which appears monthly under his auspices is the one and onl y

voucher we need to specify . Prominent among the contents of the April number are an article on " Drones aud Impostors , " and the editor ' s valuable answers to queries of the most varied and abstruse character . Neatl y written notes , choice extracts from American contemporaries ,

comments on the Masonic topics of the day , with an impartial and sufficient record of recent proceedings , go a long way tosvards completing the number . Though onl y in its sixth volume the Masonic Jewel deserves a place of honour anion" - current Masonic literature . Of about the same

standing , in respect of years , is the 1 < rccmasons Repository , published at Providence , R . I ., by Thomas S . Hammond , who is also the proprietor . This journal is published monthly , is "devoted to the cause of 'Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , ' " and takes for its motto a dictum of the illustrious

General Washington — " The principles on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded must be promotive of Private Virtue and Public Prosperity . " The articles in the Repository have always moit favourably impressed us . There is in them an amount of life and

energy which is hi ghly creditable to its staff ol writers . The matter is well arranged , and the tone throughout in keeping with its motto and tho cause to which it is devoted . Stray numbers of the Voice of Masonry , published at Chicago and New York , reach us at intervals . When they come , they are always welcome .

The Masonic Press.

Considering the reputation of Bro . Dr . Mackey , one of its editors , and among the foremost Masonic authors of our time , the valuable nature of its contents , and the fact that our learned countryman , Bro . Hnghan , is no infrequent contributor to its columns , we should gladl y see it oftener in our sanctum . However , we occasionally meet with it

elsewhere , so that our knowledge of its character is by no means based only on the odd numbers which find their way to our office . Among tho contributors Ave havo noticed Bros . Rounseville and George Frank Gourley . Those Craftsmen who havo need of enli ghtenment on

Masonic history and doctrine ( and we fear their number is legion ) will find a careful study of this excellent periodical of the greatest sorvico to them . The motto of the Masonic Advocate , published at Indianopolis , and the organ of the Craft in the State of Indiana , is " Masonry : the

Light reflected from her Altars reaches the Homes of the Widow and tho Fatherless . " The Editor and Publisher is Bro . Rice , and the corresponding Editor , Bro . H . W . Hibben . It contains an admirable summary of news and articles of considerable merit . Moot questions are discussed with

much ability and patience , while the general tone and character of the journal , leave little , if anything , to be desired . The New England Freemason , of which Bro . Sereno D . Nickerson was editor , no longer exists , its last number having appeared in December 1875 . That this

periodical , which we never opened without obtaining some rays of light should have ceased , is greatly to be deplored . The Craft in Massachusetts must have exhibited a singular degree of apathy in its support of Masonry , or we should not now be lamenting the cessation of so useful

and well edited a magazine . The Canadian Masonic Neivs is of comparatively recent origin , having only completed its first volume in March of this year . It is published at Montreal , and the Editor is Bro . the Rev . E . M . Myers , P . M ., & c . & c . Among the contents of No . 12 are articles

on " Parliamentary Law as applied to Masonic Lodges . " " The Coloured Lodge Question , " tho first part of an able Review of that excellent posthumous work of Dr . Oliver ' s , The Discrepancies of Freemasonry , a history and sketch of the contents of " the Halliivell Poem and tho Statutes , " by

Bro . Jacob Norton , an important contribution b y Bro . Hughan , on " Masonic Parliamentary Law , " a reprint of the " Address of M . W . Rev . Bro . Griswold , P . M . of Minnesota , " on " Coloured Masons and Coloured Masonry , " with correspondence , notes , and sundry items of news .

Clearl y the Canadian Masonic News is a magazine of which Canadian brethren have just reason to be proud . The editor ' s care and judgment are conspicuous'in every

number , and his staff ot coutributors support him loyally and with ability . Of our French contemporary , le Moiide Mai ; ouuii / 2 ie and its able editor , Bro . Caubet , we are so often indebted to its columns for news of interest and

importance , that no words we can add here will express more than we have again aud again expressed on previous occasions . We have always looked upon this organ of French Masonry as one of the best conducted and one of the most enlightened of Craft periodicals . Such has been , such is ,

aud such , we are well assured , will ever be our opinion of Le Monde Maconnique . To say more were unnecessary : to say less were unjust . We also obtain occasional glimpses

at other Masonic publications . A Cape paper , the Graaf Reinet Herald , now and again visits us : and in such case , we invariabl y find some news to reproduce for the benefit of our readers . A number or two of the Australian

Freemason , aud a batch of the Maconniek Weekblad , the organ of the Craft in Holland , have likewise reached us at odd times , and of theso we can only say that their earlier visits having proved so agreeable , we shall extend to them a still heartier welcome whenever they see fit to repeat them .

Jsothing , indeed , anords us greater pleasure than to interchange courtesies with our foreigu contemporaries . Many among them have the advantage over us in the matter of

experience , bnt it may be our good fortune occasionall y to cast hither and thither some rays of light , and in such case this interchange of courtesies may prove of mutual advantage , as well as a source of pleasure .

We add , by way of postscriptum , that since writing the above , the Freemasons' Repository for April has reached us . It , too , by a strange coincidence , has a leader somewhat similar in character to this . The treatment is entirely

different in character , bnt the purpose is evidently the same , namely , to impress on Craftsmen that a Masonic Press , if well conducted , is a boon to the Craft . We take this opportunity of thanking the Repository for its compli-