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Th » First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Year Will . BE IHAI OF THE IR , O "X" -A . L MASONICBENEVOLENTINSTITUTION FOB AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS Grand Patron and President : lis ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . WHICH WILL TIKE P 14 . CE AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 TH FEBRUARY 1888 , UPON WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) , kas bean pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upom this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names »» d Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly giro any information required , and supply them with tho nccocsary circular ! , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the largo number of applicants and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards tho funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone , £ 15 , 000 . Permanent iacomt only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vice--Fatron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . Omci : —4 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . O .

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$0jml^WQUU Instittrtbirfor<&xxh, ST . JOHIT'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS TH * PKINCE or WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROTAL HIGHNESS THE PMNCESS OF WALES . FOUNDED 178 8 , CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888 . Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OtfMci—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C .

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Prov. G. Lodge North And East Yorkshire.

PROV . G . LODGE NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

A SPECIAL Provincial Grand Lodge and General Communication of Masons in this Province , on the invitation of the York Lodge , No . 236 , was held in the York Lodge , Duncombe-place , York , on Monday , the 21 sfc November , when a large assemblage af the bi-ethren of

the Province were present . In the absence of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , the meeting was presided over by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Very Worshipful Brother

Lieut .-Colonel the Hon . W . T . Orde Powlett , J . P ., D . L ., P . G . W . England , who was supported by Very Worshipful Bro . John W . Woodall Past Grand Treasurer England , acting as Deputy Grand Master , and the following

Provincial Grand Officers : —Bros . Rev . Henry Greeves , M . A ., P . M . 50 G S . W ., Denis J . O'Donoghae P . M . 57 J . W ., Rev . J . E . Torbetfc , B . A ., 123 Chaplain , Walter Reynolds

P . M . 250 Treasurer , H . A . Williamson P . M . 200 Registrar , M . C . Peck P . M . 1040 Secretary J . G . Hodgson W . M . 236 S . D ., M . Millington P . M . 1611 J . D ., George Taylor

P . M . 1618 Superintendent of Works , Josh . Knaggs P . M . 1760 Assistant D . C , T . M . Goldie P . M . 660 Sword Bearer , T . T . Davis P . M . 2134 and W . Gillett P . M . 2134 Standard Bearers , James F . Stewart 602 Organist , Thomas

Prov. G. Lodge North And East Yorkshire.

Gates P . M . 250 Assistant Secretary , W . T . Harrison P . M . 561 Pursuivant , and F . J . Lambert 1010 Tyler ; also the following Past Provincial Grand Officers : —Bros . W . B . Richardson and T . B . Whytehead P . P . G . Wardens ,

Very Rev . A . P . Purey-Cust , D . D ., P . G . C . England , Rev . W . Valentine and Rev . W . G . Chilman P . P . G . Chaplains ; W . Lawton , Josh . Todd , J . Sykes Rymer ( Lord Mayor of York ) , and J . Marshall P . P . G . Registrars ; H . B . Anderson

P . P . G . Pursuivants , and many other brethren . The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in due form the Acting Provincial Grand Master was saluted with Grand honours . The rules and regulations of the Educational

and G . L . Shackles P . P . G . Deacons ; W . Tesseyman , John Kemp , W . Holder , C . Palliser P . P . G . Supts . of Works ; Col . R . G . Smith , A . Farmer , Geo . Kirby , G . H . Walshaw , Major A . H . MacGachen P . P . G . Directors of Ceremonies ; J . R . Ansdell P . P . G . Sword Bearer , G . Balmford and A . Sample P . P . G . Organists ; G . Simpson , J . Fairburn

lund of the Province , adopted at the last Prov . Grand Lodge , held at York on the 14 th July , were confirmed . The acting Prov . Grand Master then invested the following brethren , who were appointed by th e Right Worshipful

Prov . Grand Master on the 28 th September last , in celebration of the Jubilee year of Her Majesty ' s reign , and in accordance with the resolution passed by Grand Lodge on the 7 th September . Bros . Joseph Todd Wor . Master

236 in 1871 , P . G . O . 1863 , P . G . Reg . 1878 ; M . C . Peck W . M . 1040 in 1865 , P . G . Supt . Wks . 1862 , P . G . Secretary 1886 as Past Senior Prov . Grand Warden ; Tom Turner , J . P ., W . M . 294 in 1866-73-76 as Past Prov . Registrar ;

Bro . Charles Gray W . Master Londesborough Lodge , No . 734 , in 1877 , and Bro . J . T . Seller W . Master Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , in 1880 , as Past Senior Provincial Grand Deacons . Bro . Joseph Todd P . P . G . W . proposed , and Bro . J . Sykes Rymer P . P . G . Reg . seconded , that the sum of one

hundred and twenty guineas be voted from the Provincial

Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at its Centenary Festival 1888 , and the same be placed upon the list of the Provincial Grand Charity Representative , Bro . Colonel R . G . Smith P . M . 1010

P . P . G . D . C , which was carried unanimously . This amount , completing the sum of four hundred guineas , constitutes the Provincial Grand Lodge a Patron of the Institution , with 80 votes . After other business Provincial Grand Lodge was closed in due form and with solemn prayer .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

AU Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville . London , INT . Masonic Facts and Fictions , comprising a New Theory of the Origin of the " Ancient" Grand Lodge . Founded on Official Records and

recently discovered Documents . By HENRY SADLEK , P . M . and P . Z ., Grand Tyler and Sub Librarian of the Grand Lodge of England . London : Diprose and Bateman , Sheffield . street , Lincoln ' s-inn ; Spencer and Co ., 15 Great Queen-street , W . O . ; George Kenning , 16 Great Queen-street , W . O .

HERE we have a work differing widely in many respects from those which havo been added by great Masonic authors from time to time to our store of Craft literature , but possessing features that will commend it to a very extensive audience amongst all classes of the Fraternity . It is not a compilation of dry records and statistics ,

intended only for perusal by the scholar and the student , or to be cavilled over by those disputants on obscure points which have proved so fruitful a field for controversy . As a matter of fact , it is somewhat refreshing to find that a writer has at length risen up amongst ns who , whilst presenting ns with a host of interesting " facts , "

culled from the very best possible data , and pounding away gallantly at the many "fictions" that have crept into Masonic histories , either throngh personal interest or the lack of authentic information , garnishes his narrative with chapters of easy , pleasant reading , which serve the same purpose as the very large spoonful of jam in which an

anxious mother conceals the small quantity of physic she administers to her offspring . It is not our intention in this article to deal critically with the admirable treatise which has just been so modestly presented to Masonic readers by our worthy Bro . Henry Sadler , P . M . and P . Z ., Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grand Lodge of

England . Asa preliminary notice we prefer to content ourselves with a bird ' s-eye outline of , or running commentary upon , tho general features of a work that is bound to become immensely popular as soon as its merits are more widely known . And at starting we do not hesitate to say that many of the brethren who know the mild and

unobtrusive manner of our Grand Tyler will be surprised to find in the pages of his volume snatches of original humour , and flashes of wit of which some may not have thought Bro . Sadler capable . To sum up , the work throughout is one of sustained interest ; aud the reader , whether ho ho a deeply . read scholar or tho merest tyro iu