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Literary Notices.
the poet . He makes allowances , where they can be fairly admitted , and does not attempt to conceal or palliate the vices to which Torquato Tasso , like most of his race , was addicted . Fie does not enter into the question of Tasso's connection with Freemasons , ivhich would have explained many circumstances of bis life , which are otherwise inexp licable . Tho purpose which Mr . Miilman has had in view , as stated iu the introdutionhas been to render the biography of Tasso a warning
, to the young" of vivid imaginations , a stimulus to honourable exertion , ancl an evidence that life is worse than valueless , if it be not guided b y the safe discipline of Christianity . He has , consequently , produced a book , graceful iu point of composition , and unexceptionable on the score of morality .
Lodge's Portraits . A ol . 1—6 . London : H . G . Bohn . As this edition of a most interesting- work progresses , the promise held forth at its commencement is faithfully fulfilled . The specimens of engraving- are truthful records of the features of those who figured iu the eventful history of the past ; and although necessarily reduced to the size of tbe volumes , are executed in tbe best taste , and with every attention to smoothness ancl detail . A peculiar interest also attaches
to them , inasmuch as the lineaments of many are traced , who once were illustrious members of this order . The letter-press is a beautiful specimen of typography , and , together with the attractions of the plates , will place these volumes amongst the most popular that have ever issueel from the house of one of the most , if not the most , enterprising publisher of tlie day .
Masonic Fragments , Sfc . Compiled by Bro . N . AV . HODGES , Prov . G . S . for Worcestershire . London : R . Spencer . This is a most useful and agreeable compilation , which may be highl y recommended to the Craft . It will be found not only serviceable to those provincial Brethren for whom it has originall y been prepared but to tbe Fraternity in general . One or two matters mi ght have been perhaps judiciously omitted , but where so much is excellent these slight faults may be easily overlooked and pardoned .
Life Booh of a Labourer . By tbe Rev . E . NEALE M . A ., Rector of Keston , Suffolk . Second Edition . Bentley . This is another work from the gifted author of " The Memoirs of the Duke of Kent , " of quite a different class , but equally interesting and valuable in its way . As a delineation ofthe varied scenes oflife , it is perfect . The style is simple and pathetic , and wins its way to the heart with uvemistakeable power . There are few such writers in the present day as Mr . Neale , ivhose works have only to obtain a wide circulation , to be esteemed most highly .
* # * We congratulate our readers in being able to state , that the concluding volume ( the Fifth ) , of" THE GOLDEN REMAINS OF THE EARLY MASONIC WRITERS , " will be issued from the Press ou the \ st of May . We have seen a few sheets as they have passed through the Press , and beg to accord our high opinion of the volume , particularly the Introductory Essay ou the Cypher Writing ofthe Eighteenth Century .
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Literary Notices.
the poet . He makes allowances , where they can be fairly admitted , and does not attempt to conceal or palliate the vices to which Torquato Tasso , like most of his race , was addicted . Fie does not enter into the question of Tasso's connection with Freemasons , ivhich would have explained many circumstances of bis life , which are otherwise inexp licable . Tho purpose which Mr . Miilman has had in view , as stated iu the introdutionhas been to render the biography of Tasso a warning
, to the young" of vivid imaginations , a stimulus to honourable exertion , ancl an evidence that life is worse than valueless , if it be not guided b y the safe discipline of Christianity . He has , consequently , produced a book , graceful iu point of composition , and unexceptionable on the score of morality .
Lodge's Portraits . A ol . 1—6 . London : H . G . Bohn . As this edition of a most interesting- work progresses , the promise held forth at its commencement is faithfully fulfilled . The specimens of engraving- are truthful records of the features of those who figured iu the eventful history of the past ; and although necessarily reduced to the size of tbe volumes , are executed in tbe best taste , and with every attention to smoothness ancl detail . A peculiar interest also attaches
to them , inasmuch as the lineaments of many are traced , who once were illustrious members of this order . The letter-press is a beautiful specimen of typography , and , together with the attractions of the plates , will place these volumes amongst the most popular that have ever issueel from the house of one of the most , if not the most , enterprising publisher of tlie day .
Masonic Fragments , Sfc . Compiled by Bro . N . AV . HODGES , Prov . G . S . for Worcestershire . London : R . Spencer . This is a most useful and agreeable compilation , which may be highl y recommended to the Craft . It will be found not only serviceable to those provincial Brethren for whom it has originall y been prepared but to tbe Fraternity in general . One or two matters mi ght have been perhaps judiciously omitted , but where so much is excellent these slight faults may be easily overlooked and pardoned .
Life Booh of a Labourer . By tbe Rev . E . NEALE M . A ., Rector of Keston , Suffolk . Second Edition . Bentley . This is another work from the gifted author of " The Memoirs of the Duke of Kent , " of quite a different class , but equally interesting and valuable in its way . As a delineation ofthe varied scenes oflife , it is perfect . The style is simple and pathetic , and wins its way to the heart with uvemistakeable power . There are few such writers in the present day as Mr . Neale , ivhose works have only to obtain a wide circulation , to be esteemed most highly .
* # * We congratulate our readers in being able to state , that the concluding volume ( the Fifth ) , of" THE GOLDEN REMAINS OF THE EARLY MASONIC WRITERS , " will be issued from the Press ou the \ st of May . We have seen a few sheets as they have passed through the Press , and beg to accord our high opinion of the volume , particularly the Introductory Essay ou the Cypher Writing ofthe Eighteenth Century .