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JUST PuisusnF . n , in One Volume , post Svo ., Price 7 s . 6 d . hound in Cloth , A NEW WORK OF SINGULAR AND VARIED INTEREST , ENTITLED STRAY LEAVES
FROM A FREEMASON'S NOTE-BOOK . BY A SUFFOLK RECTOR . * CGETTESrrSCHAP . I . —SIR . WILLIAM WEBEFOLLETT IN EARLY LIFE . —This Chapter will be found particularly interesting to the Brethren of Devonit refers to that able lawyer and
; estimable Mason ' s early life ; the reverend author was a school-fellow and personal friend of the late distinguished Attorney-General . CHAP . II . —THE SOLDIER . MASON . —A curious narrative of struggle and principle . A Sketch from real life . " As a military man I can say , and I speak from experience , that ' I have known many soldiers who were Masons ; I never knew a good Mason who was ¦ a bad soldier . " —Lord Combermere , P . G . M . for Cheshire . CHAP . III . —THE ANTI-MASONIC VICAR . —A remarkable story . . j CHAP , IV . —THE CURSE OP TALENT . —Edmund Kean and Dr . Lant Carpenter . CHAP . V . —CANNING IN RETIREMENT , —Whatever relates to Canning must always
possess interest for the general reader . ; CHAP . VI . —A LITERARY SOIREE . —This Chapter is an account of the author ' s recollec- ; tions of a public day at Hurst and Robinson's , the eminent publishers , when in their * zenith , introducing at their hospitable board Sir Walter Scott—Maturin—Laititia Matilda Hawkins—the two Miss Porters—the Authoress of "Rome in the 19 th Century" ; —Gifford the Reviewer—the ill-fated Colton—Sir Thomas Lawrence , President of the / Royal Academy , & c . CHAP . VII . —THE MEASURE METED OUT TO OTHERS METED TO US AGAIN . —An inte- resting and thrilling tale : it originally appeared in Blackwood's Magazine , and caused at the time much sensation , j
CHAP . VIII . —THE FOREIGN SORCERESS AND THE BRITISH STATESMEN . —An Episode in the career of Canning and Huskisson . ; CHAP . IX . —NIDUS PASSERUM , OR THE "SPAHROWE ' NEST" AT IPSWICH . —This j Chapter will have its bait for the Ipswich and Suffolk Masons ; Mr . Sparrowe being a { well-known member of the Craft , and his house one of the most splendid pieces of j antiquity in the county ; including interesting particulars of the discovery in the early ; part of the present century , of a concealed loft , supposed to haye been the hiding-place of King Charles II . after tlie battle of Worcester . j CHAP . X . —A MASON IN HIGH PLACES , BISHOP GRISWOLD . —A Chapter to interest the Brethren of the New World .
CHAP . XI . —A SOVEREIGN : A LADY IN WAITING : AND A SECRET . CHAP . XII . —LISTON ; OR , THE MELANCHOLY OF MIRTH . CHAP . XIII . —THE JURYMAN MASON . —A Chapter of striking interest . CHAP . XIV . —A MASON ' S HOME ; NEWSTEAD ABBEY AND COLONEL WILDMAN . — This Chapter will interest the Craft in general , the . Nottinghamshire Masons in par-. ticular , as it contains some striking traits of character of the late Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Duke of Sussex , a frequent guest of the hospitable Colonel , including also Queen Victoria , the Duke of Wellington , & c . & c . CHAP . XV . —THE LATE REV . ROBERT LYNAM AND THE PRIZES IN THE CHURCH .
CHAP . XVI . —A GRAND MASTER ' S ANCESTRAL HALLS ; HASTINGS AND DONNINGTON , —This Chapter will interest the old Leicestershire Masons , and those who remember the celebrated Earl Moira , first Marquis of Hastings , a late much-beloved Grand Master . CHAP . XVII . —HALF A DOZEN WORDS ABOUT THE POOR . I CHAP . XVIII . —THE TRUE POLICY of THE ORDER . I
" It contains many * leaves' which will be read with great interest . "— Sunday Times . & <( A volume of light and agreeable reading , evidentl y from the pen of one who has mixed % largely and freely with men of genius and high political influence , and who is acquainted % with the various phases of modern society , "—Douglas Jerrold ' s Newspaper . % " The work contains some curious anecdotes of eminent men of the present day . In % short , the Suffolk Rector has produced a work which , by making it revolve entirely round persons of note familiar to the reader , and by a skilful mixture of truth and fiction , fixes the reader's attention and engages his sympathy . "—John Bull . " Who would not wish such a book to have a large sale ? We most cordially do ; and ! can truly say , that it has many merits to recommend it to the public—Literary Gazette . % . . > g ~ Published hy Bro . R . SPENCEE , and Sold bv all Booksellers . U
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Just Puisusnf.N, In One Volume, Post Svo...
JUST PuisusnF . n , in One Volume , post Svo ., Price 7 s . 6 d . hound in Cloth , A NEW WORK OF SINGULAR AND VARIED INTEREST , ENTITLED STRAY LEAVES
FROM A FREEMASON'S NOTE-BOOK . BY A SUFFOLK RECTOR . * CGETTESrrSCHAP . I . —SIR . WILLIAM WEBEFOLLETT IN EARLY LIFE . —This Chapter will be found particularly interesting to the Brethren of Devonit refers to that able lawyer and
; estimable Mason ' s early life ; the reverend author was a school-fellow and personal friend of the late distinguished Attorney-General . CHAP . II . —THE SOLDIER . MASON . —A curious narrative of struggle and principle . A Sketch from real life . " As a military man I can say , and I speak from experience , that ' I have known many soldiers who were Masons ; I never knew a good Mason who was ¦ a bad soldier . " —Lord Combermere , P . G . M . for Cheshire . CHAP . III . —THE ANTI-MASONIC VICAR . —A remarkable story . . j CHAP , IV . —THE CURSE OP TALENT . —Edmund Kean and Dr . Lant Carpenter . CHAP . V . —CANNING IN RETIREMENT , —Whatever relates to Canning must always
possess interest for the general reader . ; CHAP . VI . —A LITERARY SOIREE . —This Chapter is an account of the author ' s recollec- ; tions of a public day at Hurst and Robinson's , the eminent publishers , when in their * zenith , introducing at their hospitable board Sir Walter Scott—Maturin—Laititia Matilda Hawkins—the two Miss Porters—the Authoress of "Rome in the 19 th Century" ; —Gifford the Reviewer—the ill-fated Colton—Sir Thomas Lawrence , President of the / Royal Academy , & c . CHAP . VII . —THE MEASURE METED OUT TO OTHERS METED TO US AGAIN . —An inte- resting and thrilling tale : it originally appeared in Blackwood's Magazine , and caused at the time much sensation , j
CHAP . VIII . —THE FOREIGN SORCERESS AND THE BRITISH STATESMEN . —An Episode in the career of Canning and Huskisson . ; CHAP . IX . —NIDUS PASSERUM , OR THE "SPAHROWE ' NEST" AT IPSWICH . —This j Chapter will have its bait for the Ipswich and Suffolk Masons ; Mr . Sparrowe being a { well-known member of the Craft , and his house one of the most splendid pieces of j antiquity in the county ; including interesting particulars of the discovery in the early ; part of the present century , of a concealed loft , supposed to haye been the hiding-place of King Charles II . after tlie battle of Worcester . j CHAP . X . —A MASON IN HIGH PLACES , BISHOP GRISWOLD . —A Chapter to interest the Brethren of the New World .
CHAP . XI . —A SOVEREIGN : A LADY IN WAITING : AND A SECRET . CHAP . XII . —LISTON ; OR , THE MELANCHOLY OF MIRTH . CHAP . XIII . —THE JURYMAN MASON . —A Chapter of striking interest . CHAP . XIV . —A MASON ' S HOME ; NEWSTEAD ABBEY AND COLONEL WILDMAN . — This Chapter will interest the Craft in general , the . Nottinghamshire Masons in par-. ticular , as it contains some striking traits of character of the late Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Duke of Sussex , a frequent guest of the hospitable Colonel , including also Queen Victoria , the Duke of Wellington , & c . & c . CHAP . XV . —THE LATE REV . ROBERT LYNAM AND THE PRIZES IN THE CHURCH .
CHAP . XVI . —A GRAND MASTER ' S ANCESTRAL HALLS ; HASTINGS AND DONNINGTON , —This Chapter will interest the old Leicestershire Masons , and those who remember the celebrated Earl Moira , first Marquis of Hastings , a late much-beloved Grand Master . CHAP . XVII . —HALF A DOZEN WORDS ABOUT THE POOR . I CHAP . XVIII . —THE TRUE POLICY of THE ORDER . I
" It contains many * leaves' which will be read with great interest . "— Sunday Times . & <( A volume of light and agreeable reading , evidentl y from the pen of one who has mixed % largely and freely with men of genius and high political influence , and who is acquainted % with the various phases of modern society , "—Douglas Jerrold ' s Newspaper . % " The work contains some curious anecdotes of eminent men of the present day . In % short , the Suffolk Rector has produced a work which , by making it revolve entirely round persons of note familiar to the reader , and by a skilful mixture of truth and fiction , fixes the reader's attention and engages his sympathy . "—John Bull . " Who would not wish such a book to have a large sale ? We most cordially do ; and ! can truly say , that it has many merits to recommend it to the public—Literary Gazette . % . . > g ~ Published hy Bro . R . SPENCEE , and Sold bv all Booksellers . U