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Review Of Literature.
they can arrive at any true nobleness of character , or real distinction iu the science . Tliis process would tend to reform the mind and improve the manners ; to change indolence into activity ; to teach the ignorant wisdom ; to reclaim the dissolute , and to influence the unruly to perform all the duties of social obedience ; and if Masonry were thus made subservient to the practice of religion , it would convey peace and comfort in this world , united with the most cheering hopes of happiness in the world to come . "
A Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars . By James Burnes , LL . D . F . R . S . K . H ., & c . Blackwood . —Some three years since , Dr Burnes published , for private presentation , an elegant bijou , entitled as above . AVe then noticed it , aud are not surprised to find that " good report" has rendered a more extensive edition absolutely necessary . The present edition is fully equal to the former in the elegance of its materiel , and the typography is equally creditable to the talent of Blackwood , who appears so intuitively to comprehend the wishes of the
author , as to leave nothing unaccomplished ; while the author himself has enriched the volume by very copious additions , and illustrated them by very spirited engravings . Few Masons have so deservedly merited the approbation of his Brethren ; and among his conspicuous claims to their respect , the present work is the most prominent . AVe observe that some literary friend , to whom he must have confided his notes , has very appropriately introduced au account of the death of Sir Sydney Smith , the Grand Master of the Knights Templars of France , thus bringing the history down to the present day .
The Early History of Freeemasonry in England . By James Orchard Halliwell , Esq ., F . R . S ., & c T . Rodd . —Our learned author , although sceptical as to the early traditions of Masonry , has favoured the " profane world" with his own views of the mystic art , deduced from a laborious research into antiquity . In all this the character of the scholar and the gentleman aie hostages , that if he would but undertake the responsibility of admission into the Order , he would attain honours ,
and wear them gracefully ; and what might not then be expected from his pen ? There is nothing in this " Early History " of our Art that the initiated will regret to read ; and we trust that it will be read , not merely looked at , by the most discerning Mason . The date of the poem , " On the Constitutions of Masonry , " ( hitherto unpublished ) , is a little at variance with the author ' s doubt as to the antiquity of Freemasonry , but the
candour of its admission gives a freshness to the page . The application of Mr . Halliwell's talent to the subject is a compliment to the Order . The Prelate . A Novel , iu 2 vols- By . Boone . —This is a
novel of no common pretensions , and the author has evidently intended to pourtray subjects of considerable interest and importance , which , notwithstanding that he has succeeded in rendering very agreeable to a genei'al reader , he has failed in doing justice to the scenes he has sketched , as a first outline . The leading interest is vested in the last member of the unfortunate house of Derwentwater , whose true character is drawn with considerable effect- He educates his grandson , a youth of much promise , as no other man would , and the consequence is , that as love does not repay the mere debt of education , he disinherits him and dies . The youth enters on an
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Review Of Literature.
they can arrive at any true nobleness of character , or real distinction iu the science . Tliis process would tend to reform the mind and improve the manners ; to change indolence into activity ; to teach the ignorant wisdom ; to reclaim the dissolute , and to influence the unruly to perform all the duties of social obedience ; and if Masonry were thus made subservient to the practice of religion , it would convey peace and comfort in this world , united with the most cheering hopes of happiness in the world to come . "
A Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars . By James Burnes , LL . D . F . R . S . K . H ., & c . Blackwood . —Some three years since , Dr Burnes published , for private presentation , an elegant bijou , entitled as above . AVe then noticed it , aud are not surprised to find that " good report" has rendered a more extensive edition absolutely necessary . The present edition is fully equal to the former in the elegance of its materiel , and the typography is equally creditable to the talent of Blackwood , who appears so intuitively to comprehend the wishes of the
author , as to leave nothing unaccomplished ; while the author himself has enriched the volume by very copious additions , and illustrated them by very spirited engravings . Few Masons have so deservedly merited the approbation of his Brethren ; and among his conspicuous claims to their respect , the present work is the most prominent . AVe observe that some literary friend , to whom he must have confided his notes , has very appropriately introduced au account of the death of Sir Sydney Smith , the Grand Master of the Knights Templars of France , thus bringing the history down to the present day .
The Early History of Freeemasonry in England . By James Orchard Halliwell , Esq ., F . R . S ., & c T . Rodd . —Our learned author , although sceptical as to the early traditions of Masonry , has favoured the " profane world" with his own views of the mystic art , deduced from a laborious research into antiquity . In all this the character of the scholar and the gentleman aie hostages , that if he would but undertake the responsibility of admission into the Order , he would attain honours ,
and wear them gracefully ; and what might not then be expected from his pen ? There is nothing in this " Early History " of our Art that the initiated will regret to read ; and we trust that it will be read , not merely looked at , by the most discerning Mason . The date of the poem , " On the Constitutions of Masonry , " ( hitherto unpublished ) , is a little at variance with the author ' s doubt as to the antiquity of Freemasonry , but the
candour of its admission gives a freshness to the page . The application of Mr . Halliwell's talent to the subject is a compliment to the Order . The Prelate . A Novel , iu 2 vols- By . Boone . —This is a
novel of no common pretensions , and the author has evidently intended to pourtray subjects of considerable interest and importance , which , notwithstanding that he has succeeded in rendering very agreeable to a genei'al reader , he has failed in doing justice to the scenes he has sketched , as a first outline . The leading interest is vested in the last member of the unfortunate house of Derwentwater , whose true character is drawn with considerable effect- He educates his grandson , a youth of much promise , as no other man would , and the consequence is , that as love does not repay the mere debt of education , he disinherits him and dies . The youth enters on an