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Literary Notices.
LITERARY NOTICES .
Statutes of the Royal , Exalted , Religious , and Military Order oj II . R . D . M ., Grand Elected Masonic Knights Templar , K . D . S . IL of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , § c . London , 1846 . A flourish of trumpets this title-page to herald in a very simple unpretending code of statutes to regulate a body styled— " The Grand and Royal Conclave of the Religious and Military Order of Masonic Knights Templar in England and Wales . "
Why this ridiculous title , so different with the designation extracted from the body of the statutes ? AVhen will Masonic authorities learn wisdom ? They may plead , perhaps , in justification , that in former editions of these statutes , that the same announcements were made in the title-pages , and perhaps they were ; and in the olden time , kings of Great Britain were declared by the grace of God to be also kings of France , & c ., until Brother Buonaparte took it into his head that as far as
France was concerned the title should be abandoned . AVe clo not pretend to state that the title in question is altogether a fallacy , but that the statutes are simply those of the Grand and Royal Conclave of the Religious and Military Order of Masonic Knights Templar in England and Wales . We had hoped to have found recorded some data , which step-like would have led us into the examination of the position of this Order of Masonry ; but we must , it appears , take that office on ourselves at some early opportunity . The statutes , nevertheless , as far as they go , are welcome .
The Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers . Edited by the Rev . George Oliver , D . D . R . Spencer , London . The first number of this work of promise has appeared , and contains the " Introduction , " which , it is hardly needful to say , is written in the author ' s best style—the list of spurious publications is interesting , and affords the very striking moral lesson that in assailing so "holy " an institution all attacks fall harmlessand only serve to prove
, the purity of Freemasonry . The doctor can now ancl then be merry and quaint—enlivening the reader b y the cheerfulness of his own spirit . The first lecture is on the rise and progress of Freemasonry , and the second on a defence of Masonry ( occasioned by a pamphlet called " Masonry Dissected , " ) by Dr . Anderson , 1730 . The notes are critical and explanatory .
Histoire Philosophique de la Franc-Magonnerie . Paris . Bros . Kauffman and Chirpen still continue their researches into the principles , acts , ancl tendencies of the Order—quoting many authorities ancl extracting therefrom much interesting matter ; the work has all the character of French literature , and requires to he very critically read and examined .
Stray Leaves from a Freemasons Note Book . Spencer . We regret this very delightful book is not yet complete—its publication being delayed for the reception of many additional and interesting subjects , so that we must defer our remarks for the present ; we cannot refrain , however , from adverting to "the prizes in the church , " a sad VOL . iv . 3 D
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Literary Notices.
LITERARY NOTICES .
Statutes of the Royal , Exalted , Religious , and Military Order oj II . R . D . M ., Grand Elected Masonic Knights Templar , K . D . S . IL of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , § c . London , 1846 . A flourish of trumpets this title-page to herald in a very simple unpretending code of statutes to regulate a body styled— " The Grand and Royal Conclave of the Religious and Military Order of Masonic Knights Templar in England and Wales . "
Why this ridiculous title , so different with the designation extracted from the body of the statutes ? AVhen will Masonic authorities learn wisdom ? They may plead , perhaps , in justification , that in former editions of these statutes , that the same announcements were made in the title-pages , and perhaps they were ; and in the olden time , kings of Great Britain were declared by the grace of God to be also kings of France , & c ., until Brother Buonaparte took it into his head that as far as
France was concerned the title should be abandoned . AVe clo not pretend to state that the title in question is altogether a fallacy , but that the statutes are simply those of the Grand and Royal Conclave of the Religious and Military Order of Masonic Knights Templar in England and Wales . We had hoped to have found recorded some data , which step-like would have led us into the examination of the position of this Order of Masonry ; but we must , it appears , take that office on ourselves at some early opportunity . The statutes , nevertheless , as far as they go , are welcome .
The Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers . Edited by the Rev . George Oliver , D . D . R . Spencer , London . The first number of this work of promise has appeared , and contains the " Introduction , " which , it is hardly needful to say , is written in the author ' s best style—the list of spurious publications is interesting , and affords the very striking moral lesson that in assailing so "holy " an institution all attacks fall harmlessand only serve to prove
, the purity of Freemasonry . The doctor can now ancl then be merry and quaint—enlivening the reader b y the cheerfulness of his own spirit . The first lecture is on the rise and progress of Freemasonry , and the second on a defence of Masonry ( occasioned by a pamphlet called " Masonry Dissected , " ) by Dr . Anderson , 1730 . The notes are critical and explanatory .
Histoire Philosophique de la Franc-Magonnerie . Paris . Bros . Kauffman and Chirpen still continue their researches into the principles , acts , ancl tendencies of the Order—quoting many authorities ancl extracting therefrom much interesting matter ; the work has all the character of French literature , and requires to he very critically read and examined .
Stray Leaves from a Freemasons Note Book . Spencer . We regret this very delightful book is not yet complete—its publication being delayed for the reception of many additional and interesting subjects , so that we must defer our remarks for the present ; we cannot refrain , however , from adverting to "the prizes in the church , " a sad VOL . iv . 3 D