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Literary Notices.
dedication to Major-General J . A . Quitman , he terms it modestly a defensive exposition of an institution of which he ( the general ) is a distinguished ornament . The preface is straightforward , and the various testimonies are arranged with much taste and care . Wc observe that several articles have already appeared in the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " but we hope to find room for many more , and will be cautious to acknowledge the source to which we shall be indebted .
A Sermon . By the Rev . John Edmund Cox , M . A ., Grand Chaplain . Spencer . This energetic discourse was delivered oil the first of July , at St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , before the Grancl Master and a large congregation . It was an appeal in aid of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children . The advocacy was worthy of the cause—the subject matter equally so of tlle preacher . AVe have already , not knowing the sermon was to be printed , given au outline of it when alluding to the Charity Bro . Cox has so admirably supported .
Health of Towns . By W . Simpson , Esq . Renshaw . Mr . Simpson , with a laudable spirit , has collected and formed a digest of several reports on sanitary reform , containing the views of E . . Chadwick , G . A . Walker , with those of Doctors Southwood Smith , Mill Arnott , and Hector Gavin . The observations of the author himself add to the value of the information supplied . This is no time for controversial arguments , or we could ourselves prove how lamentable have been the effects of apathy and indifference , until , ou the arrival of the dread scourge , all was fear and trepidation .
The Freemasons' Herald . Madras . Our contemporary jauntily and fearlessly continues his useful labours , handling his various subjects with the skill of a master . As the masonic public are just at present called on for subscriptions to a certain testimonial , the following extract may at least amuse , if not instruct : —
" THE GRAND SECRETARY OF THE G . 1 . OF ENGLAND . " Our Brother Tatnai , whose letter appears among our correspondence , has boldly stepped forward to defend the Grand Secretary of England against the charge " of neglect and dilatoriness with which that functionary has been assailed . " Remembering the old adage , which commands us to ' praise the bridge that carries us safely over' we allow that our valued correspondent
, ( would that there were many such as he ) has every justifiable reason for thanking the Grand Secretary ; and he would have shown himself very ungrateful if he did not bear testimony in favour of that important personage . For ourselves , and on behalf of many others who have both written and spoken to us on the subject , we regret that we cannot join in the laudatory strain ; for , as explained in the previous issues of this journal ( vide vol . i . pp . 23123233 ) we have had many and vexatious
, , , , proofs , if not of actual neglect in the Secretariat of the Grand Lodge , at all events of manifest dilatoriness , or something nearly akin to it . Nor are we , as journalists , singular in our opinions , or alone in our strictures upon the unexplained , and apparently inexplicable inattention on the part of the Grand Secretariat ; for we find that our elder , more experienced , and more worth y brother of the ' Freemasons' Quarterly
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Literary Notices.
dedication to Major-General J . A . Quitman , he terms it modestly a defensive exposition of an institution of which he ( the general ) is a distinguished ornament . The preface is straightforward , and the various testimonies are arranged with much taste and care . Wc observe that several articles have already appeared in the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " but we hope to find room for many more , and will be cautious to acknowledge the source to which we shall be indebted .
A Sermon . By the Rev . John Edmund Cox , M . A ., Grand Chaplain . Spencer . This energetic discourse was delivered oil the first of July , at St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , before the Grancl Master and a large congregation . It was an appeal in aid of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children . The advocacy was worthy of the cause—the subject matter equally so of tlle preacher . AVe have already , not knowing the sermon was to be printed , given au outline of it when alluding to the Charity Bro . Cox has so admirably supported .
Health of Towns . By W . Simpson , Esq . Renshaw . Mr . Simpson , with a laudable spirit , has collected and formed a digest of several reports on sanitary reform , containing the views of E . . Chadwick , G . A . Walker , with those of Doctors Southwood Smith , Mill Arnott , and Hector Gavin . The observations of the author himself add to the value of the information supplied . This is no time for controversial arguments , or we could ourselves prove how lamentable have been the effects of apathy and indifference , until , ou the arrival of the dread scourge , all was fear and trepidation .
The Freemasons' Herald . Madras . Our contemporary jauntily and fearlessly continues his useful labours , handling his various subjects with the skill of a master . As the masonic public are just at present called on for subscriptions to a certain testimonial , the following extract may at least amuse , if not instruct : —
" THE GRAND SECRETARY OF THE G . 1 . OF ENGLAND . " Our Brother Tatnai , whose letter appears among our correspondence , has boldly stepped forward to defend the Grand Secretary of England against the charge " of neglect and dilatoriness with which that functionary has been assailed . " Remembering the old adage , which commands us to ' praise the bridge that carries us safely over' we allow that our valued correspondent
, ( would that there were many such as he ) has every justifiable reason for thanking the Grand Secretary ; and he would have shown himself very ungrateful if he did not bear testimony in favour of that important personage . For ourselves , and on behalf of many others who have both written and spoken to us on the subject , we regret that we cannot join in the laudatory strain ; for , as explained in the previous issues of this journal ( vide vol . i . pp . 23123233 ) we have had many and vexatious
, , , , proofs , if not of actual neglect in the Secretariat of the Grand Lodge , at all events of manifest dilatoriness , or something nearly akin to it . Nor are we , as journalists , singular in our opinions , or alone in our strictures upon the unexplained , and apparently inexplicable inattention on the part of the Grand Secretariat ; for we find that our elder , more experienced , and more worth y brother of the ' Freemasons' Quarterly