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Review Of Literature, &C.
of course may be suited to the readers that are German : but it is not suited to the taste of the general scholar . It is ontologies ! , metaphysical , and abstruse , darkening by its verbosity , and obscuring what should be intelligible . The list of new works enumerated comprises—Preface to the Freemason , with candid face and clean hands , as shown by their symbols . By an Old Masonfor the use of Masons & c . etc . Bro . Palm
, , , Erlangen . —Freemasonry and the World , ibid . —Songs of the Lodge , " The Golden Stag , " in Oldenburg ; can be procured only by the initiated . —The Constitutions of Freemasonry , Underwood , Dublin . —The Laws and Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland , Edinburgh * —General Regulations for the Government of Royal Arch Masons of England . —Hoe Donker der Nacht hoe Schooner Morgen , addressed
to the Freemasons of Holland , Amsterdam . —Drawings between Square and Compasses will shortly appear , being a collection of Masonic Poems of August . Grebe , in Hildesheim , an author that must command a large sale , from his known talent ; the profits will be devoted to a charitable
purpose . The History of Freemasonry in England . Second edition . By Jas . Orchard Halliwell , Esq ., F . 11 . S ., & c . R . Russell Smith . Having reviewed this trul y learned brochure on its first appearance , ! we have but to express our unaffected gratification that a second edition has been demanded . Such an age as the present , which is capable of appreciating , with an esteem proportionate to its what is good
power , , however it may patiently excuse what is indifferent , is worth writing for , and Mr . Halliwell is the " man for the hour . " It is not surprising that the author has been complimented , by his work having been translated into the German language ; it was almost a natural result . The facsimile page of the ancient poem has been extended , and a glossary appended , which facilitates the tyro reader in his progress . The dedication is simply expressed to another friend , and the typography is
creditable to the workman . Has the author no leisure to investigate what he may term the pretensions of the Order of Freemasonry to an earlier antiquity than he surmises to be the case ? or is he content with the doubt ?—We should like to hear of his initiation .
A Funeral Oration on the Death of H . R . H . the late Duke of Sussex , G . M . of the Order of Freemasons in England , delivered before the Original Chapter of Prince Masons in Ireland , on the 8 th June , 1843 . By the Rev . J . A . Bermingham , A . M . Dublin . As no occasion could present a subject more likely to interest a Masonic auditory than the death of a Royal Prince and illustrious Brother , of such distinguished mental qualificationsso it was to be expected that our
re-, verend Brother would avail himself of the excellent points that presented themselves . " The discourse is brief , but it is characteristic ; the language is concise , and while it treats of the illustrious dead with sufficient justice , the remarks are the more valuable from their being free from extravagant praise . The sermon was preached before an assembly of which the revered deceased Prince was an honorary member—an assembly
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Review Of Literature, &C.
of course may be suited to the readers that are German : but it is not suited to the taste of the general scholar . It is ontologies ! , metaphysical , and abstruse , darkening by its verbosity , and obscuring what should be intelligible . The list of new works enumerated comprises—Preface to the Freemason , with candid face and clean hands , as shown by their symbols . By an Old Masonfor the use of Masons & c . etc . Bro . Palm
, , , Erlangen . —Freemasonry and the World , ibid . —Songs of the Lodge , " The Golden Stag , " in Oldenburg ; can be procured only by the initiated . —The Constitutions of Freemasonry , Underwood , Dublin . —The Laws and Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland , Edinburgh * —General Regulations for the Government of Royal Arch Masons of England . —Hoe Donker der Nacht hoe Schooner Morgen , addressed
to the Freemasons of Holland , Amsterdam . —Drawings between Square and Compasses will shortly appear , being a collection of Masonic Poems of August . Grebe , in Hildesheim , an author that must command a large sale , from his known talent ; the profits will be devoted to a charitable
purpose . The History of Freemasonry in England . Second edition . By Jas . Orchard Halliwell , Esq ., F . 11 . S ., & c . R . Russell Smith . Having reviewed this trul y learned brochure on its first appearance , ! we have but to express our unaffected gratification that a second edition has been demanded . Such an age as the present , which is capable of appreciating , with an esteem proportionate to its what is good
power , , however it may patiently excuse what is indifferent , is worth writing for , and Mr . Halliwell is the " man for the hour . " It is not surprising that the author has been complimented , by his work having been translated into the German language ; it was almost a natural result . The facsimile page of the ancient poem has been extended , and a glossary appended , which facilitates the tyro reader in his progress . The dedication is simply expressed to another friend , and the typography is
creditable to the workman . Has the author no leisure to investigate what he may term the pretensions of the Order of Freemasonry to an earlier antiquity than he surmises to be the case ? or is he content with the doubt ?—We should like to hear of his initiation .
A Funeral Oration on the Death of H . R . H . the late Duke of Sussex , G . M . of the Order of Freemasons in England , delivered before the Original Chapter of Prince Masons in Ireland , on the 8 th June , 1843 . By the Rev . J . A . Bermingham , A . M . Dublin . As no occasion could present a subject more likely to interest a Masonic auditory than the death of a Royal Prince and illustrious Brother , of such distinguished mental qualificationsso it was to be expected that our
re-, verend Brother would avail himself of the excellent points that presented themselves . " The discourse is brief , but it is characteristic ; the language is concise , and while it treats of the illustrious dead with sufficient justice , the remarks are the more valuable from their being free from extravagant praise . The sermon was preached before an assembly of which the revered deceased Prince was an honorary member—an assembly