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Review Of Literature, &C.
mend it to those Brethren who are true lovers of " harmony . " It is very properly dedicated b y the Prov . Grand Organist of the E . D . of Lancashire , to Brother Charles Lee , the Dep . P . G . M . of his province , than whom a more excellent Mason scarcel y honours the Craft . He is one who so blends the operative ancl scientific with the social and cheerful , as to deserve every respect from his Brethren- The poetry is excellent , ancl the composition in every respect hihlcreditable to BroWalton
gy . , whose gifted stores we hope will furnish melody to inspirit many a future hour . Prosper the Art . The words by Brother James Stonehouse . Composed by George Hargreaves . Novello , Dean Street , Soho . Charity . Words and Air by Brother J . Lee Stevens . Arranged for the Piano , with a < 'horns , by Brother B . Negri : and dedicated to the W . Brother R . T . Crucefix , M . D .
Two excellent Masonic Songs , suitable alike for the private banquet , or the public festival , and to be patronised by all musical Brethren . " Prosper the Art" has a very appropriate title page , elegantl y lithographed by Madely . Both words ancl music are cheerful ; and the harmonised part gracefully and pleasantly arranged . " Charity" is epigramatically written , and wedded to a melody at once simple ancl impressive . Freemasonry , through the pages of the Review , may boast of many l from the of Brothers
yrical gems pens Jerrold , Smith , Lee Stevens , Carpenter , Hersee , and others ; to which , we trust , many will yet be added . THE SOHO PATENT CANDLESTICKS . —Thanks to the Soho Plate Company , Staffordshire , and to Messrs . Rutherford and West , of Sheffield , we are possessed of a very elegant specimen of an invention , which , they tell us , originated with Bro . Lee Stevens . The candlesticks are certainl y a wonderful improvement on our domestic li ghts , ancl most economic ancl cleanly in use . But how shall we review them ? Is it in contemplation to adapt the invention to the lesser lights in Masonry ?
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A GRAND OFFICER . —The sampler in the girls school-room contains a reproof sufficiently strong ; hut a small frame , also hung up in the school-room , contains words that should make " lying lips" tremble . CLKJIICMS refers to Mark 7-31 , et seq . ; but can he not see that a charge not to publish , was disregarded by the multitude from a far different motive than that ascribed . OBSEHVER ' letter to the ( late ) Grancl Registrar cannot now appear . A MASON is , we fear , mistaken ; it is reported that a very considerable loss was sustained by the Masonic Cak-ndar for 1 H 41- We shall feel great pleasure in stating to the contrary . "We do not expect much profit from its successor . RESURGAM is sincerely thanked , and future communications earnestly solicited . A GRAND STUXVAHD should examine the account bookwhich he has right to doand he
, « , will find that the festival in 1034 was most economical . The 20 / . deposit was so excessive , that 61 . 4 s . was returned to each steward ; multiply this by eighteen , and what an amount for charity ! Why , the Board , in a few years , might build and endow a wing of the Asylum , to shelter their own aged . Ax ADMIRER—* ' The Annalist" is of necessity deferred . HONKSTUS . —We have found it totally impossible to insert the various letter * on the " Crucefix Testimonial , " but hope to have succeeded in giving full particulars of the festival , & c . " THE DELEGATE" is declined . " Pigmies are jimmies still , though perched on Alps . " A MASONIC TYHO-PIIINTBH . —Bro . S . C . Norris usually prints the circulars ofthe Grand Lodge ; but who edits them (!) this deponent sayeth not
. A DORSET BROTHER need not fear . Time will convince all . THE LEGEND OF Tire ISLE OF DOGS is deferred . THE LODOE OF THE DEAD is under consideration . AN EYE-WITNESS need not be ashamed of his name . BRO . C . CLAPHAM—We have disposed ot Iris fervid communication in a manner we believe to be congenial with its excellent spirit .
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Review Of Literature, &C.
mend it to those Brethren who are true lovers of " harmony . " It is very properly dedicated b y the Prov . Grand Organist of the E . D . of Lancashire , to Brother Charles Lee , the Dep . P . G . M . of his province , than whom a more excellent Mason scarcel y honours the Craft . He is one who so blends the operative ancl scientific with the social and cheerful , as to deserve every respect from his Brethren- The poetry is excellent , ancl the composition in every respect hihlcreditable to BroWalton
gy . , whose gifted stores we hope will furnish melody to inspirit many a future hour . Prosper the Art . The words by Brother James Stonehouse . Composed by George Hargreaves . Novello , Dean Street , Soho . Charity . Words and Air by Brother J . Lee Stevens . Arranged for the Piano , with a < 'horns , by Brother B . Negri : and dedicated to the W . Brother R . T . Crucefix , M . D .
Two excellent Masonic Songs , suitable alike for the private banquet , or the public festival , and to be patronised by all musical Brethren . " Prosper the Art" has a very appropriate title page , elegantl y lithographed by Madely . Both words ancl music are cheerful ; and the harmonised part gracefully and pleasantly arranged . " Charity" is epigramatically written , and wedded to a melody at once simple ancl impressive . Freemasonry , through the pages of the Review , may boast of many l from the of Brothers
yrical gems pens Jerrold , Smith , Lee Stevens , Carpenter , Hersee , and others ; to which , we trust , many will yet be added . THE SOHO PATENT CANDLESTICKS . —Thanks to the Soho Plate Company , Staffordshire , and to Messrs . Rutherford and West , of Sheffield , we are possessed of a very elegant specimen of an invention , which , they tell us , originated with Bro . Lee Stevens . The candlesticks are certainl y a wonderful improvement on our domestic li ghts , ancl most economic ancl cleanly in use . But how shall we review them ? Is it in contemplation to adapt the invention to the lesser lights in Masonry ?
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A GRAND OFFICER . —The sampler in the girls school-room contains a reproof sufficiently strong ; hut a small frame , also hung up in the school-room , contains words that should make " lying lips" tremble . CLKJIICMS refers to Mark 7-31 , et seq . ; but can he not see that a charge not to publish , was disregarded by the multitude from a far different motive than that ascribed . OBSEHVER ' letter to the ( late ) Grancl Registrar cannot now appear . A MASON is , we fear , mistaken ; it is reported that a very considerable loss was sustained by the Masonic Cak-ndar for 1 H 41- We shall feel great pleasure in stating to the contrary . "We do not expect much profit from its successor . RESURGAM is sincerely thanked , and future communications earnestly solicited . A GRAND STUXVAHD should examine the account bookwhich he has right to doand he
, « , will find that the festival in 1034 was most economical . The 20 / . deposit was so excessive , that 61 . 4 s . was returned to each steward ; multiply this by eighteen , and what an amount for charity ! Why , the Board , in a few years , might build and endow a wing of the Asylum , to shelter their own aged . Ax ADMIRER—* ' The Annalist" is of necessity deferred . HONKSTUS . —We have found it totally impossible to insert the various letter * on the " Crucefix Testimonial , " but hope to have succeeded in giving full particulars of the festival , & c . " THE DELEGATE" is declined . " Pigmies are jimmies still , though perched on Alps . " A MASONIC TYHO-PIIINTBH . —Bro . S . C . Norris usually prints the circulars ofthe Grand Lodge ; but who edits them (!) this deponent sayeth not
. A DORSET BROTHER need not fear . Time will convince all . THE LEGEND OF Tire ISLE OF DOGS is deferred . THE LODOE OF THE DEAD is under consideration . AN EYE-WITNESS need not be ashamed of his name . BRO . C . CLAPHAM—We have disposed ot Iris fervid communication in a manner we believe to be congenial with its excellent spirit .