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PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTERSBuckinghamshire , 412 Cheshire , 577 Cumberland and Westmorland , 33 6 Durham , 500 East Lancashire , 170 Essex , 64 S Gloucestershire , 17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight , 68

Jersey , 657 Kent , 42 S Lincolnshire , 522 Middlesex , 386 North Wales , 522

Northumberland , 58 S Nottinghamshire , 686 Surrey , 428 West Lancashire , 220 West Yorkshire , 343 , 670 Wiltshire , 42 S

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGESBedfordshire , 603 Berkshire , 410 Buckinghamshire , 371 Cambridgeshire , 629 Cheshire , 533 Cornwall , 520

Cumberland and Westmorland , 336 , 603 Derbyshire , 644 Devonshire , 435 , 454 , 563 . Dorset , 479 Durham , 534 East Lancashire , 294 . 412 , 649 Essex , 411

Gloucestershire , 57 8 Guernsey and Alderney , 320 Hampshire and the Isle of . Wight , 455 Herefordshire , 281 Hertfordshire , 404 Jersey 656 , Kent , 363

Leicestershire and Rutland , 577 Lincolnshire , 342 Middlesex , 372 Monmouthshire , 404 Norfolk , 435 , 551 North and Kast Yorkshire , 44 8 North Wales , 4 S 9

Northumberland , 649 Nottinghamshire , 17 , 412 , 6 S 5 Oxfordshire , 630 Shropshire , 424 Somerset , 321 South Wales ( E . D . ) , 522 , 603 Staffordshire , 295

Suffolk , 424 Surrey , 425 Sussex , 645 Warwickshire , 534 West Lancashire , 535 West Yorkshire , 246 , 563 Wiltshire , 616 Worcestershire , 521

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGESCornwall , 343 Cumberland and Westmorland , 522 Dorset , 445 Lancashire , 564 Lincolnshire , 559

Middlesex , 42 S Monmouthshire , 542 North and East Yorkshire , 307 Northumberland and Durham , 404 Somerset , 590 Sussex , 589 West Yorkshire , 262 , 5 S 9

Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire and the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , 333 Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the 129 , 145 , 159 . 171

Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the , 3 S 0 , 3 S 7 , 406 Reception of Bro . R . W . Shekleton , D . G . M ., by British Lodge , No . 334 ( E . C ) , Capetown , 4 S 2 " Red Book , " the , 445

RED CROSS OF ROME & CONSTANTINEAnnual Meeting of the Division of Kent , 6 59 S Concord , 491 8 Mount Horeb , 501 Premier , 65 , 171 , G 24

Remarkable Volume , a , 144 , 31 S Removal of the Boys' School , 479 , 57 S , 6 34 , 6 . 51 Report of Executive Committee of the Orcjer of Secret Monitor , 1 S 3 Report of the Herts Masonic Charity

Committee for the year 1 S 94-5 , 145 Retirement of Bro . H . Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , 24 G Retirement of Miss Davis , the , 2 G 5

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REVIEWSAustralian Keystone , the , 162 Berkshire Masonic Register and Calendar , ( 1 S 96 ) , 246 1 Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush ; 2 The

Days of Auld Lang Syne ; 3 Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers , 662 Canadian Craftsman , the , 62 , 494 Catalogue of Books in the Library , Freemason ' s Hall , London , 212 Craftsman , the , 494 Days of Auld Lang Syne , the , S Dorset Masonic Calendar ( 1896 ) , 19 S Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the

Province of Derbyshire ( 1 S 96 ) , the , 26 S Freemasons' Directory , Province of Dumfriesshire , 90 Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Durham ( 1 S 96 ) , 90 Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Essex ( 1896 ) , the , 246

Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Gloucester ( 1 S 96 ) , 120 Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Leicetershire and Rutland ( 1 S 9 6 ) , igS Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Norfolk ( 1 S 96-7 ) , 300 Freemasons' Calendar for the Province of

Nottinghamshire ( 1 S 56 ) , ' 136 Freemasons' Calendar for the Province of Shropshire ( 1 S 9 )) , 136 Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Somerset ( 1 S 96 ) , 324 Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist Guide to the Continent , 376 Guild Text Books , 62

History of Freemasonry on the Coast of Coromandel , a , 8 History of the Stewart Lodge , No . i 860 ( S . C ) , 300 Hull Masonic Calendar ( 1896 ) , 90 In the Power of Two ( The Spider and the Fly ) , 44 S

.. Indian Freemason , the , 32 , 162 Indian Freemasons' Almanac and Diary ( iS 96 ) , 348 Keystone , the , 62 , 162 Masonic Calendar and Directory for the Province of Middlesex ( 1 S 96 ) 8 Masonic Calendar and Directory for the Province of Norths and Hunts

( 1 S 9 6-7 ) , 60 S Masonic Calendar and Directory for the Province of Surrey , 32 Masonic Calendar for the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , 224 Masonic Calendar for the Province of Hertfordshire ( 1 S 96 ) , 224 Masonic Calendar for the Province of

Wiltshire ( 189 G ) , 362 Masonic Calendar of Lodges , Councils , & c , Meeting at Mark Masons' Hall , 62 Masonic Chronicle , the , 162 Masonic Fiction Exploded , 324 Masonic Miscellanea , 300 Masonic Year Book for the Province of Cambridge ( 1896 ) , 19 S Masonic Year Book for the Province or

Suffolk ( 1 S 96 ) , 324 I New Zealand Craftsman , the , 1 G 2 Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor , & c , a , 376 Photo Christmas Cards , 64 S Proceedings ofthe Grand Chapter of Mary land , 90 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Idaho ,

90 South African Freemasons' Annual Directory ( 1 S 96 ) , 212 Square and Compass , the , 32 St . Paul ' s , 32 Texas Freemason , 162

Torquay Pictorial ( 18 9 6 ) , the , 556 Trestle Board , the , 494 Unique Reciter , the , 494 Visitors' Guide to Torquay , & c , 362 Voice of Masonry , 162 West Lancashire Masonic Calendar ( 1 S 96 ) , . 300

Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry , 57 S ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETYYork , 152 ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS—3 Fidelity , 50 , 177 , 39 G , G 43 13 Lnion Waterloo , 91

40 Emulation , 5 S 4 48 Industry , 584 , GSi 92 Moira , 93 , 339 17- ' Old Concord , 177 177 Domatic , 200

185 Jerusalem , 151 , 271 , 5 S 4 193 Lion and Lamb , 34 , 215 , 406 , 5 S 4 23 G Zetland , 93 , 321 , 441 242 St . Magdalen , 93 , 151 , iSS , 314 , 321 , 379 , 50 S , 6 G 4 330 St . Petrock , 431

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ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS ( continued )—422 All Saints , 4 S 4 , G 64 448 Cecil , 441 481 St . Peter , 484 510 St . Martin , 177 645 Humphrey Chetham , 177 , 314 777 Royal Alfred , 140 S 79 Southwark , 406

913 Pattison , 256 , 418 993 Alexandra , 507 1 045 Stamford , 542 , 66 4 1151 Unity , 623 1185 Lewis , 345 1194 Royal Middlesex , 321 1275 Star , 5 S 4 1347 Lome , 227

1381 Kennington , 151 , 612 1385 Gladsmuir , 140 13 S 7 Chorlton , 553 1423 Era , 1 S 8 , 539 1549 Stanmore , 4 S 4 1589 St . Dunstan , 6 s , 177 1622 Rose , 200 1657 Aldersgate , 418

1730 Urmston , 379 1 745 Farringdon Without , 151 , 286 1901 Selwyn , 558 1929 Mozart , 379 202 9 King Solomon , 314 2069 Prudence , 653 2184 Victorian , 271 2317 Bisley , 109

2324 Horwich , 227 2346 Warrant Officers , 50 2353 Broxbourne , 314 , 553 2404 Royal Naval and Military , 109 2416 Hiram , 140 24 S 9 Willesden , 5 S 5 ROYAL ARK MARINERS—151 Collin , 11 , 511

•23 S Pnnce Leopold , 152 , 66 S 400 Matier , 345 Royal ] Masonic Benevolent Institution ( Annual Meeting of Subscribers and Election ) , 293 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ( Entertainment by Bro . S . G . Edridge , W . M . 1556 ) , 303

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ( Monthly Meeting ) , 152 , 55 6 Royal Masunic Benevolent Institution ( Special General Meeting ) , 423 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , 437 , 556 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Distribution of Prizes ) , 362 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Entertainment at Blackheath ) , 133

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Monthly Council ) 5 , iSS , 243 , 37 S , 449 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Quarterly Court ) , 206 , 537 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Removal of School ) , 594 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Scholarship Fund ) , 133 , 15 S , 594 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , 43 , 37 6 ,

550 , 578 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Entertainment by Bro . the Lord Mayor ) ,

321 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Presentation to Miss Davis ) , 365 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Quarterly Court ) , 17 , 192 , 39 6 , 542 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( School Examinations ) , 651 Royal Order of Scotland , 144

Schaw Statutes of 1598-9 , the , 84

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SCOTLANDAnnual Ball of the Calendar Lodge , No . 588 , at Falkirk , 171 Grand Lodge ( Quarterly Communication ) , 445 New Grand Master , the , 542 Provincial Grand Chapter of Aberdeenshire ,

•? s . Provincial Grand Lodge of Banffshire , 85 Provincial Grand Lodge of Forfarshire , 2 S 6 , 59 ' . Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire , 85 . 26 5

SECRET MONITOR—1 Premier , 171 , 4 61 Winter Convocation of Grand Council , 65 S Scottish Constitutions ,. the , 499 Scottish Freemasonry in India , 47 Send-Off Dinner to Bro . Will E . Chapman , 691

Shanklin Pier Carnival , 477 St . John ' s Card , 20 Study of the Old Charges , the , 6 S 4 Summer Festival of the Albion Lodge and Chapter , No . 9 , 431 Summer Outing of the Justice and Royal Oak Lodges , Nos . 147 and S 71 , 39 6 Summer Outing of the Leopold Lodge , No .

' 57 ' . 373 Summer Outing of Mount Calvary

Encampment of Knights Templars , 373 Summer Outing of the New Concord Lodge , No . S 13 , 413 Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , 227 Supreme Grand Chapter ( Agenda ) , 55 , 243 , 428 , 576 Supreme Grand Chapter ( Quarterly Convocation ) , 6 S , 260 , 434 , 588

Third Ladies' Night of the Southern Star Lodge , No . 1158 , 71 Transactions for 1895-6 of the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , Leicester , 532 Trocadero Restaurant , the , 542

United Grand Lodge of England ( Agenda ) , 120 , 307 , 464 , 62 S United Grand t-odje and the Grand Lodge of New Zealand , 422 United Grand Lodge of England ( Quarterly Communication ) , 128 , 31 S , 476 , 642

Victoria Grand Lodge , the , 332 Visit of His Royal Highness the Grand Master to Prov . Grand Lodge of Norfolk , 551 Visit of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Tyler to the Israel Lodge of

Instruction , No . 205 , 250 Visit of the Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire to Excelsior Lodge , No . 10 4 2 , Leeds , 579 Visit to Calcutta , a , 490 Visit to Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , a , 553

IXTedding of Bro . T . C . VV Pratt , P . M ., 101 Winter Convocation of Grand Council-Order of Secret Monitor , 658 ~\ 7 "e Olde Masonians , 183

The Christmas Number Of "The Freemason."

THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF "THE FREEMASON . "

CONTENTS .

, PAGE Freemasonry in 1896 5 The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Illustrated ) 14 Occurrences of the Year 47 Provincial Grand Masters under the Grand Lodge of England ... 59 A . very Prosperous Year of Office ,

Bro . ' 97 ( Illustration ) iC A Coming Worshipful Master ( Illustration ) 25 The Vision of Evil 17 Masonic Bibliography of Hughan ... 23 A Christmas Observance 45 A Philosophic Glance at Freemasonry 24 The Masons' Church 2 G The Light of the Sun to Rule the

Lodge 26 Bro . George S . Graham ( Portrait ) ... 27 Masons' Marks on the Stones of Stretford Aqueduct ( Illustrated ) 28

The Christmas Number Of "The Freemason."

PAGE Illustration 29 Some Rare Certificates ( Illustrated ) 30 Wrecked 32 Warrants with Inaccuiate Recitals , & c . ... _ 39 Under Supervision 4 ° London to the Riviera by Sea ... 42

Old Billy 43 Women as Freemasons 44 The Two Angels ( Poem ) 4 G The Druidical Lodge at Rotherham ( Portrait ) 52

Order of Secret Monitor ( Portraits ) 53 The Royal Kent Bodies at Newcastleon-Tyne 57 Tower Stairs to the Vosges ( Illustrated ) 68 Sutton Masonic Hall ( Illustrated ) ... 55 On the Square 50