The Freemason.

/ Quarterly Court Royal \ 3 Masonic Institution for Boys , 35 ( Quarterly Court Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , 17 Ouatuor Coronati Reprints , the , 23

Tre ading Masons , 53

Recent Boys' School Festival , the , 17 , 35 , 47 Reception at " the Horniman Museum , " at Forest Hill , 70 RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINEDivisional Grand Conclave of Kent , 239

Grand Imperial Conclave , 26 Premier or Original Conclave , 25 G S Concord Conclave , Si 36 Dyke's Conclave , 59 122 Saye and Sele Conclave , 11 , 239

Reminiscences by Dr . Spark , 23 REVIEWS" Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " 10 O Burns : Poet Laureate of Canongate Kilwinning a Myth , 90 Calendar and Directory for the Province of Surrey , So

Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand , 1 S 91 , 199 Devon Masonic Register for 1 S 92-3 , the , 99 Directory for the Prov . G . Lodge ot Cornwall , 1 S 92 , 10 Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland , 292

Fraternal Visit of Irish Brethren to New castle-upon-Tyne , 264 Freemasons' Calendar and Directory , Prov of Gloucester , 1 S 92 , 166 Gethsamne , a Sacred Poem , iSS Grand Chapter of Ohio Report , 242 Holy City , the , 264

Insurance Blue Books and Guide for 1892-3 , 99 Lodge of Unanimity , No . 2 S 7 , Stockport , ' 63 London , 2 S 0 Masonic Addresses of T . W . Tew , P . G . M . West Yorks , 1 S 92 , 199 Masonic Annual , District of Northern China

292 Masonic Guide of South Australia , 1 S 92-3 , 140 Musical Reminiscences : Past and Present , 263 Report on Grand Correspondence , Grand Commandery of Illinois , 251 Rhymes and Sketches of the Cleveland

Dialect , 2 G 4 — The Burgomaster ' s Daughter , Royal Children , Out and About , Cousin Deb , Black and White , Gilbert's First Voyage , and other stories , John Hogg , 2 G 4 Royal Arch Chapters of the Province of Sussex , A . D . 1 S 92 , the , 292 Story of Leicester Square , 157 Tennyson . By T . C . Walls , 252

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Transactions of the Prov . Grand Chapter , Province of Durham , 2 S 2 Tregaskis ' , Mr . and Mrs ., Catalogue , 175 Rifle Match at Runnymede , 151 ROYAL ARCH C HAPTERS—3 Fidelity , 254 9 Albion , 2 GS _ 19 Mount Sinai , 204

4 S Industry , 192 51 Patriotic , too , 245 72 Royal Jubilee , 204 , 296 84 Doyle ' s Chapter of Fellowship , 100 88 Pythagoras , 11 126 Nativity , 2 GS 1 S 5 Jerusalem , 307 192 Lion and Lamb , 5 8 , 204 202 Friendship , 2 GS

242 St . Magdalen , 21 S , 26 S 291 Vale of Jehoshaphat , 26 S 311 South Saxon , 1 G 7 320 Integrity , 204 3 S 7 Moravian , 255 , 321 422 All Saints ' , 112

477 Fidelity , 29 6 590 La Cesaree , 144 733 Westbourne , 143 S 74 Holmesdale , 133 913 Pattison , 230 935 Starkie , 245 94 6 Strawberry Hill , 4 6 , 144

993 Alexandra , 26 S 1051 Rowley , 307 120 5 Elliott , So 1222 Inkerman , 21 S , 255 1260 John Hervey , 244 1326 Lebanon , 132 134 S Ebury , 22 , 254

1375 Architect , 156 1381 Kennington , 204 , 29 G 13 S 7 Chorlton , 21 S 1390 McKay , 26 S 1472 Henley , 230 1503 Sir Francis Burdett , 23 , 21 S 153 S St . Martin's-Ie-Grand , 307

1549 Stanmore , 156 1589 St . Dunstan ' s , 26 S 1 G 02 Sir Hugh Myddelton , 21 S 1 G 14 Covent Garden , 22 , 217 1 G 22 Rose , 156 1657 Aldersgate , 45 , 307 1693 Kingsland , 132

1730 Urmston , 22 , 218 1 745 Farringdon Without , 45 1 S 39 Dukeof Cornwall , 26 S , 2 S 2 1901 Selwyn , 254 , 307 192 S Gallery , 17 S 1929 Mozart , 34 , 143 2060 La France , 192

ROYAL AUK MARINERS—23 S Prince Leopold , 269 400 Matier , 245 ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS—15 Brightelmstone Council , 112 Royal . Masonic Benevolent Institution , 77 , 231 , 297

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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Summer Entertainment , 4 6 „ „ Institution for Boys , 94 th Anniversary Festival , 1

„ „ Institution for Boys ( Quarterly Court ) , 35 , 193 „ „ Institution for Girls ( Quarterly Court ) , 17 , 175 „ „ Institution for Girls , 283

ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLANDProvincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of London and Metropolitan Counties , G Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire , 239

Qcotland—Consecration of the Thane of Fife Lodge , No . 7 81 , ioi Grand Lodge , 74 , Installation of Bro . R . King Stewart as Prov . Grand Master of

Lanarkshire , 145 ,, of Grand Superintendent of Glasgow , 321 Priory of the Temple , the , 256 Provincial Grand Chapter of Lanarkshire ,

112 „ „ Lodge of Aberdeenshire East , 269 Craft Lodges . 607 Prince ' s , 239 7 G 1 Saltoun , 2 S 9 772 Pollock , 2 S 3 Serious Error , a , 193 Silence , 10 S Sir John B . Monckton ( Corporation Records ) , 100

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So-called " Fraternal Congress , " a , 96 Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia , 1 S 1 Supreme Grand Chapter ( Agenda ) , 49 , igg „ 63 , 207

HPoo Religious , IOI

Transfer of Old Warrants prior to 1 S 13 , 212 "Truth" and Freemasonry in the Army , 145 THEATRES—23 , 67 , gr , 109 , 16 S , 213

United Grand Lodge of England ( Agenda ) , 106 , 260 United Grand Lodge of England , 116 , 273 „ „ „ Victoria , 87 Unveiling of a Banner of the Tristram Lodge , No . 2415 , 77

Valuable Additions to the Grand Lodge Library , 41 Visit of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to Falkirk , 75 „ „ Irish Freemasons to Newcastle , 127

West Africans at St . Stephen ' s Lodge , 270 West Lancashire Alpass Benevolent Institution , 213 „ „ Freemasonsand the Mayor of Liverpool , 197 „ „ Provincial Grand Lodge ,

123 What is Masonry ? 53 Wor . Bro . G . William Speth , 301

The Freemason Christmas Number, 1893.

THE FREEMASON CHRISTMAS NUMBER , 1893 .

CONTENTS .

PAGE "The Queen and Craft "—By G . BLIZARD ABBOTT ... i Poetry— " Brotherly Love "—By F . W . DRIVER , M . A 5 Illustration— " Seven Aces of Masonry " —By WALLIS MCKAY G The Dumfries Kilwinning MS . —By W .

W . J . HUGHAN 7 The Grand East of Ulster—By FRANCIS C . CROSSLE . ( Illustrated ) ... 9 Illustration— "Craft , or Conspiracy ?" A Tale of Freemasonry in the Wild West of Ireland — By WALLIS MCKAY 14 Hungarian Medals—By FRED . J . W . CROWE , P . P . G . O . ( Illustrated ) 15

The Freemason Christmas Number, 1893.

PAG 1 "The Priest's Secret "—By GEO . R . SIMS 16 " Mrs . Quilliam "—By BARRULE ... 19 "Frank Featherstone's Fairy" — By WILL EDWARDES-SPRANGE ... 25 " Mademoiselle Normac , or , The Power of Song "—By W . FRED VERNON 28

Ballad— "The Noble Soul ; or , Life for Life "—By F . W . DRIVER , M . A . 31 "The Secret Tribunal "—By T . C . WALLS ... ... ... .. 'i' * Poetry— "A Carol at Eventide "—By WILL EDWARDES-SPRANGE ... 35 Poetry— "Masonic Honours "—By W . FRED VERNON 3 6