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THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY , FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY . Drawn from the best sutures ami the most recent investigations . BY J . G . FINDEL , Second Edition , Revised , anil Preface written by Bro . D . MURRAY LYON . One . ol ., Soo pages Svo ., with an Index . Cloth gilt . Pi ice , 10 s . fid . "Tiiis 1 ¦ link is a strictly hisloiical one , from which all is excluded that is not based upon ascertained or probable fact . "—iUiild , 1 : "Of its value to Ficemnsims , as a detailed history of their Brotherhood , it is not possible to speak too highly . " — PiiHic . Ojiiniw ! . " The author seems to have fairly exhausted the subject . "— The Athenaeum . "The edition we ate now considering is a second English edition , which bad the great advantage of Bro . D . M . Lyon ' s able superintendence and editorship in its English dress . There can be no doubt but , that so far , Bro . Findel ' s work is the most complete woik on Freemasonry which has yet appealed , and that be deserves the greatest ciedit for his careful and accurate treatment of a !) evidence on the . subject , and for his lionet desire after truth . Bro . Findel gives up in the view be has so cle . uly and consistently put foitli mir eaily Masonic history , tlie older thcoiy ;; f tho lioman Colleges , ccc , and limits the origin of Freemasonry to about the twelfth century , and as then arising fiom the opcialive Masons , and specially the " Steiuiucitzcn" and " Bauhutteu" of Germany . Bro . Findel gives us a good deal of evidence 011 this head , and one thing is clear from his work , that the German Freemas o s were , at a very early peiiod , organized into lodges with Master over them , and with outward regulations aud inner cremonirs peculiar to the Craft . Bro . Findel rejects all the views which have been from time to time put forward of a Templar or a Rosicruciau origin . Whether or no U 10 , Findel ' s thcoiy of the dute of the rise of Freemasonry be correct , malteis vety little : we do not ourselves profess to accept it ; but ( bis we can fairly say of Bro Findel's woik , it is tnaikcd fiom liist to last b y the most icniaikablc lokenof industry , ability , and cue , of patient research , and of skilful ciiticism . We know of no woik which so clearl y sets before us our amount of knowledge up 10 the present time on the great ipiestioii of Masonic Archa'ology , and there can be litllcdoiibttbat vvb . it Proton's wot k is t <> English I ' leemasonry , Findel's work is to cosmopolitan Fieemasoniy . Indeed nn student in Masonry can now dispense with it , and it is a pei feet storehouse both of Masonic evidence and Masonic illustrations . We earnestly lecuinincnd all the lodges in this country to obtain a copy for the lodge library before the work is bought up for America ; and we believe that no Mason will lise from the perusal of its pages without a higher idea both of the Listoiical truth and intiiusie value of Freemasonry , and of fiatemal regard and recognition to he latest and not the least well-informed or effective of our Masonic historians . The picscnt centuiy has produced vio such c (| iial , in aull . oiity anil usefulness , to the great . voik of our liro , Findel , ami we wish him and it , in all of Iraterual sympathy and kindly intent , many earnest / cade's , aud mine gialeful students . "—The Masanic Magazine . "This volume is the histoiyof Masonry pur excellence Every iutciested pel son may regard it , therefore , as the present text-book 011 tlie subject . " —Mancheslti' Guardian London : GF , ul « lF . KENNING , lyS , Fleet Street .

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MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION , UAKKri STREET . Now added , PORTRAIT MODELS of the CZAR OF RUSSIA , SIR GARNFT WOLSELEY , the Three Judges in tlie Tichbnrne Trial , L ' ockbuin , Mellor , and Lush ; the Shah of Persia , Marshal Mac . Mabon , M . Thiers , anil the late Mr . C'h . ules Dickens . Aiiiiiis-. ii . iii is . Children under ten , Gil , Extra Rooms , fid . Open from ten ; i . m . to ten p . m .

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Published under the Patronage or H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WAL . ES , K . G ., Patron of the Order .

In Imperial Octavo , bound in gilt cloth , richly oramented price £ 1 Its . Oil .,

HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH

( MARY'S CHAPEL ) No . r . EMUHACINO AN ACCOUNT OF THE RISK AND PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND . By BRO . DAVID MURRAY LYON . Willi Twenty-six l '" ac-similes of Ancient Statutes , Minutes of vaiious Lodges , Seals , and Orders , & c , and Authentic Portraits a ' id Autographs of Sixty eminent Craftsmen of the past and present time . London : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street , E . C

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In the Press . Third Edition . Revised and Enlarged . Price 3 s . fid . A full Coloured Book of MASONIC CLOTHING AND JEWELS . From Master Mason to the 30 th Degree inclusive . London , GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street .

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Now ready , 121110 ,, 20 S pages , handsomely bound in cloth price 2 s- fid ., post free 2 s . 8 d . THE ISRAELITES FOUND IN THE ANGLO-SAXONS . The Ten Tribes supposed to have been lost traced from the land of their captivity to their occupation of the Isles of the Sea . Willi an exhibition of those traits of character and national characteristics assigned to Israel in the Books of the Hebrew Prophets , by Bro . WM . CARPHNTER , Author of" Scientia Bihlica , " "Scripture Natural History , " " Guide to the Reading of the Bible , " ' Lectures on Biblical Ciiticism and Interpretation , " "A Popular Introduction to the Bible , " " The Biblical Companion , " " Critica liibliea , " " Caleiidariuni Palestinie , " "An Introduction to the Reading and Study of the English Bible , and Editor of the fifth large edition of " Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible , " and of the abridgement of the same , etc ., etc , etc . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street , E . C

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4 th Edition , now ready , piicc is ., post free is . id . REFLECTED RAYS OF LIGHT UPON FREEMASONRY . OR THE FREEMASONS' POCKET COMPENDIUM . With Emblematical Frontispiece . A handbook of the principles of Freemasonry , and Pocket Wide Mecum , and guide to tlie vaiious ceremonies connected with Craft Masonry , so far as the same aie allowed to be communicable in accordance with the principles of the Order . London : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street , E . C

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Now icady , with Index and Preface , in Twelve Imperial Folio Pans , 5 s . each , or bound in one handsome volume , £ 3 . THE FREEMASONS' LIBER MUSICUS , Dedicated by express permission to H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALKS , Past Grand Master of England and Wales . Edited by Dit . Wm . iA . M SPARK , P . P . G . O ., W . V . —298 . This Work contains 215 pp . and 188 Musical Compositions , suitable for the Ceremonies of the Masonic Order ; First , Second , and Third Degrees ; Consecration and Dedication of Halls and Lodges , Programmes , Toasts , Songs , Trios , Choruses . & c , for Banquets and other Festive Gatherings ; Laying Foundation or Corner Stones ; Installation , Mark Masonry ; Royal Arch ; Masonic Funerals ; Voluntaries ; Marches , & c „ & c . Notice from the Evening Mail . " Our Masonic readers are no strangers to the name of Bro William Spark , the talented musician and Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds . In this really treat work , now completed , Dr . Spark , has shown his great tact ami judgment hy completing and compiling for the Masonic brethren a complete library of musical , compositions ol the choicest Knglish anil foreign works , ancient , traditional , modern , vocal , am ! instrumental , hy the best composers . It comprises . Masonic anthems , installation odes , dedication music , responses , opening , closing , and intermediate music for all degrees , Thanksgivings , funeral odes , marches , songs , ducts , banquet music , programmes , voluntaries , aud general musical directions , arranged tor voices and organ , pianoforte , or harmonium . "The Freemasons' Liber Musicus " is issued with * he concurrence of many inlluential Masonic Lodges , and under -he distinguished patronage aud support ol the Most Worshipful tlie tjraml Masters of I'aiglnnd , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . It forms a complete library of the choicest and rarest Masonic music , in a word , it is indispensable to all Masonic lodges . The worthy brother editor , moreover , has had the valuable co-operation and assistance of the most distinguished and experienced composers and organists , members of the Craft . It is brought out in the highest style of an , is printed from large engraved music plates , aud forms ' a very handsome folio volume of * nearly two hundred and twenty pages ! " It deserves the patronage of every Masonic Lodge , both at home ami abroad , and for its merits alone it ought ' . a be zealously pri / cd by cv cry brother . As a present to a lodge , nothing could be more useful , valuable , and appropriate . HANDSOME CLOTH COVERS , with gilt lines , and lettered , for Binding ( similar to those used for the Graphic and Illustrated News ) , price 5 s . each , LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-strcet .

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Shortly will be published , "A DEFENCE OF FREEMASONRY , " BY BRO . REV . A . F . A . WOODFORD , P . G . C . Published by BRO . GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-st . London , E . C .

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Re-issue , price i ; s ., post free 5 s . 4 d . MASONIC GATHERINGS . Edited by Bro . GEORGE TAYLOR . Containing Historical Records of Freemasonry from the earliest to the present time , & c . London : GEORGE KENNING , 108 , Fleet-street , E . C .

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SECOND EDITION . —NOW READY . Price One Shilling , Post-free , Revised and Enlarged . Freemasonry in Relation to Civil Authority and the Family Circle , BY BRO . CHALMERS I . PATON . ( Past Master , No . 393 , England . ) '"PHIS work is a perfect handbook of the •^ principles of Freemasonry , founded on the Ancient Charges and Symbols , and will be found to be eminently practical and useful in tho vindication and support of the Order . Office , 198 , Fleet-street .

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Price Five Shillings . THE LIFE OF CONSTANTINE . Written in Greek , by EUSEUIUS PAMPII . US , ( Bishop of Cresarea in Palestine ) . Done into English from that edition , set forth by VAI . ESIUS , and printed in Paris in the year ifi . ijq . Preface by Bros . II . Wentworth Little , Treas . Gen . and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain , With Engravings of Constantine ; the Duke of Sussex , P . G Sov . ; Lord Hancliffe , P . G . Sov . ; Earl Bective , M . P ., P . G . Sov . ; Sir Frederick Mai tin Williams , Barf ., M . P ., M . I . G . Sov ., Col . Francis Buidetr , V . I . G . S . Gen . ; Robert Wentworth Little , I . G . T ., & c . London : GF . ORGE KENNING , t 0 8 , Fleet-street .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

All Communications , Adveitisements , etc ., intended for insertion in the Number of the following Saturday , must reach the Office not later than 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening . The following stand over : — " Masonic Revival ; " communications from Capt . S . and W . J . Hughan ; Reports of

Lodges 17 * ,, 818 , 862 , 871 , 0 . 73 , 11 4 , 1276 , 1415 , 1423 ; Instiuction 860 ; Chapter 095 i Preceptory 123 j Red Cross Conclave 17 j Council It . and S . M . 5 ; Albion Rose Croix Chapter j . l ' rov G . Lodge of Duiliam . ERRATA . —In the letter of "A Country P . M ., " page 677 , for " all W . M ' s . " read " all M . M's . " In the advertisement of Mrs . Osborne , for " Boys" read " Girls . "

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TheFreemason,SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 7 , 1874 .

Our Royal Grand Master.

OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER .

The return of our Royal Brother , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales to England from his continental tour , naturally directs the attention of the Craft to his formal assumption of the high office

which he has accepted , in accordance with the very wise provision of the Book of Constitutions on the subject . Some little obscurity rests on the actual verbiage of the section which relates

to the Past Grand Master , and as to what the present position of our exalted Brother is , in respect of his actual governance of our Order . For the question , we think , may fairly be asked ,

Does the Grand Mastership of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales date from the date of his acceptance of the office , or from the date of his installation as Grand Master ? The " Past

Grand Master is to be " invited to act until a new election takes place , " and we arc a little inclined to think ( pace a superior authority and

our Masonic traditions ) , an actual and technical construction of the section ( page 30 ) might fairly be arrived at , that the acceptance by the