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Original Correspondence.
PRECEDENCE OF PROV . GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I cannot help thinking that Bro . Newmarch has discovered a mare ' s nest . The whole controversy which hc raises seems to mc to be decided at once by analysing the
very Rule he quotes from the Book of Constitutions . I he paragraph headed " of thc other Provincial Grand Oflicers" begins ( Sec . 2 ) "The Grand Wardens , " & c . Grand Wardens of what ? Why , of course , of Provincial Grand Lodge . ' Just so , further on in the same section , wc find the words " shall possess within their district the rank and
privileges of Grand Officers . " Grand Officers of what ? Why , of Provincial Grand Lodge , and not of the Grand Lodge of England ; an'd to avoid the mistake into which Bro . Newmarch has fallen , it is added that " they are not by such appointments members of thc Grand Lodge—i . e ., of the Grand Lodge of England . " The whole object of the section is to delinetheir status in and out of the
province . They are Grand Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge within their province , but not outside their province , except by courtesy . As to stating that they rank with the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , nothing of the sort is supposed or intended . Yours faithfully , C . VV . ARNOLD , P . G . C . and D . P . G . M . Surrey .
To the Editor of thc " ' . Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Every Freemason will be grateful to " Lex Latomica " for taking up the question of the status of _ Provincial Grand Officers , and discussing it in the cour teous and fraternal spirit shewn in his letter .
I am glad that he frankly concedes Bro . Ncwmarch ' s position , that the question must be settled by the Book of Constitutions alone , and not by usage or precedent . He also admits that the question turns principally on the words— " The Grand Wardens and subordinate Provincial Grand Officers shall possess within their district the rank
and privileges of Grand Officers . " " Lex Latomica " thinks that these words are open to doubt . To me they say in the plainest language , the privileges which belong to Grand Officers throughout the whole of England shall belong to Provincial Grand Officers in their province , but only in their province . To this plain
meaning the Grand Registrar and " Lex Latomica" demur , saying that , if such be the meaning , the Provincial Grand Master acting in his own province might have to take precedence of the Grand Master himself—which certainly would be a " reductio ad absurdum . " But apart from any general argument , is not this case distinctly provided for by
the Book of Constitutions , when itstatesthat "the Grand Master has full authority to preside in any lodge , and his Wardens are also to act as Wardens of that lodge during his presence ? " The Grand Master is supreme , and stands at the head of the whole Craft , and at the head of every lodge in the Craft . His Wardens , too , have precedence
over the Wardens of the province , and infcrcntially his other officers have precedence over thc officers of the province of the same rank . But if I understand " Lex Latomica" rightly , his contention is that the lowest Grand Officer in rank on visiting any province is to take precedence of the highest Provincial Grand Officer . But this
decision brings us to a " reductio ad absurdum " with a vengeance . Just suppose our Grand Organist going to Derbyshire and putting aside its Grand Master , the Marquis of Hartington , or going to Lancashire and telling its Deputy Grand Master , Colonel Stanley , to give way to an officer ot Grand Lodge !
I feel quite sure that the many distinguished brethren who hold thc position of Provincial Grand Master , or Deputy , never dreamed that in accepting the office they would occupy a rank inferior to the lowest Grand Officer . Very possibly the two eminent brethren I have mentioned may be Past Grand Oflicers ,
and thus decline to be lowered in their province j but this does not effect the spirit of my argument , for undoubtedly they are many eminent Provincial Grand Masters and Deputies who have never been Grand Officers . Briefly then , my position is this—The Book of Constitutions says " that Provincial Grand Officers in their district shall have the
rank and privileges of Grand Officers , " whatever that rank and whatever those privileges may be , and , therefore , in any province Grand Officers cannot have further or greater privileges than its Provincial Grand Officers . If thc Grand Master , accompanied by his officers , honours Provincial Grand Lodge with his presence , hc , by virtue of his
supremacy , as well as by the express words of the Book of Constitutions , takes precedence , as he certainly would in any assembly of Freemasons ; his Wardens , too , take precedence of the Wardens of the province , but not of its Grand Master and his Deputy ; his Deacons may take precedence of its Grand Deacons , but not of its Wardens , and so of the other offices . Surely , it is enough for a Grand Deacon
to be at the head of all the Grand Deacons of England , without claiming to be above all the Provincial Grand Masters or Grand Wardens , while acting in their respective provinces , and who , out of their province , belong simply "to the rank and file" of the Craft . Hoping that I have made my statement in a clear and temperate manner , 1 am , yours truly and fraternally , 1 YORK .
Original Correspondence.
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — You were so kind as to give mc a good long hearing last week , that my communication this week must be
short . But I only wish to point out that , by an accidental typographical error , my words " subsidiary if tantamount , " & . C ., in iny letter , should read " subsidiary of tantamount , " & c . I am , yours fraternally , LEX LATOMICA .
MASONS' MARKS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Having seen Bro . Lamonby's thoughtful suggestion " in re " the Masons' Marks collected by Bro . Creed .
and edited by Mr . R . S . Ferguson , in the last volume of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological Association , I think the suggestion so good a one , that I am in correspondence now on the subject . Yours fraternally , EDITOR " MASONIC MAGAZINE . "
"QUOTATION , " & c . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As I am writing to you , you are welcome to another version of the "Dog Latin" poem which was taught to me in 1 S 37 by my grandfather , who was born in 177 S , and was a Fellow of All Souls , Oxford . He was very fond of scraps
of scholarship , £ 0 , and he taught me thus : " Patres conscript ! took a boat and went to Philippi ; Stormum surgebat et boatutn oversetebat ; Omnes drownderunt qui swim away non potuerunt , EKcipe John Periwig , tied up by the tail of a dead pig Trumpeter unus erat qui coatum scarlet habebat . " Yours fraternally , P . G . C .
THE LATE BRO . DR . A . G . MACKAY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am very sorry to inform you of the death of my friend and brother Dr . A . G . Mackay , of Washington , D . C . ( U . S . A . )
Hc has been in the front rank as a Masonic Author and Editor for many years , and his last work , the " Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry , " is a lasting monument of his learning , research , and zeal . Bro . C . E . Meyer , of Philadelphia , ( the Grand Secretary , Grand Chap . R . A ., & c ) , tells me our lamented brother
died "last Monday , " which would be 20 th June , as the communication is dated 22 nd ult . His works are very numerous , and several of them exceedingly valuable . His loss will be deeply deplored by all Masonic students and scholars . Yours fraternally , VV . J . HUGHAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
LE MONDE MACONNIQUE for June . This magazine for June is taken up with a necrology and account of Professor Littre . Amid thegreat admiration there is just now among French Freemasons for this " Didaskalos " of the Positivist School , we cannot be surprised at finding thc " Monde Maconnique " giving up its pages to his history and laudation . VVe can only trust that some line
day the intelligent and serious of the French I * reemasons will wake up to thc inherent absurdity , inconsistency , and unreality of the theories of Comte and Co , and will realize the serious mischief therefrom flowing , though at first it may seem a paradox to say so , to humanity at large . Positivism is nothing after all but the glorification of an aesthetic , yet specious , Atheism , and as such will ever be
sternly rejected by all loyal Anglo-Saxon Freemasons . Having said this in justice to our own Fraternity , and to the great principles of Cosmopolitan Freemasonry , we do not wish to overlook Professor Littre ' s claim to the admiration and respect of those who look to his literary labours and his intellectual acquirements . His dictionary will long remain a living witness of his ability and his research . VVe
only regret that the honest critic must regard him , alas , as the "fautor , " practically , of a " nova irreligio , " though he only calls himself a humble disci p le of Comte . VVe cannot understand , indeed , on what principle Bro . Wyrobouf , who isa Freemason and teacher of toleration , should , in defiance of the known wishes of the surviving family of Professor
Littre , deliver the address he did at the grave , declaring his friend Littre ' s disbelief in " eternity , " and announcing that he was now the subject of a " social immortality , " whatever that may be . VVe are irresistibly reminded of thc First Napoleon ' s word— "ideologues "—which expresses a good deal .
CONGRES PROVINCIAL DES ORIENTALISTES FRANCAIS . 1 st Bulletin . Vol . II . There is in this very interesting volume for " Egyptologists" especially , apaperbythe Baron "Textorde Ravisi , " on " Freemasonry , " which deserves translation . If an
esteemed brother of ours , who is an " expert" in Egyptology , would favour the readers of the " Masonic Magazine " witli a translation of this paper , and with " notes" by himself , he would confer a great pleasure on all Masonic students in general , and advance materially the cause of Masonic archaeology . It is especially and entirely his own field .
SEVEN YFARS IN SOUTH AFRICA . By EM 11 . HOI . UH . Sampson Low and Co ., iSS , Fleet-street , London . This i . s one of the most genuinely interesting and exciting books we have read for some time , and once taken up we will defy you to put it down . Let us try to realize what is the meaning of spending seven , perhaps , too , ' the best years of our life , amid savages , and hard living , dangers
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many and deadly , a bad climate , and all thc drawbacks of savage life , and then perhaps wc shall understand what a real love of exploration animated the efforts and doings of this courageous " pioneer" of civilization . He intimates that he means to return to his work- , greatly for the benefit of humanity , and in the still more arduous endeavour to open out "Central Africa . " All ive can say who "live at home at case , " that such labours ancl daring are very meritoriouand ht to makthose
s , oug e rank high anions men who go forth so boldly in the good providence of T " ! G . A . O . T . U ., and very often succumb to malaria or fever , wild animals or treacherous foes , and number them among the benefactors and thc "heroes" of mankind . VVe thank Mr . Holub for a most interesting book , admirably translated by Miss Ellen E . Frewer , and hope that hc may have health and strength , and that all good may attend him in his future peregrinations and discoveries .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
What is Bro . Steinbrenner's authority fiir the statement that in 1396 he finds an entry ( where ?) " Lathomos vocatos Fremaccons ? " I have seen a similar entry somewhere , though my references fail me , but not , I think , so early . As 1 have often said , the first mention of Freemason I have verified is 1435 . In 1426 they are called
" Latami , " and the lodge " Loyge . " I rather doubt the early spelling of " Lathomos . " If anything they would be " Latomos , " or " Latamos , " without the " h . " Bro . Steinbrenner is wrong about the Act of Edward III . Freemason does not occur , though "Maitre Macon de Franche pierre " does , and hence Bro . HalliwelPs suggestion of " Free Stonemasons . "
Bro . Stembrenner s " History of Freemasonry " is an interesting compilation , and very compact and readable . For my part , I shall only be too glad it * his statement of the use ot the word " Fremaccons " in 1396 turns out to be correct .
1 am aware , mdeed , that my old friend , E . VV . Shaw , in the "Freemason's Magazine" for 1 S 62 , mentions at Exeter the use of the word " Freemason " in the Fabric Rolls for 1396 , 1397 , and 1427 . But he does not give the "document" or the "ipsissima verba " of the passage . Mr . VV . Papworth , in a lecture printed in the same work , January , 1 S 62 , takes practically the same view as I do , that Freemason is of fifteenth century use , and hc uses the
word " Latomi" somewhat earlier , and subsequently to "Coementarii . " A friend tells mc that the words "lathomos vocatos Ffrcmaceons" are in a communication of Mr . Papworth ' s in May to that Magazine , but all that I find then and there are "Masonic Facts , " by E . VV . Shaw . I am , therefore , fully confident that Lathomos is a late ur . c , and that if now we can light upon the original passage , " lathomos vocatos Ffrcmaceons " it is later than 1400 . MASONIC STUDENT .
MASONS' MARKS . Thc Editor of the " Cyclopaedia " has done well to refer to the Masons' maris , and , in an able communication , has stated many points of importance on that interesting subject . 1 cannot , however , agree with him that "it is very doubtful whether the Apprentices had marks at all , " for , as a matter of fact , Apprentices had marks selected
durinothe 17 th century in the Lodgeof Aberdeen ; and what is more important still , I find that in some cases they had exactly the same maris as old Fellow Craftsmen , bearing the same name , and likely enough their fathers or grandfathers . The Scottish records then do not prove that marks were given only at the " passing of Fellow Crafts . " I have
copies of many marks selected by Apprentices many years prior to the advent of Grand Lodges , and do not adopt the fanciful view of different marks being selected for Apprentices as such and for Fellow Crafts during the 17 th ccntur 3 ' . I quite agree with the Editor as to tlie foll y ot supposing marks had to contain an odd number of points , and wonder much how such a notion originated . VV . I . IIVGHAN .
I entirely endorse Bro . Lamonby ' s suggestion , and hope that it may be feasible ; and hope the editor oi the "Masonic Magazine " will see his way to complying with it if feasible .
ANTIQVAKWS . I Ian it cverbecn observed , that what is termed the Masonic Cypher , mainly used , if used , abroad , is incorporated in the " marks " also by Masons ? There are several cyp hers to which the same remark applies . This fact and the other , that the so-called magical or Hermetic alphabet , to which the Masonic cypher has much akin , is to be found in Masons' Marks , are " points " worth noting in the
discussion . MASONIC STUDENT
INIGO JONES' MS . By a little typographical error , unfortunately overlooked by me , the words " Inigo Jones fecit" ought to be " Inigo Jones dclin . " It is important to be correct in every particular . EDITOR "MASONIC MAGAZINE . "
ALCHEMISTS . Can any of the readers of the Freemason give me any particulars of the "last alchimists , " so termed—Dr . Price , of Guildford ; Peter Woulfc , of Barnard ' s Inn ; and"KeIlerman , " of Lilley , a small village between Luton and Hitchin ? Is anything known of ( heir wills , or what became of their libraries and MSS ., or whether or no they were Freemasons ? MASONIC STUDENT .
Hni . ' . tnv . iY ' .-i PILLS . — " Let cood digestion altend on appetite . " Molloway ' s Pills are universally acknowledged to be lhe safest , speediest , and best corrective for indigestion ; loss of appetite , acidity , llatulcnrv , and nausea are a few- of lhe inconveniences which are remedied wiili ease bv Ibe ^ e purifvinj ; Pills . They strike at lhe rout of all . abdominal ailments , they excite in the stomach a proper secretion ol * i-a-tric juice , and regulate the action of the liver , promotine ; in that or ^ 'an a copious supple of pure , wholesome bile , so necessary for digestion . These I'ills ' remove all distention and ol ) . strucuoii , and , from their harmless composition , are peculiarly well adapted for delicate persons and voting children-, they expel impu . rities , stiengthcn the svbttm , and cive muscular tone . —[ Anvr . 1
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Original Correspondence.
PRECEDENCE OF PROV . GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I cannot help thinking that Bro . Newmarch has discovered a mare ' s nest . The whole controversy which hc raises seems to mc to be decided at once by analysing the
very Rule he quotes from the Book of Constitutions . I he paragraph headed " of thc other Provincial Grand Oflicers" begins ( Sec . 2 ) "The Grand Wardens , " & c . Grand Wardens of what ? Why , of course , of Provincial Grand Lodge . ' Just so , further on in the same section , wc find the words " shall possess within their district the rank and
privileges of Grand Officers . " Grand Officers of what ? Why , of Provincial Grand Lodge , and not of the Grand Lodge of England ; an'd to avoid the mistake into which Bro . Newmarch has fallen , it is added that " they are not by such appointments members of thc Grand Lodge—i . e ., of the Grand Lodge of England . " The whole object of the section is to delinetheir status in and out of the
province . They are Grand Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge within their province , but not outside their province , except by courtesy . As to stating that they rank with the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , nothing of the sort is supposed or intended . Yours faithfully , C . VV . ARNOLD , P . G . C . and D . P . G . M . Surrey .
To the Editor of thc " ' . Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Every Freemason will be grateful to " Lex Latomica " for taking up the question of the status of _ Provincial Grand Officers , and discussing it in the cour teous and fraternal spirit shewn in his letter .
I am glad that he frankly concedes Bro . Ncwmarch ' s position , that the question must be settled by the Book of Constitutions alone , and not by usage or precedent . He also admits that the question turns principally on the words— " The Grand Wardens and subordinate Provincial Grand Officers shall possess within their district the rank
and privileges of Grand Officers . " " Lex Latomica " thinks that these words are open to doubt . To me they say in the plainest language , the privileges which belong to Grand Officers throughout the whole of England shall belong to Provincial Grand Officers in their province , but only in their province . To this plain
meaning the Grand Registrar and " Lex Latomica" demur , saying that , if such be the meaning , the Provincial Grand Master acting in his own province might have to take precedence of the Grand Master himself—which certainly would be a " reductio ad absurdum . " But apart from any general argument , is not this case distinctly provided for by
the Book of Constitutions , when itstatesthat "the Grand Master has full authority to preside in any lodge , and his Wardens are also to act as Wardens of that lodge during his presence ? " The Grand Master is supreme , and stands at the head of the whole Craft , and at the head of every lodge in the Craft . His Wardens , too , have precedence
over the Wardens of the province , and infcrcntially his other officers have precedence over thc officers of the province of the same rank . But if I understand " Lex Latomica" rightly , his contention is that the lowest Grand Officer in rank on visiting any province is to take precedence of the highest Provincial Grand Officer . But this
decision brings us to a " reductio ad absurdum " with a vengeance . Just suppose our Grand Organist going to Derbyshire and putting aside its Grand Master , the Marquis of Hartington , or going to Lancashire and telling its Deputy Grand Master , Colonel Stanley , to give way to an officer ot Grand Lodge !
I feel quite sure that the many distinguished brethren who hold thc position of Provincial Grand Master , or Deputy , never dreamed that in accepting the office they would occupy a rank inferior to the lowest Grand Officer . Very possibly the two eminent brethren I have mentioned may be Past Grand Oflicers ,
and thus decline to be lowered in their province j but this does not effect the spirit of my argument , for undoubtedly they are many eminent Provincial Grand Masters and Deputies who have never been Grand Officers . Briefly then , my position is this—The Book of Constitutions says " that Provincial Grand Officers in their district shall have the
rank and privileges of Grand Officers , " whatever that rank and whatever those privileges may be , and , therefore , in any province Grand Officers cannot have further or greater privileges than its Provincial Grand Officers . If thc Grand Master , accompanied by his officers , honours Provincial Grand Lodge with his presence , hc , by virtue of his
supremacy , as well as by the express words of the Book of Constitutions , takes precedence , as he certainly would in any assembly of Freemasons ; his Wardens , too , take precedence of the Wardens of the province , but not of its Grand Master and his Deputy ; his Deacons may take precedence of its Grand Deacons , but not of its Wardens , and so of the other offices . Surely , it is enough for a Grand Deacon
to be at the head of all the Grand Deacons of England , without claiming to be above all the Provincial Grand Masters or Grand Wardens , while acting in their respective provinces , and who , out of their province , belong simply "to the rank and file" of the Craft . Hoping that I have made my statement in a clear and temperate manner , 1 am , yours truly and fraternally , 1 YORK .
Original Correspondence.
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — You were so kind as to give mc a good long hearing last week , that my communication this week must be
short . But I only wish to point out that , by an accidental typographical error , my words " subsidiary if tantamount , " & . C ., in iny letter , should read " subsidiary of tantamount , " & c . I am , yours fraternally , LEX LATOMICA .
MASONS' MARKS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Having seen Bro . Lamonby's thoughtful suggestion " in re " the Masons' Marks collected by Bro . Creed .
and edited by Mr . R . S . Ferguson , in the last volume of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological Association , I think the suggestion so good a one , that I am in correspondence now on the subject . Yours fraternally , EDITOR " MASONIC MAGAZINE . "
"QUOTATION , " & c . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As I am writing to you , you are welcome to another version of the "Dog Latin" poem which was taught to me in 1 S 37 by my grandfather , who was born in 177 S , and was a Fellow of All Souls , Oxford . He was very fond of scraps
of scholarship , £ 0 , and he taught me thus : " Patres conscript ! took a boat and went to Philippi ; Stormum surgebat et boatutn oversetebat ; Omnes drownderunt qui swim away non potuerunt , EKcipe John Periwig , tied up by the tail of a dead pig Trumpeter unus erat qui coatum scarlet habebat . " Yours fraternally , P . G . C .
THE LATE BRO . DR . A . G . MACKAY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am very sorry to inform you of the death of my friend and brother Dr . A . G . Mackay , of Washington , D . C . ( U . S . A . )
Hc has been in the front rank as a Masonic Author and Editor for many years , and his last work , the " Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry , " is a lasting monument of his learning , research , and zeal . Bro . C . E . Meyer , of Philadelphia , ( the Grand Secretary , Grand Chap . R . A ., & c ) , tells me our lamented brother
died "last Monday , " which would be 20 th June , as the communication is dated 22 nd ult . His works are very numerous , and several of them exceedingly valuable . His loss will be deeply deplored by all Masonic students and scholars . Yours fraternally , VV . J . HUGHAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
LE MONDE MACONNIQUE for June . This magazine for June is taken up with a necrology and account of Professor Littre . Amid thegreat admiration there is just now among French Freemasons for this " Didaskalos " of the Positivist School , we cannot be surprised at finding thc " Monde Maconnique " giving up its pages to his history and laudation . VVe can only trust that some line
day the intelligent and serious of the French I * reemasons will wake up to thc inherent absurdity , inconsistency , and unreality of the theories of Comte and Co , and will realize the serious mischief therefrom flowing , though at first it may seem a paradox to say so , to humanity at large . Positivism is nothing after all but the glorification of an aesthetic , yet specious , Atheism , and as such will ever be
sternly rejected by all loyal Anglo-Saxon Freemasons . Having said this in justice to our own Fraternity , and to the great principles of Cosmopolitan Freemasonry , we do not wish to overlook Professor Littre ' s claim to the admiration and respect of those who look to his literary labours and his intellectual acquirements . His dictionary will long remain a living witness of his ability and his research . VVe
only regret that the honest critic must regard him , alas , as the "fautor , " practically , of a " nova irreligio , " though he only calls himself a humble disci p le of Comte . VVe cannot understand , indeed , on what principle Bro . Wyrobouf , who isa Freemason and teacher of toleration , should , in defiance of the known wishes of the surviving family of Professor
Littre , deliver the address he did at the grave , declaring his friend Littre ' s disbelief in " eternity , " and announcing that he was now the subject of a " social immortality , " whatever that may be . VVe are irresistibly reminded of thc First Napoleon ' s word— "ideologues "—which expresses a good deal .
CONGRES PROVINCIAL DES ORIENTALISTES FRANCAIS . 1 st Bulletin . Vol . II . There is in this very interesting volume for " Egyptologists" especially , apaperbythe Baron "Textorde Ravisi , " on " Freemasonry , " which deserves translation . If an
esteemed brother of ours , who is an " expert" in Egyptology , would favour the readers of the " Masonic Magazine " witli a translation of this paper , and with " notes" by himself , he would confer a great pleasure on all Masonic students in general , and advance materially the cause of Masonic archaeology . It is especially and entirely his own field .
SEVEN YFARS IN SOUTH AFRICA . By EM 11 . HOI . UH . Sampson Low and Co ., iSS , Fleet-street , London . This i . s one of the most genuinely interesting and exciting books we have read for some time , and once taken up we will defy you to put it down . Let us try to realize what is the meaning of spending seven , perhaps , too , ' the best years of our life , amid savages , and hard living , dangers
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many and deadly , a bad climate , and all thc drawbacks of savage life , and then perhaps wc shall understand what a real love of exploration animated the efforts and doings of this courageous " pioneer" of civilization . He intimates that he means to return to his work- , greatly for the benefit of humanity , and in the still more arduous endeavour to open out "Central Africa . " All ive can say who "live at home at case , " that such labours ancl daring are very meritoriouand ht to makthose
s , oug e rank high anions men who go forth so boldly in the good providence of T " ! G . A . O . T . U ., and very often succumb to malaria or fever , wild animals or treacherous foes , and number them among the benefactors and thc "heroes" of mankind . VVe thank Mr . Holub for a most interesting book , admirably translated by Miss Ellen E . Frewer , and hope that hc may have health and strength , and that all good may attend him in his future peregrinations and discoveries .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
What is Bro . Steinbrenner's authority fiir the statement that in 1396 he finds an entry ( where ?) " Lathomos vocatos Fremaccons ? " I have seen a similar entry somewhere , though my references fail me , but not , I think , so early . As 1 have often said , the first mention of Freemason I have verified is 1435 . In 1426 they are called
" Latami , " and the lodge " Loyge . " I rather doubt the early spelling of " Lathomos . " If anything they would be " Latomos , " or " Latamos , " without the " h . " Bro . Steinbrenner is wrong about the Act of Edward III . Freemason does not occur , though "Maitre Macon de Franche pierre " does , and hence Bro . HalliwelPs suggestion of " Free Stonemasons . "
Bro . Stembrenner s " History of Freemasonry " is an interesting compilation , and very compact and readable . For my part , I shall only be too glad it * his statement of the use ot the word " Fremaccons " in 1396 turns out to be correct .
1 am aware , mdeed , that my old friend , E . VV . Shaw , in the "Freemason's Magazine" for 1 S 62 , mentions at Exeter the use of the word " Freemason " in the Fabric Rolls for 1396 , 1397 , and 1427 . But he does not give the "document" or the "ipsissima verba " of the passage . Mr . VV . Papworth , in a lecture printed in the same work , January , 1 S 62 , takes practically the same view as I do , that Freemason is of fifteenth century use , and hc uses the
word " Latomi" somewhat earlier , and subsequently to "Coementarii . " A friend tells mc that the words "lathomos vocatos Ffrcmaceons" are in a communication of Mr . Papworth ' s in May to that Magazine , but all that I find then and there are "Masonic Facts , " by E . VV . Shaw . I am , therefore , fully confident that Lathomos is a late ur . c , and that if now we can light upon the original passage , " lathomos vocatos Ffrcmaceons " it is later than 1400 . MASONIC STUDENT .
MASONS' MARKS . Thc Editor of the " Cyclopaedia " has done well to refer to the Masons' maris , and , in an able communication , has stated many points of importance on that interesting subject . 1 cannot , however , agree with him that "it is very doubtful whether the Apprentices had marks at all , " for , as a matter of fact , Apprentices had marks selected
durinothe 17 th century in the Lodgeof Aberdeen ; and what is more important still , I find that in some cases they had exactly the same maris as old Fellow Craftsmen , bearing the same name , and likely enough their fathers or grandfathers . The Scottish records then do not prove that marks were given only at the " passing of Fellow Crafts . " I have
copies of many marks selected by Apprentices many years prior to the advent of Grand Lodges , and do not adopt the fanciful view of different marks being selected for Apprentices as such and for Fellow Crafts during the 17 th ccntur 3 ' . I quite agree with the Editor as to tlie foll y ot supposing marks had to contain an odd number of points , and wonder much how such a notion originated . VV . I . IIVGHAN .
I entirely endorse Bro . Lamonby ' s suggestion , and hope that it may be feasible ; and hope the editor oi the "Masonic Magazine " will see his way to complying with it if feasible .
ANTIQVAKWS . I Ian it cverbecn observed , that what is termed the Masonic Cypher , mainly used , if used , abroad , is incorporated in the " marks " also by Masons ? There are several cyp hers to which the same remark applies . This fact and the other , that the so-called magical or Hermetic alphabet , to which the Masonic cypher has much akin , is to be found in Masons' Marks , are " points " worth noting in the
discussion . MASONIC STUDENT
INIGO JONES' MS . By a little typographical error , unfortunately overlooked by me , the words " Inigo Jones fecit" ought to be " Inigo Jones dclin . " It is important to be correct in every particular . EDITOR "MASONIC MAGAZINE . "
ALCHEMISTS . Can any of the readers of the Freemason give me any particulars of the "last alchimists , " so termed—Dr . Price , of Guildford ; Peter Woulfc , of Barnard ' s Inn ; and"KeIlerman , " of Lilley , a small village between Luton and Hitchin ? Is anything known of ( heir wills , or what became of their libraries and MSS ., or whether or no they were Freemasons ? MASONIC STUDENT .
Hni . ' . tnv . iY ' .-i PILLS . — " Let cood digestion altend on appetite . " Molloway ' s Pills are universally acknowledged to be lhe safest , speediest , and best corrective for indigestion ; loss of appetite , acidity , llatulcnrv , and nausea are a few- of lhe inconveniences which are remedied wiili ease bv Ibe ^ e purifvinj ; Pills . They strike at lhe rout of all . abdominal ailments , they excite in the stomach a proper secretion ol * i-a-tric juice , and regulate the action of the liver , promotine ; in that or ^ 'an a copious supple of pure , wholesome bile , so necessary for digestion . These I'ills ' remove all distention and ol ) . strucuoii , and , from their harmless composition , are peculiarly well adapted for delicate persons and voting children-, they expel impu . rities , stiengthcn the svbttm , and cive muscular tone . —[ Anvr . 1