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Now Ready . INDEX to Vol . Vf . of "THE FREEMASON . " May be had at the Publishing Office , 19 X , Fleetstreet .

The History Of Freemasonry,

THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ,

FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY . Drawn from the best sources and tlie most recent investigations . BY J . G . FINDEL , Second Edition , Revised , and Pit-face written by Bro . D . MURRAY LYON .

One / ol ., 800 pages ovo ., with an Index . Cloth gilt . Price , ios . 61 I . "This bock is a stiictly historical one , from which all is excluded that is not based upon ascertained or probable fact . "—Bttildt . r . " Of its value to Freemasons , as a detailed history of their Brotherhood , it is not possible to speak too hig hly . "Public Opinion .

"The author seems to have fairly exhausted tlie subject . "—The Athenaeum . "Tlie tdition we are now considering is a second English tdition , which hail the gieat advantage of Uro . D . M . Lyon ' s able superintendence and editorship in its English dress . There can be no doubt but , that so far , Bro . Kndel's work is the most complete woik on Fieemasoitry

which has yet appeaiedi and that he deserves tlie greatest credit for his careful and accuratetieatmtnt of all evidence on the subject , and for his honest desire after truth . Bro . Findel gives up in the view he has so cleat ly and consistently put forth our eaily Masonic history , the older theoty of the Roman Colleges , ccc , and limits the origin of Freemasonry to about tlie twelfth century , ami as

then arising from the operative Masons , and specially the " Sicinmeitzen" and " Uauhuttcn" of Germany . Bro . Findel gives us a good deal of evidence on this head , and one thing is clear from his work , that the German Freemaso n s weie , at a very eaily period , organized into lodges with rt Master over them , and with outward regulations and innei ceieinonies peculiar to the Craft . Bin . Findel rejects

all the views which have been from time to time put forward of a Templar or a Rosicrucian ori g in . Whether or no Bro . Findcl ' s theory of the date of the rise of Freemasonry be correct , matters very little : we do m > t ouischts profess to accept it ; but this wecan fairly say of Bro Findcl's work , it is marked from first to last hy the most remarkable tokenof industry , ability , andcaie , of patient research , and

of skilful criticism . \\ e know of no work which so clearly sets before us our amount of knov . ledge up to the present time on the great question of Masonic A 1 chteology , and there can be little doubt that what Preston's work isto English Fieemasonry , Fiadel's work is to cosmopolitan /' reemasoniy . Indeed no student in Masonry can now dispense with it , and it is a perfect storehouse both of Masonic evidence and Masonic

illustrations . We earnestly recommend all the lodges in this country to obtain a copy for the lodge library before the woik is bought up for America ; and we believe that no Mason will rise from the petusal of its pages without a higher idea both of the historical trutli and intrinsic value of Freemasonry , and of fraternal regard and recognition to the latest and not the least well-informed or effective of our Masonic historians . The present century has produced

no such equal , in authority and usefulness , to the great work of our Bro . Findel , aud we wish him and it , in all of fraternal sympathy and kindly intent , many earnest readers , and moie giaieful students . "—The Maswiic Magnxinc . "This volume is the history of Masonry par creel tenet ; Every interested poison may regard it , therefoie , as the present text-book on the subject . " —Muiu-livxler Guardian London : GliOliOE KiiNNiNG ' , lijS , Fleet Street .

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MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION , BAKfc . il STREET . Now added , PORTRAIT MODELS of the CZAR OF RUSSIA , SIR GARNET WOLSELEY , the Three Judges in the Tiohbnine Trial , Cockbui 11 , Mellor , and Lush ; the Shah of Persia , Marshal MacMahon , M . Thiers , and the late Mr . Charles Dickens . Admission is . Chikhen under ten , ( id . Extra Rooms , ( id . Op-ti in ii . 1111 a . 11 . tu tin ii . in

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Second Edition , Now Ready , 1 / 6 . A MASONIC MUSICAL SERVICE In the key of C . for A ., T ., T ., B . Opening and Closing Odes . Craft Ceremonies . Royal Arch Ceremony . Consecration Ceremony . Grace before and after Meat . COMPOSED BV DR . J . C . BAKER , NO . 241 . ( . ONUON . —Geo . Kenning , 19 S , Fleet-siicet ; aud 1 , 2 , and 3 Little Britain . „ R . Spencer , 26 , Great Q . uecn-strcct . Livi ! iipi ) oi ..-- ( j " co . Kenning , 2 , Mor . uineitt-placc . MANCHESTER . —E . Henry < S Co ., 59 , Deansgate . Oum-iN . —C . llcdgclong , 26 , Grafton-street GLASGOW . —Geo . Kenning ' , 145 , Argyle-street .

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In the Press . Third Edition . Revised and Enlarged . Price , 3 s . 6 d . A full Coloured Bool ; of MASONIC CLOTHING AND JEWELS . Fiom Master Mason to the 30 th Degree inclusive . London , GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street .

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4 th Edition , now readv , price 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 Yade Mccuni , and guide to the various ceremonies connected with Cinft Masonry , so far as the same are allowed to be comin . niicibie in accordance with the principles of the Order . London : GEORGE KENNING , lyS , Fleet- ^ ie ^ t , E . C

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Published under the Patronage of H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WAuES , K . G ., Patron of the Order . In Imperial Octavo , bound in gill cloth , richly o . aniente i price £ 1 1 is . Od ., HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH ( MARY'S CHAPEL ) No . 1 . EMltllACINO AS ACCOUNT OK THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND . By Bno . DAVID MURRAY LYON . With Twenty-six Facsimiles of Ancient Statutes , Minutes of various Lodges , Seals , ami Orders , & c , and Authentic Poitraits a . d Autographs of Sixty eminent Craftsmen of the past and present time . London : GEORGE KENNING , 19 8 , Fleet-street , E . C .

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THE LIFE OF CONSTANTINE . Written in Greek , by ECSEUII ' S PAMIMLCS , ( Bishop o Ciesarea in Palestine ) . Done into English from that edition , set forth b y VAI . ESICS , and printed in Paris in the year 1 G 39 . Preface by Bros . R . Wentworth Little , Treas . Gen . and the Rev . A . !•' . A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain , With Engravings of Constantino ; the Duke of Sussex , P . G . Sov . ; Lord Rancliffe , P . G . Sov . ; Eail Bective , Al . l ' ., P . G . Sov . ; Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart ., M . P ., M . I . G . Sov ., Col . Francis Burdett , V . l . G . S . Gen . ; Robeit Wcimvcrrh Little , l . G . T ., & cc . London : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street ,

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SECOND EDITION . —NOW HEADV . Price One Shilling , Post-free , Revised and Enlarged . Freemasonry in Relation to Civil Authority and the Family Circle , hiv BRO . CHALMERS I . PATON . ( Past Master , No . 39 . 3 , England . ) r \' 'HIS work is a perfect handbook of the principles of Freemasnry , founded on the Ancient Charges and Symbols , and will be found to be eminently ptactical and useful in the vindication and support of the Order . Office , 108 , F'leet-stieet .

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Re-issuc , price ^ s ., post free 5 s . 4 d . MASONIC GATHERINGS . Edited by Uro . GKOHGK TAYLOR , Containing Historical Records of Freemasonry from the earliest to the present time , & c . Londcn : GEORGE KENNING , 10 S , Fleet-street , E . C .

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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1874 .

A Ritualistic Attack Upon Freemasonry.

A RITUALISTIC ATTACK UPON FREEMASONRY .

Wo print , with much regret , the following extraordinary article and rabid attack upon

Freemasonry , verbatim et literatim , from a ritualistic paper , wiled the Church Herald , of date Sept . , 30 th . We think , that , most of our readers will share in our astonLliment , and fed not a little

indignant , mat such incriminations of our peaceful Order , ami such a peculiar tone of reli gious sentiment and language should emanate from a professedly Church of England newspaper . But curiously enough , just as our Roman Catholic

Antagonists are apt to have recourse to the most vulgar , and , we may add , ribald language , with respect to Freemasonry , when they become , as they are , apparently just now , both most unreasoning and intolerant , so as , ve have often

noticed some of out-young ritualists are rather apt to think that their expressions are both pointed and forcible , when they are indeed only rowdy in tone , and low-sensational in taste . For obvious reasons we give the whole of this wonderful

piece of composition for the information and consideration of our readers , for though worthless in itself , and very unprofitable reading , it claims our urgent attention . The secession of Lord Ripon to the Church of

Rome , and his resignation of all his offices amongst the Freemasons has reasonably enough caused some excitement . His old allies , belonging to the various secret societies which exist as Freemasons , are naturally very much

annoyed at his resignation—though wh y they should be we are altogether at a loss to understand . Most Freemasons are either Protestants or Deists , and hold strongly to the " right of private judgment . " Why , then , when an

accomplished and hi gh-principled noblemanafter due examination and inquiry—thinks fit to exercise his own judgment , should not the same right be conceded to him , as all his former allies so loftily and universally claim and exercise for

themselves ? ft is simply monstrous that his Lordship should have been so abused and insulted because he has thought it his conscientious duty to join the Roman Catholic Church . As to his resignation of his Freemasonic

offices , nothing could be more right and proper . He acknowledges an authority , and , consequently ( like a reasonable being ) , bows to its decision . The Church of Rome has again and again formally condemned Freemasonry : and we are