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in the cause of true charity was dimmed by only one small streak—I was going to say a " ray of darkness . "Yours fraternally and faithfully , A CIIIEI . TAKING NOTES , [ We have had to take liberties with our correspondent's letter , as far too personal . We had some doubt about allowing it to appear at all , but subject to alteration , thought it

1 etter to insert it . What a curious fact it is in Masonic psvchology that our hrethren are always " personal . " Let the " chiel taking notes" be good enough to read our remarks . He could have said all that he seemed to wish to say without " personality . " We always regret this tendency to personality in Masonic scribes —En . ]

A NEEDFUL CORRECTION . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Pray substitute " readers " for " writers , " in my letter of last week , relative to the amusing extract from

Figaro . Let me remind your " Chapel " that " writers and " renders " are different people . Yours fraternally , A FRIEND . [ Of this fact the members of the "Chapel" are fully aware : none more so . —P . D . I

GOOD SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY . To Ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As I think , that good service to the country should always be properly remembered , I think it well to send you a " clipping " with reference to the public services of our late lamented Grand Chaplain , Bro . Onslow . He

wasaGrand Officer of whom on every account Grand Lodge and the Craft should be proud . 1 he late Rev . William Lake Onslow , M . A ., R . N ., rector of Sandringham , and private chaplain to his Rnyal Highness the Prince of Wales , whose death , in his 5 8 th year , we have already recorded , was son of the late Capt . John James Onslow , R . N ., and grandson of the late gallant and

distinguished Admiral and Lieut-General of Marines , Sir Richard Onslow , G . C . B . He was employed as Chaplain in the Carysfort , 26 , Capt . George H . Seymour , in the Pacific , from January , 184 ( 1 , untn April , 1 S 4 S , when he was appointed chaplain and naval instructor to the Hastings , 72 , Capt . J . W . Morgan , fitting for the flag , in the East Indies , of Sir . F . A . Collier : and was paid off at the close of

1852 . In April 18 , •*. *) , he was appointed to the Duke of Wellington , and served in the Baltic throughout the Russian war . In August , i 8 4 ** 7 , he removed into the Diadem , 32 , Capt . W . Moorsi . m , C . B ., and in February , 18 5 8 , was transferred to the Euryalus , r * i , from which ship , in December , i 860 , he was appointed to the St . George , 84 , Capt . the Hon . Francis Egerlon , in the Mediterranean . He

afterwards served from February , 186 3 , until June , i 86 d , in the Racoon , 22 , Capts . Count Glcichcn and W . Aimytage , and from November , 1868 , until paid off in June , 186 9 , in the Ariadne , id , Capts . Colin A . and Frederick A . Campbell . Yours fraternally , EjIEniTL' < -.

MOTHERS-IN-LAW . To the Editor nf the "Freemason . " Diar ' Sir and Brother , — You recently allowed something to be said about " Mothcrs-in-Law . " Allow me to take from your gallant and excellent contemporary , the Graphic , the following salient extract : —

"Auni ALTERAM PARTEM . "—Mothers-in-law have from time immemorial been the butt of the witty and the sarcastic , but a worm will turn , and one of these muchabused matrons , writing to the Chicago Tribune , thus takes up the cudgels in the following letter which , to say the least of it , is worth consideration : — "I have a few words I would like to say with regard to

daughters-inlaw . I have seen several articles in the paper against mothers-in-law , but it is very seldom you see one against daughters-in-law . Now , I am a persecuted mother-in-law . My house was a perfect little paradise till my daughter-inlaw was brought heme . I think where a son takes a wife to his mother ' s home , if she is a right kind of a woman , it is no trouble to get along . There are some their own

parents can't live with . They get married , and go to live with their husband's folks , and if they live like cats and dogs it is all laid to the poor mother-in-law , when they arc the evil ones . For my part I have a great deal of sympathy for mothers-in-law , and I think you would , too , if you were in my place . There is one advice I would like to give to young men . Don't marry until you have a home of your ovn to take a wife to . Don ' t give your

poor mother , who has nursed you in your infancy—idolised you—any cause for trouble ; let her go to her grave in peace . How many families there are whose homes are a little Eden till a daughter-in-law was taken in the family ?" Letyour readers " mark , learn , and inwardly digest , " and oblige , Yours fraternally , A SlSTEIl AND A MoTllEIt-lN-LAW .

DISCONSOLATE CATS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A Mr . Rickards ( all praise to him ) has most properly called attention in the Times to the forlorn condition of an influential and aristocratical section of

London cats , and as we know ( by feline report ) the kindheartedness of your publisher and yourself , Mr . Editor , I have been requested as a " deputation " to " hair " our grievances in the influential columns of the Freemason . Our family has left town , and Ann , the housemaid , is so taken up with the polite attentions of . a good-looking

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young policeman that she has no time to think of poor " Tabby , " who has , I assure you , a bad time of it just now in every way . Ours are " hard lines , " and harder lives , Mr . Editor , for not only are we badly put to it for food , —yes , Sir , in ihis land of liberty and cat ' s meat , —but inhuman boys , young men , " fellahs , '' as they term themselves , throw stones at us , violently explode crackers at us ,

frightening us out of our lives , and making unearthly noises at the same time , which wc suppose are meant to represent the ancient but expressive language either of the " Catchpaws , Choctaws , or the Miaws , " for certainly it is not our own dialect . Have these "fellahs" nothing better to do ? I think , Sir , their education has been greatly neglected , and that it would be better if all is considered

if they would drink , smoke , and spit less , and learn to treat dumb animals a little more kindly . Even on Sunday they will not let us alone . Need I say more ? Wc feel sure of a few lines from your powerful pen to denounce this cruel system of leaving so many useful and domesticated animals ( for c . rts are both ) lonely , hungry , and forlorn . Will no good Samaritan set up a

Cat's Home ? What have the dogs done that they are to have a home and we have none ? I heard one gentleman say in a most unfeeling manner , that " he did not care who took his cat away , or what became of it , for that he could get a kitten .

Now I , on behalf of the cats , protest against this most unfair and improper use of things , and this cruel repudiation of one who has ornamented the home of her patron and has been so useful and so friendly . Hoping that you will support our cause , ( not our claws , ) believe me , purringly yours , A DISCONSOLATE CAT .

The Charge Of Political Tendencies Against The French Freemasons.

THE CHARGE OF POLITICAL TENDENCIES AGAINST THE FRENCH FREEMASONS .

As a good deal has been said lately on this topic , we think it only fair to the Grand Oiient of France to publish the circular issued by the Council of the Order to the various Lodges of its obedience . It is perfectly Masonic in

tone and spun , and marks once again , we think it fair to believe , the distinction as between the Grand Orient of France , and individual lodges and brethren . We wish that the Grand Orient of France was in a position of greater clearness and pesiige , with power alike to enforce its orders , and restrain the unwise and utimasonic tendencies of some of its members .

Circulaire aux ateliers ct aux Masons de l'nbedience . Or . de Pari ? ,, le 26 juillct . 18 77 . Tres Chers Frcres , Quelques journaux politiqucs ont public la note suivante : " Les Presidents des Loges maconniques auxquels le Gouverncniente s ' addrcssernit par l'interme'diarc des

Commis « aircs de police ou autres agents , pour connaitre la liste des membres et la composition des Loges , sont prie ' s de signaller imme'diatcnient ctlte intimation des autoritc ' s au Coniite' des Jurisconsultcs . " Bieu que le Consitl de l'Ordrc soit convaincu que les Presidents d'Ateliers comprendrnnt qu ' unc de ' marche de cette nature constituerait de leur part une infraction aux

status et reglements ge-neraux de l'Ordrc , nous croyons iiL-anmoins devoir leur rappcler que le Grand Orient de France , Pouvoir central de la Maconnerie francaise , a seul qualite * pour trailer toutes les questions extcrieures . C ' est a lui que les Ateliers et Its Macons de son Obedience

doivent s adresser toutes les fois qu lis croicnt avoir ii faire une reclamation concernant les actes de I'Autotite civile Agir autrement scrait violcr les lois qui nous re ' gisscnt . Nous cspe ' rons , Tres Chers Frcres , qu'il nous aura sufti d'appeler votre attention surce point , ct nous avons la confiancc que notre rccommandation sera suivie par tous .

Nous saisons cette occasion pour rappe'ler e * galement aux Ateliers qu'il impnrte , autant dans leur propre inte ' ret que dans l'interet gune ' ral de l'Ordre , que les travaux maconniques soient scrupuleusement maintenus dans les limitcs tracecs par la Constitution et les Statutus ge ' - ne ' raux .

Agre ' ez , Tres Chers Frcres , l'assurancc de nos sentiments fraternels . Au nom du Conseil de l'Ordre , Le President , DE SAINT -J EAN . Les Secretaires , CAUIIET-POUI . E .

Reviews.

Reviews .

" An Introduction to Logic , " by W . H . G . M . ; Edited by MAURICE L . MIME , M . A . Dublin , Sullivan Bros . We have received this little book and perused it with pleasure . It recalls ancient days with Aldrich and pleasant studies in Whatcly . We have always been of opinion that " logic , " despite its serious aspects , its popular souvenirs of tedious " Dryasdusts , " or hyper-acute

schoolmen , has a very important part to play in the " curriculum " of all hi g her schools , and is a most needfull and valuable introduction to that mental preparation and that intellectual developement which belong alike to the idle logomachies , the serious contests , and the wordy encounters of life . Therefore we hail gladly a hand-book

to a great science , in a small compass and easy of comprehension , and we trust that the little useful work Bro Hume has so well edited , may have a larger circulation We have also seen some well-merited eulogies of the work , and we fully concur with the following remarks of an able writer : — " The well-known initials , W . H . S . M ., " which appear on the cover of this treatise ,

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is a sufficient guarantee of depth and accuracy . The chapters which the editor has wisely collected originally appeared in Our School Times . Unlike most popular treatises , they were written by a thorough master of the subject , and wc agree with the editor that a work like this is eminently suited for the senior boys in the English department of our superior schools . Any boy capable of

understanding Euclid will understand Aristotelian logic as a practical system , and the writer can still remember the want he felt in a clear explanation of Euclid ' s indirect proofs . No better exercise can be imagined than making boys write out , in logical completeness , portions of Euclid . In this way a boy will acquire the same taste for formal reasoning as a conveyancer does for formal language .

The author's illustrations of formal reasoning are drawn from wei ghty matter , and teach important truths . Examiners may take a lesson from these sheets , and see how a master of his subject avoids far-fetched minutia;—the bane of examiners and the sphere of " cram . " There is quite enough in this manual for any student who wants Logic in itself , and not for its metaphysics and its literature .

We commend the little work to the notice of cur scholastic and student readers . " Fignro at Hastings and St . Leonards . " By CUTHBERT BEDE . Abel Heywood & Son , Manchester . Our old friend , Culhbeit Bede , re-appcars in clearprint and a gay cover . He is as cheery and genial as ever . Perhaps time , which sobers us all alike , has tinged the

"abandon " of other days , with its subduing and restrain , ing hand , and rendered the author of " Verdant Green , " like some old college mates of his , sensible that grey hairs are but the inevitable accompaniment of those years that have elapsed since they assembled in " Hall" or went " up the river , " or followed the " Beagles " or mustered in the grand old " Minster . " Memories of the "Keep , " of

"University House , " of " Cosin ' s Library , " of pleasant " Dons , " of kindly " mates , " of the " Eleven , " and the " Regatta , " will supervene when we are reminded accidentally of ancient days and narrow-strected " Poorm , " by the name of Cuthbert Bede . And if we have a little of a not unnatural—what shall we say ?—well a more tranquil style , we still can discern the pleasant pen and the

cunn . ng pencil of our old and valued acquaintance . " Verdant Green " stands by itself , but we have often laughed over little " morccaux" of Cuthbert Bede , and are smiling gladly at his amusing " experiences " at Hastings to day . Many of us will have memories of a seaside lod ging , where the week ' s rent was eked out by certain " mysterious

extras for linen kitchen fire , gaslight , shoe-blacking and castors , the ' castors' referring to a nickel plated cruet-stand , containing pepper , mustard , vinegar , or ketchup , ( is that the proper way to spell it ) . ' No Sir , ' says Mrs . Flitterling , 'Catsup , if you please . ' " Some of us may have had experience in the following conversation : " Why , I thought you said there was a sea

view ! " " No , Sir , " replied Mrs . Flitterling , in a tone that seems to imply that if there had been a sea view , it would have been charged as an " hcxtra " Well , we have laughed , which is something to say in these dull days , over the facetious pages of our " obi familiar friend , " and we recommend " Figaro at Hastings " to all whom the cares of life , the chaos of society , or the

troubles of advancing years have not made grave instead of gay , dull instead of jocose , depressed instead of cheery . " Tempus fugit , " and with it the gayer dreams of college life . We who are old and grey , gouty " and grumbling , today , are often unable to enter into the fun and frolic of the past , but look on sadly and gravely to that great change which transmutes the golden hours of youth with th '

alloy of older and later and weary hours . But some of us may find in cheery sketches and pleasant words an antidote to many a care , and refreshment alike amid the cares of business , or the toils of literature , the voice of a wife , and the shrill cries of a baby . Yes , married men and bachelors alike cin find in Cuthbert Bede ' s contribution to our serial literature , something which will lighten up the changed f ice or the troubled brow with a passing g leam of " Auld lang sync .

"Geoffrey Olivar . t ' s Folly . " By Mrs . GEonriE LiNS . i ' . rs BANKS . J . Allingham , 29 , Farringdon-street . This little story is effectively told , and will have an interest for many 1 f our readers , for whom similar tales , with a touch of the " sensational " in them have now so great a charm . For ourselves , we do not , wc confess , believe in either tho sensational or the weird , the

grotesque or the abnormal , and we cannot but fancy that the hour of startling episodes or unprecedented occurrences has struck at last , and that if we are to retain the attention of our young generation that we must go back to the real and the veritable , the actual and the possible . Now , we

do not say that Geoffrey Olivant ' s Folly sins in the respects of sensationalism ; on the contrary , we consider the moral an excellent one , and we warmly commend the little tale to that large class of our readers , which is g lad to take up a story for the passing hours , to amuse and to gratify , and let us hope to improve and to edify .

" La Chaine d'Union . " la Chaine d'Union for September is before us , and we congratulate warmly our confrere , Bro . Hubert , on its interesting pages , and its valuable Masonic intelligence . We rejoice to note that Bro . Hubert and ourselves agree as

to our estimate alike of tbe tendencies of the present incidents in French Freemasonry , and in respect of the true principles of our Cosmopolitan Order generally . Like Bro . Hubert we always feci toleration , which some do not , for aMifferent and even divergent " point de mire , " and therefore we must always make " allowances" when we