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Now ready , with Index and Preface , in Twelve Imperial Folio Paits , js . each , or bound in one handsome volume , £ 3 . THE FREEMASONS' LIBER MUSICUS , Dedicated by express permission to H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF AVALES , Past Grand Master of England and AVales . Edited by Dn . AVILLIAM SPARK , P . P . G . O ., W . Y . —398 . This AVork contains 215 pp . and 118 Musical Compositions suitable for nil the Ceremonies of the Masonic Order ; First , Second , and Third Degrees ; Consecration and Dedication of I ( alls and Lodges ; Programmes , Toasts , Songs , Trios , Choruses , oic , for Banquets anil other Festive Gatherings ; Laying Foundation or Corner Stones ; Installation ; Mark Masonry ; Royal Arch ; Masonic Funerals ; A ' oluntarics ; Marches , „ c , & c . Notice from the Emiing i \ inil . "Onr Masonic readers arc no strangers to tlie name of Hro . AVilliam Spark , the talented musician ami Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds . In this really great work , now completed , I ) r . Spark , has shown his E rcat tact and judgmen' by fompletinj * and compiling for thc Masonic brethren a complete library « f musical , ( compositions of the choicest ' •' nu . lish and lbrei [* H works , anciimt , traditional , * nodcrn , rocal , and instrumental , by thc best c « mposers . It comprise * Masouic anthem ? , installation odes , dedicanon music , responses , openin } -, i-Win 1-, and intermediate music for all deiirecs , Th-inksuivini's , funeral odes , marches , songs , duels , banquet music , programmes , voluntaries , and general musical directions , arranged lor voices and organ , pianoforte , or liarmruiuin . " 'Ihe Freemasons' Liber Musicus " is issued with the concurrence of many influential Masonic Lodges , and under thc distinguished patronage and support of thc Most Worshipful the ( Jrawd Masters of l ^ uglaiui , Wales , . Scotland , anil 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 , lias had Ihe valuable co-operation and assistance of thc most di-linguishcd and experienced composers aud organists , members of thc ( -raft . It is brought out iu the highest style of art , is printed from large engraved music plates , and forms a very hanaseme folio volume of" nearly two hundred and twenty pages ! " It deserves the patronage of every Masonic Lodge , both at home and abroad , antl lor its met ils alone it ought to he zealously prized by every brother . As a present to a lodge , nothing could be more useful , valuable , and appropriate . HANDSOME CLOTH COVERS , with gilt lines , and lctfered , for Binding ( similar to those used for the Graphic and Illustrated News ) , piice 5 s . each . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleet-street .

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Second Edition , Now Ready , 1 / 6 . A MASONIC MUSICAL SERVICE . In the key of C . for A ., 'P ., 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 . LONDON . —Geo . Kenning , 198 , Fleet-street ; and 2 , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain . „ R . Snencer , 26 , Great Queen-strcet . LIVEHI ' . —Geo . Kenning , 2 , Monument-place . MANCHESTER . —U . Henry it Co ., 59 , Dcansgate . DUBLIN . —C . lledgejong , 26 , Grafton-street . GLASGOW . —Geo . Kenning , 145 , Argyle-street .

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MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION , BAKER STREET . Now added , PORTRAIT MODELS of SIR GARNET WOLSELEY , the Three Judges in the Tichborne Trial , Cockburn , Mellor , and Lush ; the Shah of Persia , Marshal MacMa-hon , M . Thiers , and the late Mr . Charles Dickens . Admission is . Children under ten , Od . Extra Rooms , 6 d . Open from ten a . m . to ten pan

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Now ready , i 2 mo ., 208 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 lott traced from } he land ot their captivity to their occupation of the Isles of the Sea . With an exhibition ot those traits of character ami national characteristics assigned to Israel in the Books of the Hebrew Prophets , by Bro . AVM . CAI-PENTED , Author of " Scientia Biblica , " " Scripture Natural History , " " Guide to the Heading of the Bible , " " Lectures on Biblical Criticism and Interpretation , " "A Popular Introduction to tlie Bible , " " Tlie Biblical Companion , " " Critiea Biblica , " " Calendarium Palestine , " "An Introduction to the Reading and Study of the English Bible , " ami 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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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 . 31 ) 3 , 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 the vindication and support of the Order . Office , IQ 8 , Fleet-street .

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THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY , FROM ITS ORIGfN TO 'PIIE PRESENT DAY . Drawn from the best sources and tlie most recent investigations . BY J . G . FINDEL , Second Edition , Revised , and Preface written b y Bro . D . MURRAY LYON . One vol ., 800 pages 8 vo ., with an Index . Cloth gilt . Price , ios . 6 d . "This book is a strictly historical one , from which all is excluded that is not based upon ascertained or probable fact . "—liitilder . "Of its value to Fiecmasons , as a detailed history of their Brotherhood , it is not possible to speak too highly . "Public Opinion . ' •The author seems to have fairly exhausted thc subject . "—The Athenaeum . " Thc edition we are now considering is a second English edition , which had 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 work on Freemasonry which has yet appeared , and that he deserves the greatest credit for his careful and accurate treatment of all evidence on the subject , and for his honest desire after truth . Bro . Findel gives up in the view lie has so clearly and consistently put foith our early Masonic history , the older theoiy ;; f thc Roman Colleges , & c , and limits the origin of Freemasonry to about the twelfth century , and as then aiising from the operative Masons , and specially the " Steinmeitzcn" and " Bauliutten" 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 Freemasons wcie , at a very early period , organized into lodges with a Master over them , and with outward regulations and inner ceremonies peculiar to tlie Craft . Bro . Findel rejects all the views which have been from time to time put forward of a Templar or a Rosicrucian origin . Whether or no Bro , Findel ' s theory of the date of the rise of Freemasonry be correct , matters very little : we do not ourselves profess to accept it ; but this we can fairly say of Bro Findel's work , it is marked from first to last hy the most remarkable token of industry , ability , and care , of patient research , and of skilful criticism . We know of no woik which so clearly sets before us our amount of knowledge up to the present time on the great i | uestkm of Masonic Archiuology , and there can be little doubt that what Preston ' s work is to English Freemasonry , Findel's work is to cosmopolitan Freemasonry . Indeed no ktudent 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 thc work is bought up for America ,- anil we believe that no Mason will rise from the perusal of its pages without a higher idea both of the historical truth ami intiinsic value of Freemasonry , and of fraternal regard and recognition to the latest anil not the least well-informed or effective of our Masonic histoiians . The present century has produced no such eiju . il , in authority and usefulness , to the great work of our Bro . Findel , and we wish him and it , in all of fraternal sympathy and kindly intent , many earnest readers , and more grateful students . "—The Masonic Magaxine . "This volume is the histoiyof Masonry par excellence Every interested person may regard it , therefore , as the present text-book on the subject . "—Manchester Guardian London : GEORGE KENNING , 19 S , Fleet Street .

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THE MARK MASONS' SONG , Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Earl Percy , M . P ., 30 ° , Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for Northumberland . Most Worshipful Grand Mark Master Mason of England . Words b y Bro . T . Burdett Yeoman , Original Mark Lodge No . 1 ., composed by Bro . Henry Parker , Original Mark LodgeNo . 1 . Office . inS . Flr-r-f . ' -frrrl " .

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In the Press , will shortly be Published . Price 5 s ., Svo , handsomel y bound . THE LIFE OF CONSTANTINE . Written in Greek , by EUSEUIUS PAMPILUS , ( Bishop of C * -esarca in Palestine ) . Done into English from that edition , set forth by VAI . USIUS , and printed in Paris in the year i 6 . * J 9 . Preface by Bios . R . W entworth Little , Treas . Gen ., and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain . Wilh Engravings of Constantine ; the Duke of Sussex , P . G . Sov . ; Lord Rancliffe , P . G . Sov . ; Earl Bective , M . P ., M . I . G . Sov . ; Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart ., M . P ., G . V ., & c , & c . London : GEORGE KENNING , 19 S , Fleet-street .

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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , MAY 16 , 1874 .

The Irish Grand Lodge.

THE IRISH GRAND LODGE .

We have reason to believe , that , some objection is still entertained among the rulers of thc Irish Grand Lodge , to the report of Grand Lodge proceedings and private lodge business

altogether . The Freemason is printed and published with the sanction of our own Grand Master , and the approval of the Grand Master of Scotland , but has never yet received the formal" imprimatur , "

of the Grand Master of Ireland . It has been said , that , a technical objection has been taken , that , we have never formally applied for the formal granting of such " leave

and license . " If that is the only difficulty , if that is the unique fault we have committed , we are quite ready to cry " peccavi / ' and apply formally for the permission and patronage of the much respected

chief of Irish Masonry , our venerable brother the Duke of Leinster . But the truth is , we believe the objection lies a little deeper , and is based on an entirely

diiFerent foundation . There is , we fear , a prima fueie opposition to all reporting , and practically to all printing of Masonic proceedings , except , such as take place

in public , and all Reporting of lodge work , under all circumstances , and yet with a curious inconsistency , while The Freemason , the only Masonic journal at . present existing , or circulating in

Ireland , is objected to for reporting at all , and receives neither aid nor information , we see from time to time long reports of Masonic proceedings alike in Grand and private lodge , both in Stiundeis ' s News Letter , and several other

non-Masonic papers , which though they do not emanate from authority professedly , yet seem what the foreign papers would term practically ' ¦ communiques " of some well-informed and

gifted brother ! Why then is this ? What has The Freemason done to be left out in the cold ? or why should its enterprising publisher not be able to print from time to time

properly authenticated reports of the Irish Grand Lodge and private lodge proceedings ? The Freemason is intended to be the one leading Craft organ alike for England , Scotland , and Ireland , and why should we not be able to tell