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secration , the dedication of halls , laying foundation stones , & c , & c , being superadded . The whole constitutes , as we have said , a pocket Masonic Jurisprudence , and we must take this opportunity of congratulating Bro . Kelly on the proof he has given us that " presumption " in the case of a skilled Craftsman is rather more than less welcome when it makes itself apparent by the publication of such unpretentious little volumes as this "Freemasons' Pocket Companion . "

CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR THE PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX , 1 SS 6 . Edited by Bro . HENRY LOVEGROVE , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . Published at 26 , Budge-row , E . C . Bro . Lovegrove ' s Calendar will compare favourably with the other provincial calendars which are published annually . It contains full particulars of the lodges and chapters in

the province , the Officers and P . M . ' s—in the case of chapters the P . Z . ' s—being given in each case , and a list of the Mark lodges in the Province of Middlesex and Surrey . There is also furnished an account of the inaugural meeting of the Province , and lists of the Prov . G . Officers of the home Provinces of Kent , Surrey , Berks and Bucks , and Herts . The particulars appear to be described

accurately , and there is evidence throughout that Bro . Lovegrove has spared no pains to make his Calendar worthy of the province . It must be added that the profits , if any , arising out of the publication , will be appropriated to the benefit of the Masonic Charities , of which Middlesex is so regular and so generous a supporter . There is reason , therefore , to hope that it will be received with favour by Bro . Lovegrove's brethren .

YOUNG DVYS OF AUTHORS . By ASCOTT R . HOPE . With Illustrations . London : J OHN' HOUG , Paternoster-row . flu ' s is essentially a boy ' s book , and among those who love to read of stirring adventures will be received with immense favour . Mr . Ascott Hope , who is an author of considerable repute , has an easy and agreeable way of

narrating his stories . The reader somehow feels he is at home in the scenes that are described , and almost fancies that he is taking part in what is happening . The first story , " Boys in Arms , " is derived from a French sourcea history of a Breton College in the time of the first French Empire—by A . F . Rio , and relates to the days and doings of the Chouans , those brave and determined friends of the

Ij ., urbon dynasty . It is full of stirring scenes , in which the author himself took part . In the second tale is described the boyhood of Heine ; the hero of the next is Captain Basil Hall , who figures as "A Midshipman of the Old School , " and through whom we get an insight into naval life in the days of the long war . Following him we have similar sketches of Alfieri , the Italian poet— "A Youth of Fame and Fortune "—Mr . William Hutton of

Birmingham—Mrs . Grant of Laggan—depicted as "A Scotch Lassie in America , " in which ate depicted several scenes in European warfare with the Indians , and two other tales . There are several illustrations , and the scenes in several of the stories are of so stirring a character that , as we have said , the volume cannot fail to be a very popular one . In fact , even the grown-up children will find it readable when they want to spend an hour or so leisurely .

"IN PERILS OFTV' Romantic Biographies illustrative of the Adv nturer ' s Life . By VV . H . DAVENPORT ADAMS . With sixteen illustrations . London : J HOGG , Paternoster-row . Mr . Davenport Adams enjoys the reputation of being a successful writer . His works are numerous , and they have deservedly won him much fame , so that even apart from

the natural and exciting character of the subjects described , that would be a good reason to anticipate a readable volume from the pen of so practised a writer . The subjects have been well chosen and show , as the author points out in his preface , "that even in our prosaic and materialistic nineteenth century , the romantic is not very far from our path , and is easily to be found by those who seek it . "

It is well that such biographies as are told in these pages should be made public as much as possible . There is far too great a tendency nowadays to measure everything by a money value , to look at matters affecting the honour of the country—which is contemptuously spoken of as a mere sentiment—as of no account whatever . Mr . Adams has done well to include such personages as the late Admiral

the Earl of Dundonald , Sir Sidney Smith , Lieutenant Schwatka , Sir Samuel Baker , and , above all , that splendid hero , General Gordon , in his biographical sketches . It does one good to read about these grand men , and as the story of their adventures is told by Mr . Adams , it makes one wish that the world was more heedful of them . There are some few illustrations , which are well

done , but illustrations are not intended to be the strong point in a volume of this kind , which must contain wellwiitten accounts of stirring adventure , and the more exciting the adventures and the better the style in which they are told , the more popular are they likely to become . This book by Mr . Adams fulfils the conditions referred to , and we have an idea it will be among the most acceptable gift books of the season . It deserves to be so undoubtedly .

ONE THING AT A TIME . By ETHEL COXO . V , Madame COLOMB , Mrs . M . DOUGLAS , and others . With 23 Illustrations by A . Chantrey , Corbould , A . VV . Cooper , Harriet Bennett , and others . London : J HOGG , Paternoster-row . Tlvs H a series of stories , of which the first in order"One Thing at a Time "—is by Madame Colomb ; while

" Say Well is a Good Word , but Do Well is a Better , " coming next , is by Ethel Coxon ; and " Beauty is but Skin Deep , " by Conway Edleston , is the third . They are a good class of stories , and very suitable for young people , by whom , no doubt , they will be eagerly sought , and still more eagerly read . The merit shown in the seven stories is about on a level ; but Madame Colomb ' s—No . 1—in

which she sets forth the advantages of having and holding by a certain " Rule of Conduct "—that of doing " One Thing at a Time "; Ethel Coxon ' s descri p tion of " A Brave Boy ' s Trials" in No . 2 ; and Walter Clinton ' s story of " The Best Suit , " in No . 7 , will compare favourably with most of those of their kind which appear at this season . The illustrations are worthy of the letterpress .

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EVERY CLOUD HAS ITS SILVER LINING , and other Proverb Stories for Boys and Girls . First series . By Mrs . J . H . RIDDLE , & c . With 36 Illustratrations by H . W . COOPER and other artists . London : J HOGG , Paternoster-row . It is a very popular form of writing , that of illustrating some better or less well-known proverb by an appropriate

story , nor is it without this further advantage , that young children often see more clearly the drift of a proverb , when they have before them a direct application of it to actual or ideal life . The eight stories which are _ included _ in this volume , told by different authors , are capitally written , all the proverbs selected for illustration being of a healthy character , and some of them , such as " Every Cloud has its Silver Lining , " to which is annexed the place of honour ;

" Handsome is as Handsome does , " and " A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed , " tolerably familiar even to young readers . The stories are skilfully contrived , and it would be difficnlt to find a similar set of eight which would better fulfil the purpose of the volume . Here again , the illustrations are extremely well done , the artists , like the writers , being worthy of great praise for their skill in drawing , and the refined character of their conceptions . We congratulate Bro . Hogg on publishing so worthy a gift book .

THE BURDETT MARCH . Composed by G . S . GRAHAM . London ; CHARLES SEATON , Handel House , Peckham Rye , S . E . This is a very spirited composition , and does great credit even to such musical ability as Bro . G . S . Graham is known to possess . It is dedicated , by permission , to R . W . Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . Middlesex , who must feel complimented by the dedication .

IN THIS OUR CALM RETREAT . Mason ' s Song-. Words by Bro . P . SAMPSON , Lodge No . 329 ; music by VV . A . HOWELLS , Associate of the Royal Academy of Music . London : W . MORLEY & Co ., 269 , Regentstreet , VV ., and 70 , Upper-street , N . Bro . P . Sampson ' s words read well and tunefully , and

have been well set to music by W . A . Howells . We have , unfortunately , by no means a large repertory of really good songs , and we consider the Craft is much indebted to Bro . Sampson for having furnished one which has been so well set to music by Mr . Howells , and which , by its genuine Masonic ring , will doubtless excite the enthusiasm of the brethren .

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MOIRA LODGE ( No . 92 ) . —The anniversary festival of this lodge was held on Monday , the 7 th inst ., at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgatestreet . Present : Bros . Bertram Noakes , W . M . ; W . Bohm , l . P . M . ; Alfred Dent , S . W . ; S . Shorter , J . W . ; A . Pringle , S . D . ; R . M . Tweedie , I . G . —P . M . ' s Josiah Houle , Sec ; E . Home , R . F . Gould , VV . Noakes , G . C . Andrew , H . M . Carter , and T . L . Wilkinson , Treas . ; also the following brethren ,

G . Reid , VV . Kidner , S . Griener , M . F . Tweedie , A . G , Rogers , F . D . Barnes , J . Chappell , J . A . Maitland , J . P . Murrough , and VV . Elgood . Among the visitors were Bros . W . H . Read , D . G . M . Eastern Archipelago ; Admiral of the Fleet Sir H . Keppel , G . C . B .. 50 S ; Vice-Admiral Sir W . Hewitt , K . C . B ., 237 ; Colonel Sir Charles Warren , G . C . M . G ., 27 S ; Rear-Admiral Mayne , C . B ., 104 S ; R . H . Giraud , P . G . D . ; G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ; P . A .

Myburgh , Q . C ., 1610 ; H . C . Wilson , VV . M . 77 ; C . Charlesworth , 357 ; Major-General Tweedie , 161 ; | . VV . Waldron , P . M . 13 S 3 ; J . E . Daly , 2 S 3 ( I . C . ); W . H . Hooker , 1670 ; VV . Harwood , 570 ; R . D . Armstrong , 1563 ; E . Stimson , is ; E . Dent , 150 G ; H . Jotling , 1731 ; L . C . Lumley , No . 1 1 R . Sheriff , 1 C 6 ; R . H . Martin , P . M . 70 S ; W . Walks , 91 C ; J . G . Gardner , 657 ; H . Langridge , VV . M . 1627 ; H . M . Crookenden , 357 ; J . H .

Coorst ; F . Chappee , 3 S 2 ; H . S . Morris , H . M . Phillips , P . M . 3 ; W . Harris ; M . P . Evans , 570 ; J . A . Crookenden , 1719 ; R . Jones ; E . Roberts , 1464 ; H . Kingsmill , 1494 ; J . E . Jones , 2005 ; F . Williams , S 22 ; H . C . Barker , 21 ; J . D . Jones , 93 ; and C . Dent , 10 . The VV . M . elect , Bro . Alfred Dent , having been duly installed according to ancient form by Bro . Houle , P . M ., the following officers were invested , viz .: Bros . B . Noakes ,

l . P . M . ; S . Shorter , S . W . ; A . Pringle , J . W . ; T . L . Wilkinson , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Houle , P . M ., Sec ; R . VV . Tweedie , S . D . ; N . D . Cohen , J . D . ; and j . Greiner , l . G . " Hearty good wishes " having been very generally expressed in the room , as well as by telegram from Lieut .-Colonel Sir Norman Pringle , Bart ., South Staffordshire Regiment , Assouan ( Nile)—an absent member—the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a

sumptuous banquet , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts met with due and fervid response . Bro . Giraud , P . G . D ., returned thanks for " The Grand Officers . " To the toast of " Brethren who have done Good Service across the Seas , " Admiral of the Fleet Sir H . Keppel , in the course of some interesting remarks , which , however , were very imperfectly heard , expressed his pleasure at

being present , and added that the brethren would be glad to hear that the navy , although far short of what it ought to be , was gradually improving . Our ships , it is true , are no longer built of oak , but the hearts of our seamen are the same as of yore , and for gallantry we have a specimen in Bro . Hewitt , who would rather require holding back than encouragement to fight . The gallant guest , so distinguished in South Africa—Bro . Sir C . Warren—will doubtless include in his speech many points upon which I am unable to dilate .

But it affords me much gratification , VV . M ., tobepresent at your installation , and it is a further pleasure to see amongst my brother visitors my old friend and brother—W . H . Read—by whom I was admitted as a brother of Lodge Zetland in the East fully 43 years ago . Sir Charles Warren , who next responded , said : Brethren —I am much gratified to have the honour of replying to the toast , because 1 am deeply impressed with the good done by Masonry in foreign lands , and the important feature it is in bringing together so many who would not otherwise have

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an opportunity of knowing each other , and generally in knotting together our colonies with the mother country . I do not think that even Freemasons themselves are at all aware of the important work done by Masonry in keeping peace in the world , and preventing quarrels arising . I first drew breath as a Mason about 2 G years ago at Gibraltar ; it is difficult to say exactly who one's ancestors in Masonry are , but I should be inclined to say that Bro . Sergeant Irwin

( now Major Irwin ) stood as Masonic father , and Bro . P . M . Gould as grandfather , and I may say of them that their names were household words on the Rock of Gibraltar for many years on account of their Masonic work , and I can speak most strongly of the important effect Masonry had at Gibraltar in binding together harmoniously officers , soldiers , and inhabitants . I believe that Masonry has a great effect for good in assisting to keep up discipline in our Army .

In Palestine Masonry brought together persons of different races and creeds , who were otherwise not likely to have met , and 1 may mention among others whose acquaintance I made the name of Herr Petermann , of Berlin , the distinguished occidental linguist . While grubbing among the ruins of the temple of King Solomon , I had ample opportunity of observing the good work of Masons in Palestine , and my thanks are due to many for the valuable assistance they

gave me in my work . On one occasion I had the pleasure of assisting in opening a lodge in a cavern which runs nearly under the old temple , the members of which , though few in number , represented the East and West . There was an Englishman , an American , a German , a Frenchman , an Armenian , and a Greek , and also a Hebrew ; while in the Holy Land I had the chance of realising the practical benefits of Masonry . I was over on the east of Jordan with

some Bedouins , when Reschid Pasha , the Muschir 6 f Damascus , came down upon them with his army ; there was a party of Greek Christians in the village of Esalt , whose lives and property were certain to be lost between the two belligerents . They asked me to endeavour to assist them . 1 wrote to Reschid Pacha , who was a Mahomedan , to beg of him , as a brother Mason , to do what he could to assist these Greek Christians , and he attended to the matter

at once , and when he captured Esalt he put guards on their houses , so that not only their lives but their property were preserved intact . During the Egyptian campaign in 1 SS 2 I had the honour of serving under the Admiralty , under the orders ofj Bro . Sir William Hewitt , a thorough good Mason , and had an opportunity of seeing what an important element Masonry is in assisting and bringing all together in aid of one common object . I feel very grateful

to Sir William Hewitt for the manner in which he rendered me every possible assistance in my quest after the remains of Professor Palmer and his party in the desert of Arabia . In South African life Masonry plays a very important part . At a very critical period last year , when race feeling was so strong that Dutch and Germans would scarcely meet Englishmen socially on any common footing , I wasenabled , through Masonry , to meet many who otherwise would

have been strangers to me , and to ascertain their views and opinions ; and I ascribe the recent peaceful solution of the South African difficulties to be in no small manner due to the good effect of Masonry . I was enabled on my return to England through the large towns of South Africa to notice this particularly , for I received addresses from the lodges at Kimberley , Bloemfontein , Craddock , Grahamstown , and Port Elizabeth ,

and had the pleasure at those lodges to meet brethren who assured me of their good wishes , but whose political or other positions would not allow of their assisting in ordinary public demonstrations . And I would point with satisfaction to the fact that President Brand , of the Orange Free State , who in times past so greatly assisted to preserve peace in South

Africa , is a leading and prominent member of the Craft . In conclusion , I may say how pleased I am to be called upon to respond to this toast , as I feel so strongly the importance of Freemasonry in bringing together our brethren of the colonies and the mother country , and in assisting in knotting together our great Empire , in whose prosperity we are all so much interested .

Vice-Admiral Sir W . Hewitt , who was the last to reply , feelingly alluded to the great benefits of Freemasonry , and mentioned having assisted at the actual construction of a lodge in South Africa . The toast of the evening , "The Memory of Earl Moira , the Patron of the Lodge , " was then introduced by Bro . T . L . Wilkinson , Past Master , who said : Biethren , —The W . M . has entrusted me with his gavel , and directed

me to propose to you the next toast , that which is in this lodge and on this occasion the toast of the evening . It is the memory of the illustrious man whose name this lodge bears . Seventy-two years ago—in the year 1813—when the struggle for the Premiership , vacant by the death of Mr . Percival , had been ended by the appointment of Lord Liverpool to the office of Prime Minister , and the appointment of Lord Moira to the combined offices of

Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of India , this lodge , to mark its sense of Lord Moira ' s services to this country and to the Craft , elected him their Patron , called the lodge by his name , and ordained that this , our installation meeting , should be held on his birthday . And it has long been our custom to drink this toast and recall for our own edification those splendid services , and rarely has it been more fitting that this should be done than this evening , when we have

placed a brother in the chair who is so honourably known in Eastern enterprise , and when wc have amongst us some of the most famous seamen of any times who have sailed on Eastern seas . Brethren , it has been given to few here to perform services more worthy of being remembered than those of Lord Moira—whilst a boy he first became known for the skill and valour with which at Bunker ' s Hill he led his company into the enemy ' s

entrenchment under a rifle fire so deadly that it has become historical . Forty years later , the attention of all Europe was attracted by the skill of the combinations which enabled him to crush Ghorka , Mahratta , and Pindaree , and made England mistress of the wide realm which stretches from the walls of Hyderabad to the frontiers of Nepaul . Between these periods Lord Moira saw much and varied service as a soldier , and , although it was his fortune to

serve in many campaigns disastrous to English arms and unpopular with the English people , yet he retained the confidence of his countrymen , and gained the reputation of being one of the most capable Englishmen that ever led soldiers to victory . The military reputation of Lord Moira would have been more widespread even than it is were it not that , besides being a soldier , he was a statesman in the highest sense of the word , and a great Parliamentary leader . And then it came to pass that during the