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THE MASONIC MAGAZINE .
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS .
"The Masonic Magazine , a new-comer amongst magazines , appears likely to fill satisfactorily the position to -which it aspires , as a monthly digest of Fremasonry . A goodly list of
contributors is announced , and the articles appear , as a whole , to be well written , and full of interest to members of the Craft . "—City Press , Sept .
13 th . "The Masonic Magazine is a ntw experiment , and it will no doubt meet with support from the brotherhood . This number contains seme fair writing , and acquaints us with certain facts that
would make us more favourably disposed towards Freemasonry . Ihe systematic benevolence of the Order is very noticeable . For example , we have here figures showing that the Relief Lodge No . 1 , of New Orleans has ,
during the last- eighteen years , distributed £ 11 , 028 , and if the lodges throughout the world do their benevolence in anything like proportionate measure , the Masonic brotherhood distributes altogether an immense sum annually
Bro . J . G . Findel writes an attractive paper , with some new facts evidently , on " Freemasonry in Germany . "—Nonconformist , September 3 rd , 1873 . We have received a copy of this new
periodical , published by Mr . George Kenning , at 198 , Fleet-street , as a monthly digest of Freemasonry in all its branches , and as supplemental to the Freemason , a weekly publication by the same proprietor . This magazine is under the
patronage of the Marquis of Ripon , K . G ., Grand Master , England , the Earl of llosslyn , Grand Master Mason , and the Earl of Dalhousie , Past Grand Master Mason , Scotland , Colonel Francis Burdett , representative of Grand Lodge , Masters 01
Ireland , and tlie uranu many foreign Grand Lodges . The present number , which is highly promising , opens with an intprestimr essav " On the Present Position of
English Freemasonry , " by Bro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C ., 1 and contains much other matter of interest to the Craft , which , in the quaint ' words of a former generation , has been so ennobled that
"Great kings , dukes , and lords , Have laid by their swords , ' - Our myst ' ry to put a good grace on ; < And ne ' er been ashamed To hear themselves named . <
With a Free and an Accepted Mason . " We cordially wish success to this new literary effort . —London Mirror . " It is devoted to the interests of the ' Order , ' and gives promise of considerable ability . "Northern Ensign , July 17 th .
"We hail a new magazine , devoted to the noble purpose of improving the knowledge and enunciating the princi ples of Freemasonry , with a fraternal greeting . The present work is well got up and ably edited , and the cost sixpence per
month . —Pembrokeshire Advertiser , July 17 th . " This magazine will be welcomed by all Masons as containing a monthl y digest of Freemasonry in all its branches . "—Peterborough Advertiser , July 19 th .
" \\ e commend the magazine to the notice of all who have the objects of Freemasonry at heart . "—Ross Gazette , July , 10 th .
The magazine is intended to give a monthly digest of Freemasonry in all its branches , and the first number is very promising . "—Western Dail y Mercury , July 18 th .
"There are several other matters pertaining to the Order , and we anticipate a successful career for the enterprise . "—Freeman ' s Exeter Flying Post , July 23 rd .
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"This is anew monthly , which we confidently expect will be hailed with delight by the numerous "Brethren of the Mystic Tie , " as a seasonable addition to Masonic literature . A casual glance at the list of contributros will show the names of many who have , long before
now , made their mark in the literary world on Masonic and non-masonic subjects , and enables us to augur for the new venture a long and successful career . The first paper , by Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , sets before the reader in a clear and succinct manner the wonderful
antiquity of the Craft , and the vast progress it had made in modern days . As an illustration of the author ' s style our readers will , perhaps , allow us to quote the following passage on the "Universality of the Craft : — "Forstrangethough it be in itself as a fact , Freemasonry has been
found alike in the most civilised and the most uncivilised portions of the world , amid the Arabs of the East , and the Esquimaux of the North , among the aborigines of Australia and North America , as well amid the more polished communities of Europe and Asia . It is not an
exaggeration to add that Freemasonry exists in all the four quarters of the globe . Its marks and symbols are traced on the cave of Elephanta and the Temples of Mexico , on the mi ghty cathedrals and ecclesiastical buildings of all Europe , as well as on the Roman wall , on the
Egyptian pyramid , on the remains of Grecian shrines , and the debris of Syrian buildings , on the internal decorations still visible through the whitewash of St . Sophia , and on the underground passages , and skillfully constructed crypts of that sacred building at Jerusalem , so well
known to all Freemasons , and still dear to the memory and the heart of some traveller and p ilgrim from a far shore , as it was to tt ose who once worshipped in a happier time within its ever holy walls . " Space does not allow us to notice the other papers—in prose and
versealthough equally interesting ; and we can only recommend our readers to take a dip into the magazine for themselves , and we arc well assured they will not regret doing so , but we may be excused for hinting that the enterprising
and intelligent publisher would make his work still more perfect by paying more attention to the operations of Freemasonry in Scotland and Ireland , not confining the magazine articles to a chronicle of the Craft in England . —Co / eraine Chronicle , Aug . 30 th .
We are in receipt of the first number of "The Masonic Magazine : A Monthl y Digest of Freemasonry in all its Branches , " published by Bro . Kenning , of London . In looking at this new Masonic favour , we are struck with the goodly promise that it gives us of the future . Among
the list of its contributors we find the names of Hughan , Findel , Lyon , Paton , Woodford , and many others , who have alread y done good servite in the field of Masonic literature ; and doubtless will do still more in the pages of the " Masonic Magazine . " The present contains
many important and instructive articles , one of which , on " Systematic Masonic Benevolence , " by Bro . Hughan , we shall transfer to our next number , because its account of the Louisiana Relief Lodge isepecially interesting to American readers . We hope that the " Masonic
Magazine " will meet with a large patronage on this side of the water . The terms for American subscribers are nine shillings per annum , payable in advance . " George Kenning , 198 Fleet Street , London . "—Mackay ' s National Freemason , Aug . 1873 .
We have received the first number ( July ) of a most important monthly , published by Bro . George Kenning , of London , of which the title in full reads as follows : — " The Masonic
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Magazine ; a monthly Digest of Freemasonry in all its Branches . Under the patronage of the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., M . W . Grand Master , England ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , the M . W . Grand Master Mason ;
the Earl of Dalhousie , K . T . ; the M . W . Past Grand Master Mason , Scotland ; Col . Francis Burdett , Representative for Grand Lodge of Ireland ; and the Grand Masters of many Foreign Grand Lodges . " The list of
contributors is very ample , including well-known writers and prominent Masons , not only in various parts of Great Britain , but also Paris and Leipzig . The two leading articles in the present number are "The Present Position of
English Freemasonry , " by the Rev . A . F A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain , and "The New United Orders" ( of Knights Templar ) , by Joseph H . Woodworth . The crowded state of
our columns compels us to omit further reference to this magazine , and to these articles , so interesting to American Masons and Templars . In our next we shall hope to give at least an abstract . "—Frcemaso ? is' Repository , Aug . i . ^ th .
The first number of this magazine , issued by Bro . George Kenning , at the offices of The Freemason , has reached us , and bears evidence of careful editorial supervision . We have attentively ' perused the contents , and have no hesitation
in saying that it has a legitimate claim upon the consideration of the Craft at home and abroad . The articles are well written , and cannot fail to interest those for whose special delectation it is
designed . In future numbers the introduction of a few short notes upon current events in the Masonic world would be to the reader an acceptable feature . "—Sunday Times , July 20 th .
" The magazine has begun well , and the immense popularity of the Order is perhaps one of the best guarantees of its success . " - —North Norfolk and Yarmouth Constitutionalist , July 19 th .
" 1 here are several contributions of a nature tending to interest Freemasons , and by this body the publication will , doubtless , be well patronized . —North IFills Herald , July roth .
"We need not , however , run through the whole of the articles , which make up the number , but would merely add that the affair is well got up , and deserving of success . "—Norwich Argus , July , 1873 .
" Societies and customs , such as those connected with Freemasionry , have a curious and highly interesting history , and the present magazine bids fair to provide valuable sketches of their past and present condition . "—Nottingham Pai / y Guardian , July 18 th .
" All the articles are well written and interesting . "—Orkney Herald , July 9 th . "The first number is full of promise and full of interest . Such a magazine will supply a great want in the Masonic world . "—Poole and South
Western Herald , July 17 th . "The " Masonic Magazine" undoubtedly possesses many attractions which Masonic readers will not fail to appreciate . "—Somerset County Herald , July 19 th .
" We have great pleasure in commending it to the notice of the Masonic brethren as being a first-class magazine . —Ryde News , July 19 th . "It deserves commendation , and is likely to receive a cordial reception . "—South Wales Weekly
Telegrain , July nth . " The entire contents will be of great interest to the Masonic reader . "—Staffordshire Daily Sentinel , July 15 th . " It will no doubt , be welcomed b y all members of the Craft "—Stroud News , Aug . 8 th .
Oi'i'icES : —London , 198 , Fleet-street ; Liverpool , 2 , Monument-place ; Dublin , 26 , Grafton-street ; Glasgow , 108 , Renfield-street . Primed and Published hy the Proprietor , Brother G EORGE K ENNING , at his Offices ; i 4 S Flcet-strcet , and 2 , , and 4 , Little Britain ; In the Cl ^ otUmd . n ; rnd . 7 Mo " nume"i ^ er Live 7 pool 7 lnthr County of Lancaster , —SATURDAY ^ S EPTEMBER 30 , 18 J 3 .
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THE MASONIC MAGAZINE .
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS .
"The Masonic Magazine , a new-comer amongst magazines , appears likely to fill satisfactorily the position to -which it aspires , as a monthly digest of Fremasonry . A goodly list of
contributors is announced , and the articles appear , as a whole , to be well written , and full of interest to members of the Craft . "—City Press , Sept .
13 th . "The Masonic Magazine is a ntw experiment , and it will no doubt meet with support from the brotherhood . This number contains seme fair writing , and acquaints us with certain facts that
would make us more favourably disposed towards Freemasonry . Ihe systematic benevolence of the Order is very noticeable . For example , we have here figures showing that the Relief Lodge No . 1 , of New Orleans has ,
during the last- eighteen years , distributed £ 11 , 028 , and if the lodges throughout the world do their benevolence in anything like proportionate measure , the Masonic brotherhood distributes altogether an immense sum annually
Bro . J . G . Findel writes an attractive paper , with some new facts evidently , on " Freemasonry in Germany . "—Nonconformist , September 3 rd , 1873 . We have received a copy of this new
periodical , published by Mr . George Kenning , at 198 , Fleet-street , as a monthly digest of Freemasonry in all its branches , and as supplemental to the Freemason , a weekly publication by the same proprietor . This magazine is under the
patronage of the Marquis of Ripon , K . G ., Grand Master , England , the Earl of llosslyn , Grand Master Mason , and the Earl of Dalhousie , Past Grand Master Mason , Scotland , Colonel Francis Burdett , representative of Grand Lodge , Masters 01
Ireland , and tlie uranu many foreign Grand Lodges . The present number , which is highly promising , opens with an intprestimr essav " On the Present Position of
English Freemasonry , " by Bro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C ., 1 and contains much other matter of interest to the Craft , which , in the quaint ' words of a former generation , has been so ennobled that
"Great kings , dukes , and lords , Have laid by their swords , ' - Our myst ' ry to put a good grace on ; < And ne ' er been ashamed To hear themselves named . <
With a Free and an Accepted Mason . " We cordially wish success to this new literary effort . —London Mirror . " It is devoted to the interests of the ' Order , ' and gives promise of considerable ability . "Northern Ensign , July 17 th .
"We hail a new magazine , devoted to the noble purpose of improving the knowledge and enunciating the princi ples of Freemasonry , with a fraternal greeting . The present work is well got up and ably edited , and the cost sixpence per
month . —Pembrokeshire Advertiser , July 17 th . " This magazine will be welcomed by all Masons as containing a monthl y digest of Freemasonry in all its branches . "—Peterborough Advertiser , July 19 th .
" \\ e commend the magazine to the notice of all who have the objects of Freemasonry at heart . "—Ross Gazette , July , 10 th .
The magazine is intended to give a monthly digest of Freemasonry in all its branches , and the first number is very promising . "—Western Dail y Mercury , July 18 th .
"There are several other matters pertaining to the Order , and we anticipate a successful career for the enterprise . "—Freeman ' s Exeter Flying Post , July 23 rd .
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"This is anew monthly , which we confidently expect will be hailed with delight by the numerous "Brethren of the Mystic Tie , " as a seasonable addition to Masonic literature . A casual glance at the list of contributros will show the names of many who have , long before
now , made their mark in the literary world on Masonic and non-masonic subjects , and enables us to augur for the new venture a long and successful career . The first paper , by Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , sets before the reader in a clear and succinct manner the wonderful
antiquity of the Craft , and the vast progress it had made in modern days . As an illustration of the author ' s style our readers will , perhaps , allow us to quote the following passage on the "Universality of the Craft : — "Forstrangethough it be in itself as a fact , Freemasonry has been
found alike in the most civilised and the most uncivilised portions of the world , amid the Arabs of the East , and the Esquimaux of the North , among the aborigines of Australia and North America , as well amid the more polished communities of Europe and Asia . It is not an
exaggeration to add that Freemasonry exists in all the four quarters of the globe . Its marks and symbols are traced on the cave of Elephanta and the Temples of Mexico , on the mi ghty cathedrals and ecclesiastical buildings of all Europe , as well as on the Roman wall , on the
Egyptian pyramid , on the remains of Grecian shrines , and the debris of Syrian buildings , on the internal decorations still visible through the whitewash of St . Sophia , and on the underground passages , and skillfully constructed crypts of that sacred building at Jerusalem , so well
known to all Freemasons , and still dear to the memory and the heart of some traveller and p ilgrim from a far shore , as it was to tt ose who once worshipped in a happier time within its ever holy walls . " Space does not allow us to notice the other papers—in prose and
versealthough equally interesting ; and we can only recommend our readers to take a dip into the magazine for themselves , and we arc well assured they will not regret doing so , but we may be excused for hinting that the enterprising
and intelligent publisher would make his work still more perfect by paying more attention to the operations of Freemasonry in Scotland and Ireland , not confining the magazine articles to a chronicle of the Craft in England . —Co / eraine Chronicle , Aug . 30 th .
We are in receipt of the first number of "The Masonic Magazine : A Monthl y Digest of Freemasonry in all its Branches , " published by Bro . Kenning , of London . In looking at this new Masonic favour , we are struck with the goodly promise that it gives us of the future . Among
the list of its contributors we find the names of Hughan , Findel , Lyon , Paton , Woodford , and many others , who have alread y done good servite in the field of Masonic literature ; and doubtless will do still more in the pages of the " Masonic Magazine . " The present contains
many important and instructive articles , one of which , on " Systematic Masonic Benevolence , " by Bro . Hughan , we shall transfer to our next number , because its account of the Louisiana Relief Lodge isepecially interesting to American readers . We hope that the " Masonic
Magazine " will meet with a large patronage on this side of the water . The terms for American subscribers are nine shillings per annum , payable in advance . " George Kenning , 198 Fleet Street , London . "—Mackay ' s National Freemason , Aug . 1873 .
We have received the first number ( July ) of a most important monthly , published by Bro . George Kenning , of London , of which the title in full reads as follows : — " The Masonic
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Magazine ; a monthly Digest of Freemasonry in all its Branches . Under the patronage of the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., M . W . Grand Master , England ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , the M . W . Grand Master Mason ;
the Earl of Dalhousie , K . T . ; the M . W . Past Grand Master Mason , Scotland ; Col . Francis Burdett , Representative for Grand Lodge of Ireland ; and the Grand Masters of many Foreign Grand Lodges . " The list of
contributors is very ample , including well-known writers and prominent Masons , not only in various parts of Great Britain , but also Paris and Leipzig . The two leading articles in the present number are "The Present Position of
English Freemasonry , " by the Rev . A . F A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain , and "The New United Orders" ( of Knights Templar ) , by Joseph H . Woodworth . The crowded state of
our columns compels us to omit further reference to this magazine , and to these articles , so interesting to American Masons and Templars . In our next we shall hope to give at least an abstract . "—Frcemaso ? is' Repository , Aug . i . ^ th .
The first number of this magazine , issued by Bro . George Kenning , at the offices of The Freemason , has reached us , and bears evidence of careful editorial supervision . We have attentively ' perused the contents , and have no hesitation
in saying that it has a legitimate claim upon the consideration of the Craft at home and abroad . The articles are well written , and cannot fail to interest those for whose special delectation it is
designed . In future numbers the introduction of a few short notes upon current events in the Masonic world would be to the reader an acceptable feature . "—Sunday Times , July 20 th .
" The magazine has begun well , and the immense popularity of the Order is perhaps one of the best guarantees of its success . " - —North Norfolk and Yarmouth Constitutionalist , July 19 th .
" 1 here are several contributions of a nature tending to interest Freemasons , and by this body the publication will , doubtless , be well patronized . —North IFills Herald , July roth .
"We need not , however , run through the whole of the articles , which make up the number , but would merely add that the affair is well got up , and deserving of success . "—Norwich Argus , July , 1873 .
" Societies and customs , such as those connected with Freemasionry , have a curious and highly interesting history , and the present magazine bids fair to provide valuable sketches of their past and present condition . "—Nottingham Pai / y Guardian , July 18 th .
" All the articles are well written and interesting . "—Orkney Herald , July 9 th . "The first number is full of promise and full of interest . Such a magazine will supply a great want in the Masonic world . "—Poole and South
Western Herald , July 17 th . "The " Masonic Magazine" undoubtedly possesses many attractions which Masonic readers will not fail to appreciate . "—Somerset County Herald , July 19 th .
" We have great pleasure in commending it to the notice of the Masonic brethren as being a first-class magazine . —Ryde News , July 19 th . "It deserves commendation , and is likely to receive a cordial reception . "—South Wales Weekly
Telegrain , July nth . " The entire contents will be of great interest to the Masonic reader . "—Staffordshire Daily Sentinel , July 15 th . " It will no doubt , be welcomed b y all members of the Craft "—Stroud News , Aug . 8 th .
Oi'i'icES : —London , 198 , Fleet-street ; Liverpool , 2 , Monument-place ; Dublin , 26 , Grafton-street ; Glasgow , 108 , Renfield-street . Primed and Published hy the Proprietor , Brother G EORGE K ENNING , at his Offices ; i 4 S Flcet-strcet , and 2 , , and 4 , Little Britain ; In the Cl ^ otUmd . n ; rnd . 7 Mo " nume"i ^ er Live 7 pool 7 lnthr County of Lancaster , —SATURDAY ^ S EPTEMBER 30 , 18 J 3 .