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Boys' School Committee Dinner Club.
BOYS' SCHOOL COMMITTEE DINNER CLUB .
We have much pleasure in publishing the following : — 4 , Bishopsgate-street Within , London , E . C . February 14 th , 1878 . Dear Sir and Brother , — Some of the old members of this club have thought that the time has now arrived when the good services rendered by our mutual friend , Bro . Binckes , should be
acknowledged , he having fulfilled the duties of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of this club for seventeen years past -, and with this view Bros . J . G . Chancellor , Wm . Paas , Wm . Roebuck , and F . W . Stewart are the Committee formed to carry out this object , and to present to Bro . Binckes a testimonial , as a slight recognition for the valuable services rendereel . The subscription is limiteel to ten shillings each , thus
giving every member an opportunity to contribute ; and the Committee ask you to reply by return of post , so that the presentation may take place at our next meeting , if possible . You can remit to me in postage stamps , or by P . O . Order , the amount you wish to subscribe . Yours faithfully and fratei nally , WM . ROEB uc K . List of members who have already subscribed : — Bro . Wm . Roebuck ... ... ... o 10 o
„ W . Paas ... ... ... ... o 10 o „ J . G . Chancellor ... ... ... o 10 o
„ J . W . Dosell ... ... ... o 10 o „ W . Thomson ... ... ... o 10 o „ H . R . Perry ... ... ... o 10 o „ Fredk Adlard ... ... ... o 10 o „ D . M . Dewar ... ... ... o 10 o „ Geo . Motion ... ... ... 0100 „ S . Rosenthal ... ... ... o 10 o
„ C G . Rushworth ... ... ... o 10 o , . George Palmer ... ... ... o to o „ W . F . C . Moutrie ... ... ... o 10 o „ W . Mann ... ... ... 0100
„ S . B . Wilson ... ... ... o 10 o „ H . W . Hunt ... -.. ... 0100 „ R . W . Stewart ... ... ... o 10 o „ George Kenning ... ... ... o 10 o
Festival Of The Leicester Lodges Of Instruction.
FESTIVAL OF THE LEICESTER LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .
On Frielay week the annual festival of the Leicester Union Lodge of Instruction in Freemasonry was held in Masonic Hall , Halford-slrect , under the joint sanction of St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 279 ) , the . John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 532 ) , and the Commercial Lodge ( No . 1391 ) . The
meeting was of a most enjoyable character , and was specially interesting to the younger members of the Craft , owing to the fact that arrangements had been mailc for the working of the whole of the Seven Sections of the First Lecture , and perhaps rarely if ever have they been more correctly or tffectively worked at one time tban upon this occasion . All were worked too , nearly equally well . There
was a numerous gathering , the attendance of brethren who were not mtmbeis of the lodge having been specially invited , and even those yet in the preliminary stages of the Craft were admitted . Amongst those present were Bros . W . Kelly , P . P . G . M ; George Toller , jun ., P . M ., r-23 and 1560 , G . S . B . of England ; T . A . Wyke ** , | W . M ., 52- * , P . G . Trea ; S . Cleaver , 279 , P . G . D . C . ; the Rev . C H .
Wood , Chaplain , 1560 ( Albert Edward ); T . Worthington , P . M ., 50 -, J . Vaughan , W . M ., 86 ( Prescot , Lancashire ) ; G . W . Staiham , W . M ., 279 ; C . E . Stretton , I . P . M . ; J . M . M'Alister , P . M . ; Thos . Coltman , J . D ., 279 ; L . P . Chamberlain , I . G ., 279 ; J . Roadknight , S ., 279 , R . Taylor , S . W ., 523 ; Eilgar Taylor , 523 ; J . T . Thorp , P . M ., 1 : 23 ; J , Read , S D ., 1491 , etc . Bro . Geo . Toller
jun ., occupied the chair , Bro . Thos . Coltman acted as S . W ., and Bro . Richard Taylor as J . W . The whole of the questions in all the sections were admirably put by Bro ., Toller , and were worked by the following brethren : —ist , by T . Coltman , 279 ; 2 nd , T . A . Wykes , 523 ; 3 rd , L . P . Chamberlain , 279 ; 4 th , J . Read , 1391 ; 5 th , T . Worthington , 50 ; 6 th , John T . Thorp , -J 23 ; and 7 th ,
Edgar Taylor , 523 . At the conclusion of the interesting ceremony , a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Toller , on the motion of Bro . the Rev . C . H . Wood , seconded by Bro . M'Alister for the admirable manner in which he had presided and put the questions . On the motion of Bro . Toller , seconded by Bro . G . W . Statham , the thanks of the lodge were also lotcel to the seven other
brethren who had so well ace ) uittcd themselves in the working of the various sections . In proposing the vote Bro . Toller remarked , nowhere out of London , and perhaps nowhere in the metropolis , could the sections have been better worked ; and Bro . Statham expressed a hope that the festival , with a similar working of the sections , might
bc held annually , for he did not think they had been worked more than three times in Leicester during the last eight years . The brethren afterwards sat down to 311 excellent supper , and the usual lojaland complimentary toasts were interspersed with some capital songs by several of the brethren , accompanied on the piano by Bro . T . A . Wykes .
A WEDDING PRESENT . —There were great festivities in connection with the marriage of Bro . Clement E . Stretton , son of his worship the Mayor of Leicester , at Dcsford , on Thursday . Both the Mayor anel his son are P . M . ' s of the St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons ( No . 279 ) , the latter
having , m fact , only just completed his year of office and been presented with a P . M . ' s jewel , as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren of the lodge . It was further felt by the members that the marriage of Bro Stretton afforded them another and special opportunity of
Festival Of The Leicester Lodges Of Instruction.
testifying their respect for him . It was therefore resolved to present him with a wedding present , and a subscription for the purpose was at once started , Bro . J . M . M'Alister kindly undertaking the post of secretary . A good sum was readily raised , and a very large , handsome , solid silver cake basket was agreed upon as the form of present . The bottom of the inside of the basket bore the following
inscription— "Presented to Bro . Clement E . Stretton , I . P . M ., P . P . G . Superintendant of Works , with the fraternal congratulations of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 , on his marriage day , February 14 th , 1878 . " The testimonial was also accompanied by the following address : — " To Brother Clement Edwin Stretton , I . P . M ., Past Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works . We , the undersigned brethren
of St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons , No . 272 , tender to you our fraternal congratulations on your marriage , and hearty good wishes for your future happiness , we beg your acceptance of this silver cake basket in token of our esteem and regard . Brothers G . W . Statham , W . M ., Wm . Kelly , P . M ., P . P . G . M ., George Toller , jun ., G . S . B ., S . S . Partridge , P . G . S ., Robert Waite , P . M ., f . W . Smith , P . M ., S .
Cleaver , S . W ., Orlando Law , Sec , J . Jessop , S . D ., Thos . Coltman , J . D ., E . Newton , jun ., D . C , ' . P . Chamberlain , I . G ., Israel Hart , M . A . Cook , Steward ; J . Roadknight , Steward ; J . G . F . Richardson , S . A . Marris , F . W . Bottrill , H . Tarrat , W . R . Tcmlin , C . Stevens , W . L . Coulson , J . Malcolm Mc'Allister , P . M ., Hon . Sec , Leicester , 14 th February , 1878 . "
Reviews.
Reviews .
"Cleopatra ' s Needle , etc ; " by Bro . ERASMUS WILSON , F . R . S .: Brain & Co ., 26 , Paternoster-row . We have read this work of our well-known and worthy brother with deep interest and pleasure . It is a great happiness for us to find ourselves once more in the " Goshen " of ^ Egyptology , to wander on serenely and admiringly in that wonderful land of the Pyramid and the Hieroglyphic ,
the Sphinx ana the Obelisk . We thank Bro . Wilson for again turning over for us the leaves of a book ever fresh , new , and captivating . In fact , we get young again to find ourselves upon the banks of the "King of Rivers , " musing over the mighty past of a wondrous land , surveying its pitiable present , anticipating its possible future , and all the while satiating our
minds and memories with the labours of old world civilization with the glorious resthelicism of faded greatness . Bro . Dr . Wilson gives us a most interesting account of the Obelisk , henceforth Britannic in our appreciation of it , and our remembrance of his munificent patriotism—and of Obelisks in general . It seems to us ,
that tbe Obelisk , though a elevelopmcnt of Egyptian art ant ' , a memorial of Royal existence in the land of the Phatoahs ami Ptolemies , is only , after all , the reproeluction of earlier symb . ilism , and the original , may be , of later emblematology . It is in all probability the successor of the " Pillar " of the Bible ; it is the precursor of the Runic stone .
In fact , it may be a question whether we do not find in these things traces of an earlier civilization , whhh like a wave of the sea , passing on from some favoured spot swept over Egypt , Greece , and Rome . Egypt has filled the great centre portion of the world ' s picture of civilization , but it may perhaps be doubteel , whether we have as yet paid sufficient attention to the
possible existence of a Babylonian civilization , which in its turn has come from Hindostan . We admit , that we are here in the clime of nebula and hypothesis , but still much has occurred of late to weaken the theory of automatic Egyp'ian civilisation . It is a very wide question and deserves much study . If Bro . Rovvbottom ' s theory be correct , that the Pyramids are pre-Tower of Babel , what
a door is opened to the reveries , if you like , of the student , and the researches of the archreologist ? In the mean time , we have to thank our learned Bro . Erasmus Wilson for a most readable and remarkable work , and which we beg to commend to the notice of all our rcaelers . Many of our Masonic brethren arc students both in art andarchceology , and wc commend this work to their immediate notice and careful perusal .
" Dcbrett ' s House of Commons , " and " Debrctt ' s Peerage and Baronetage . " These most useful works are before us again , and deserve our highest encomiums as well as our special notice . Wc can only call the attention of all our readers to them as most valuable books of reference for all , anel deserving a place alike in our libraries and offices , both for occasional study and continual reftrence . They merit all that the reviewer can say or suggest .
"Scottish Masonic Calendar for 1878 . " This is a neat anil useful compilation , well printed and well arranged , and we trust will be most useful to the CraH in Scotland and out of Scotland . It deserves to be patronized and read by all .
[ Several other reviews stand over unavoidably , owing to pressure of matter , which will appear in our next and subsequent impressions . —ED . 1
HOI . LOVYAYS OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases ot the ri-spiratory organsi In common colds and inlluer-iathe Pills , taken internally , and theOintmentmbbed over tie chest and throat , are exceedingly cfliacious . When
inlluenza is epidemic , this treatment is easiest , safest , and surest . Holloway ' s Pills purify the blo-d , remove all obstacles to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the overgorged air tubes , and render rcspira' ion free , without reducing the strength , irritating Hie nerves or depressing the : spirits , such are the reaelymcans of saving sull ' ering vvh » n anyone is alllicted with cold , coughs , bronchitis , anel other complaints , by which so many persons are eriously anel permanently alllicted in most countries . —ADVT .
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
CLEOPATRA ' S NEEDLE . —In view of the possible adoption of the proposal lately announced by Bro . Dixon , to place the Obelisk on the summit of one of the buttresses of the Thames Embankment opposite Somerset House , a wooden model has been erected on the intended site . Seen from the eastern end of the
Embankment the Needle will have a very fine appearance , but from Westminster the view is decidedly spoilt by the railway bridge from Charing Cross . We are glad to learn that the immense blocks of stonework at present standing on either side of the model will be removed , should itbc finally decided to make this the monolith ' s permanent restingplace .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . —Messrs . Marion and Co ., ol Soho Square , have issued a very attractive photograph of this very attractive lady the Princess , who is , dressed in appropriate , yachting costume , is represented on board H . M . S . " Osborne , " at Portsmouth , with a favourite dog at her side , another on a seat raised above her head . This photograph is printed by the carbon process , it is therefore , not liable to fade , and it possesses all the delicacy of
an engraving . The Daily Neius warns the public against a new fraud—greenfinches disguised and sold as curiosities from South America . On the bird ' s head is placed a flat wig neatly made of white ptarmigan feathers ; under which are the hackle feathers of a woodcock so arranged that when the bird bobs his head down to feed or drink the
feathers represent the rising crest of a cockatoo . In the m \ -. \ dk ol the back , curVmg upwards and outwards , are the black tail feathers of a wild drake . The tail is supplemented with the hackles from the neck of an ordinary fowl ; and the breast , cheeks , anel neck are painted with chrome or ultramarine . These " faked " birds are so artfully made up that they might occasionally deceive even connoisseurs
in ornithology . PICTURES AND LUNATIC ASYLUMS . — kny of our readers who have any stray prints , & c , to spare cannot do belter than send them to an asylum for the insane . In a letter of acknowledgment which we have received for a parcel sent to the Asylum , L-irbert , the writer remarks : — " I assure you there can be no greater charity than that
which has for its object the lightening of the lot of the insane , for there is no bitterer pain than that -which many of them are doomed to bear . The ' madman gay' is a comparatively rare object in asylums ; dullness , depression , and brooding misery are by far the most prevalent conditions ; therefore everything that can please the eye , bring a
cheerful thought to the mind , or raise even for a moment the dark cloud of melancholy , is thrice welcome in an asylum . The pictures you have sent—bright , cheerful , and stirring as they are—could not be surpassed as admirable means of exciting interest and riveting too wandering attention . " The Graphic .
Mr . Palliser announces at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the discovery of two minor planets—one of the tenth magnitude , on Friday , the 7 th , in R . A ., 10 hours 20 min ., N . P . D , 77 deg . 15 min . -, daily motion 6 min . north . The other of the twelfth magnitude , on February 8 , in R . A ., 9 hours 23 min ., N . P . D ., 77 deg . 37 min . ; daily motion 16 min . north . AN ENGLISH PICTURE FOR CHINA . —Mr .
Walter Goodman has just completed a copy of Sassoferrato ' s " Madonna in Prayer" in the National Gallery , for his Excellency Liu Hsi-Nung , the Chinese Minister at the Court of Berlin . This is the first work of art of any kind ever ordered by a Chinese of an English artist . It is strange that such a subject should have been selected above all others , as Liu Hsi-Nung is exceedingly orthodox after
the fashion of Chinese orthodoxy . —Alhcnamm . THE LATE POPE . —Mr . H . M'DowelI , of 29 , St . Lawrence Road , North Kensington , has executed what appears to be , judging from photographs and other portraits , a faithful miniature bust of Pope Pius IX . It has been carefully modelled from peisonal recollection , the artist having had an audience with His Holiness at the Vaticana a short time since .
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS IN GERMANY . —The alarming rapidity with which shortsightedness is increasing among German students formed the subject of a recent debate in the Prussian Parliament . From extended observations made in the gymnasia , it appears that the number of the shortsighted increases from 23 per cent , in the first year to 75 per cent , in the ninth or last year . The
toofreement custom in Germany of forcing lads to study during the evenings with insufficient light , in ill-ventilated rooms , is undoubtedly a main cause of this widespread evil . — Nature . The Statist is the name of a new weekly journal which is to appear in March . It will contain a set of tables analysing and comparing the principal facts as to
the state of trade and the money market in a new and . comprehensive manner . WESTMINSTER SCHOOL . —The usual Exhibitions , six in number , of from £$ 0 to £ 20 in value , will be offered for competition in Easter week . Candidates must be between 12 and 14 years of age . A new boarding-house in the immedinte vicinity of the school will be opened under the charge of the Rev . R . F . Dale after the Whitsuntide
holidays . The numbers of the school are now larger than , at any time during the last 40 years . HARROW SCHOOL . —There will be an examination on Tuesday , April 16 , for five or six scholarships ,, two or three of not less than £ do , and the rest of not less than £ 30 a year each , open to all boys ( not members of the school ) who were under 14 years of age on the ist ult Further particulars can be obtained from the Head Master *
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Boys' School Committee Dinner Club.
BOYS' SCHOOL COMMITTEE DINNER CLUB .
We have much pleasure in publishing the following : — 4 , Bishopsgate-street Within , London , E . C . February 14 th , 1878 . Dear Sir and Brother , — Some of the old members of this club have thought that the time has now arrived when the good services rendered by our mutual friend , Bro . Binckes , should be
acknowledged , he having fulfilled the duties of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of this club for seventeen years past -, and with this view Bros . J . G . Chancellor , Wm . Paas , Wm . Roebuck , and F . W . Stewart are the Committee formed to carry out this object , and to present to Bro . Binckes a testimonial , as a slight recognition for the valuable services rendereel . The subscription is limiteel to ten shillings each , thus
giving every member an opportunity to contribute ; and the Committee ask you to reply by return of post , so that the presentation may take place at our next meeting , if possible . You can remit to me in postage stamps , or by P . O . Order , the amount you wish to subscribe . Yours faithfully and fratei nally , WM . ROEB uc K . List of members who have already subscribed : — Bro . Wm . Roebuck ... ... ... o 10 o
„ W . Paas ... ... ... ... o 10 o „ J . G . Chancellor ... ... ... o 10 o
„ J . W . Dosell ... ... ... o 10 o „ W . Thomson ... ... ... o 10 o „ H . R . Perry ... ... ... o 10 o „ Fredk Adlard ... ... ... o 10 o „ D . M . Dewar ... ... ... o 10 o „ Geo . Motion ... ... ... 0100 „ S . Rosenthal ... ... ... o 10 o
„ C G . Rushworth ... ... ... o 10 o , . George Palmer ... ... ... o to o „ W . F . C . Moutrie ... ... ... o 10 o „ W . Mann ... ... ... 0100
„ S . B . Wilson ... ... ... o 10 o „ H . W . Hunt ... -.. ... 0100 „ R . W . Stewart ... ... ... o 10 o „ George Kenning ... ... ... o 10 o
Festival Of The Leicester Lodges Of Instruction.
FESTIVAL OF THE LEICESTER LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .
On Frielay week the annual festival of the Leicester Union Lodge of Instruction in Freemasonry was held in Masonic Hall , Halford-slrect , under the joint sanction of St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 279 ) , the . John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 532 ) , and the Commercial Lodge ( No . 1391 ) . The
meeting was of a most enjoyable character , and was specially interesting to the younger members of the Craft , owing to the fact that arrangements had been mailc for the working of the whole of the Seven Sections of the First Lecture , and perhaps rarely if ever have they been more correctly or tffectively worked at one time tban upon this occasion . All were worked too , nearly equally well . There
was a numerous gathering , the attendance of brethren who were not mtmbeis of the lodge having been specially invited , and even those yet in the preliminary stages of the Craft were admitted . Amongst those present were Bros . W . Kelly , P . P . G . M ; George Toller , jun ., P . M ., r-23 and 1560 , G . S . B . of England ; T . A . Wyke ** , | W . M ., 52- * , P . G . Trea ; S . Cleaver , 279 , P . G . D . C . ; the Rev . C H .
Wood , Chaplain , 1560 ( Albert Edward ); T . Worthington , P . M ., 50 -, J . Vaughan , W . M ., 86 ( Prescot , Lancashire ) ; G . W . Staiham , W . M ., 279 ; C . E . Stretton , I . P . M . ; J . M . M'Alister , P . M . ; Thos . Coltman , J . D ., 279 ; L . P . Chamberlain , I . G ., 279 ; J . Roadknight , S ., 279 , R . Taylor , S . W ., 523 ; Eilgar Taylor , 523 ; J . T . Thorp , P . M ., 1 : 23 ; J , Read , S D ., 1491 , etc . Bro . Geo . Toller
jun ., occupied the chair , Bro . Thos . Coltman acted as S . W ., and Bro . Richard Taylor as J . W . The whole of the questions in all the sections were admirably put by Bro ., Toller , and were worked by the following brethren : —ist , by T . Coltman , 279 ; 2 nd , T . A . Wykes , 523 ; 3 rd , L . P . Chamberlain , 279 ; 4 th , J . Read , 1391 ; 5 th , T . Worthington , 50 ; 6 th , John T . Thorp , -J 23 ; and 7 th ,
Edgar Taylor , 523 . At the conclusion of the interesting ceremony , a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Toller , on the motion of Bro . the Rev . C . H . Wood , seconded by Bro . M'Alister for the admirable manner in which he had presided and put the questions . On the motion of Bro . Toller , seconded by Bro . G . W . Statham , the thanks of the lodge were also lotcel to the seven other
brethren who had so well ace ) uittcd themselves in the working of the various sections . In proposing the vote Bro . Toller remarked , nowhere out of London , and perhaps nowhere in the metropolis , could the sections have been better worked ; and Bro . Statham expressed a hope that the festival , with a similar working of the sections , might
bc held annually , for he did not think they had been worked more than three times in Leicester during the last eight years . The brethren afterwards sat down to 311 excellent supper , and the usual lojaland complimentary toasts were interspersed with some capital songs by several of the brethren , accompanied on the piano by Bro . T . A . Wykes .
A WEDDING PRESENT . —There were great festivities in connection with the marriage of Bro . Clement E . Stretton , son of his worship the Mayor of Leicester , at Dcsford , on Thursday . Both the Mayor anel his son are P . M . ' s of the St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons ( No . 279 ) , the latter
having , m fact , only just completed his year of office and been presented with a P . M . ' s jewel , as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren of the lodge . It was further felt by the members that the marriage of Bro Stretton afforded them another and special opportunity of
Festival Of The Leicester Lodges Of Instruction.
testifying their respect for him . It was therefore resolved to present him with a wedding present , and a subscription for the purpose was at once started , Bro . J . M . M'Alister kindly undertaking the post of secretary . A good sum was readily raised , and a very large , handsome , solid silver cake basket was agreed upon as the form of present . The bottom of the inside of the basket bore the following
inscription— "Presented to Bro . Clement E . Stretton , I . P . M ., P . P . G . Superintendant of Works , with the fraternal congratulations of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 , on his marriage day , February 14 th , 1878 . " The testimonial was also accompanied by the following address : — " To Brother Clement Edwin Stretton , I . P . M ., Past Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works . We , the undersigned brethren
of St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons , No . 272 , tender to you our fraternal congratulations on your marriage , and hearty good wishes for your future happiness , we beg your acceptance of this silver cake basket in token of our esteem and regard . Brothers G . W . Statham , W . M ., Wm . Kelly , P . M ., P . P . G . M ., George Toller , jun ., G . S . B ., S . S . Partridge , P . G . S ., Robert Waite , P . M ., f . W . Smith , P . M ., S .
Cleaver , S . W ., Orlando Law , Sec , J . Jessop , S . D ., Thos . Coltman , J . D ., E . Newton , jun ., D . C , ' . P . Chamberlain , I . G ., Israel Hart , M . A . Cook , Steward ; J . Roadknight , Steward ; J . G . F . Richardson , S . A . Marris , F . W . Bottrill , H . Tarrat , W . R . Tcmlin , C . Stevens , W . L . Coulson , J . Malcolm Mc'Allister , P . M ., Hon . Sec , Leicester , 14 th February , 1878 . "
Reviews.
Reviews .
"Cleopatra ' s Needle , etc ; " by Bro . ERASMUS WILSON , F . R . S .: Brain & Co ., 26 , Paternoster-row . We have read this work of our well-known and worthy brother with deep interest and pleasure . It is a great happiness for us to find ourselves once more in the " Goshen " of ^ Egyptology , to wander on serenely and admiringly in that wonderful land of the Pyramid and the Hieroglyphic ,
the Sphinx ana the Obelisk . We thank Bro . Wilson for again turning over for us the leaves of a book ever fresh , new , and captivating . In fact , we get young again to find ourselves upon the banks of the "King of Rivers , " musing over the mighty past of a wondrous land , surveying its pitiable present , anticipating its possible future , and all the while satiating our
minds and memories with the labours of old world civilization with the glorious resthelicism of faded greatness . Bro . Dr . Wilson gives us a most interesting account of the Obelisk , henceforth Britannic in our appreciation of it , and our remembrance of his munificent patriotism—and of Obelisks in general . It seems to us ,
that tbe Obelisk , though a elevelopmcnt of Egyptian art ant ' , a memorial of Royal existence in the land of the Phatoahs ami Ptolemies , is only , after all , the reproeluction of earlier symb . ilism , and the original , may be , of later emblematology . It is in all probability the successor of the " Pillar " of the Bible ; it is the precursor of the Runic stone .
In fact , it may be a question whether we do not find in these things traces of an earlier civilization , whhh like a wave of the sea , passing on from some favoured spot swept over Egypt , Greece , and Rome . Egypt has filled the great centre portion of the world ' s picture of civilization , but it may perhaps be doubteel , whether we have as yet paid sufficient attention to the
possible existence of a Babylonian civilization , which in its turn has come from Hindostan . We admit , that we are here in the clime of nebula and hypothesis , but still much has occurred of late to weaken the theory of automatic Egyp'ian civilisation . It is a very wide question and deserves much study . If Bro . Rovvbottom ' s theory be correct , that the Pyramids are pre-Tower of Babel , what
a door is opened to the reveries , if you like , of the student , and the researches of the archreologist ? In the mean time , we have to thank our learned Bro . Erasmus Wilson for a most readable and remarkable work , and which we beg to commend to the notice of all our rcaelers . Many of our Masonic brethren arc students both in art andarchceology , and wc commend this work to their immediate notice and careful perusal .
" Dcbrett ' s House of Commons , " and " Debrctt ' s Peerage and Baronetage . " These most useful works are before us again , and deserve our highest encomiums as well as our special notice . Wc can only call the attention of all our readers to them as most valuable books of reference for all , anel deserving a place alike in our libraries and offices , both for occasional study and continual reftrence . They merit all that the reviewer can say or suggest .
"Scottish Masonic Calendar for 1878 . " This is a neat anil useful compilation , well printed and well arranged , and we trust will be most useful to the CraH in Scotland and out of Scotland . It deserves to be patronized and read by all .
[ Several other reviews stand over unavoidably , owing to pressure of matter , which will appear in our next and subsequent impressions . —ED . 1
HOI . LOVYAYS OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases ot the ri-spiratory organsi In common colds and inlluer-iathe Pills , taken internally , and theOintmentmbbed over tie chest and throat , are exceedingly cfliacious . When
inlluenza is epidemic , this treatment is easiest , safest , and surest . Holloway ' s Pills purify the blo-d , remove all obstacles to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the overgorged air tubes , and render rcspira' ion free , without reducing the strength , irritating Hie nerves or depressing the : spirits , such are the reaelymcans of saving sull ' ering vvh » n anyone is alllicted with cold , coughs , bronchitis , anel other complaints , by which so many persons are eriously anel permanently alllicted in most countries . —ADVT .
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
CLEOPATRA ' S NEEDLE . —In view of the possible adoption of the proposal lately announced by Bro . Dixon , to place the Obelisk on the summit of one of the buttresses of the Thames Embankment opposite Somerset House , a wooden model has been erected on the intended site . Seen from the eastern end of the
Embankment the Needle will have a very fine appearance , but from Westminster the view is decidedly spoilt by the railway bridge from Charing Cross . We are glad to learn that the immense blocks of stonework at present standing on either side of the model will be removed , should itbc finally decided to make this the monolith ' s permanent restingplace .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . —Messrs . Marion and Co ., ol Soho Square , have issued a very attractive photograph of this very attractive lady the Princess , who is , dressed in appropriate , yachting costume , is represented on board H . M . S . " Osborne , " at Portsmouth , with a favourite dog at her side , another on a seat raised above her head . This photograph is printed by the carbon process , it is therefore , not liable to fade , and it possesses all the delicacy of
an engraving . The Daily Neius warns the public against a new fraud—greenfinches disguised and sold as curiosities from South America . On the bird ' s head is placed a flat wig neatly made of white ptarmigan feathers ; under which are the hackle feathers of a woodcock so arranged that when the bird bobs his head down to feed or drink the
feathers represent the rising crest of a cockatoo . In the m \ -. \ dk ol the back , curVmg upwards and outwards , are the black tail feathers of a wild drake . The tail is supplemented with the hackles from the neck of an ordinary fowl ; and the breast , cheeks , anel neck are painted with chrome or ultramarine . These " faked " birds are so artfully made up that they might occasionally deceive even connoisseurs
in ornithology . PICTURES AND LUNATIC ASYLUMS . — kny of our readers who have any stray prints , & c , to spare cannot do belter than send them to an asylum for the insane . In a letter of acknowledgment which we have received for a parcel sent to the Asylum , L-irbert , the writer remarks : — " I assure you there can be no greater charity than that
which has for its object the lightening of the lot of the insane , for there is no bitterer pain than that -which many of them are doomed to bear . The ' madman gay' is a comparatively rare object in asylums ; dullness , depression , and brooding misery are by far the most prevalent conditions ; therefore everything that can please the eye , bring a
cheerful thought to the mind , or raise even for a moment the dark cloud of melancholy , is thrice welcome in an asylum . The pictures you have sent—bright , cheerful , and stirring as they are—could not be surpassed as admirable means of exciting interest and riveting too wandering attention . " The Graphic .
Mr . Palliser announces at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the discovery of two minor planets—one of the tenth magnitude , on Friday , the 7 th , in R . A ., 10 hours 20 min ., N . P . D , 77 deg . 15 min . -, daily motion 6 min . north . The other of the twelfth magnitude , on February 8 , in R . A ., 9 hours 23 min ., N . P . D ., 77 deg . 37 min . ; daily motion 16 min . north . AN ENGLISH PICTURE FOR CHINA . —Mr .
Walter Goodman has just completed a copy of Sassoferrato ' s " Madonna in Prayer" in the National Gallery , for his Excellency Liu Hsi-Nung , the Chinese Minister at the Court of Berlin . This is the first work of art of any kind ever ordered by a Chinese of an English artist . It is strange that such a subject should have been selected above all others , as Liu Hsi-Nung is exceedingly orthodox after
the fashion of Chinese orthodoxy . —Alhcnamm . THE LATE POPE . —Mr . H . M'DowelI , of 29 , St . Lawrence Road , North Kensington , has executed what appears to be , judging from photographs and other portraits , a faithful miniature bust of Pope Pius IX . It has been carefully modelled from peisonal recollection , the artist having had an audience with His Holiness at the Vaticana a short time since .
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS IN GERMANY . —The alarming rapidity with which shortsightedness is increasing among German students formed the subject of a recent debate in the Prussian Parliament . From extended observations made in the gymnasia , it appears that the number of the shortsighted increases from 23 per cent , in the first year to 75 per cent , in the ninth or last year . The
toofreement custom in Germany of forcing lads to study during the evenings with insufficient light , in ill-ventilated rooms , is undoubtedly a main cause of this widespread evil . — Nature . The Statist is the name of a new weekly journal which is to appear in March . It will contain a set of tables analysing and comparing the principal facts as to
the state of trade and the money market in a new and . comprehensive manner . WESTMINSTER SCHOOL . —The usual Exhibitions , six in number , of from £$ 0 to £ 20 in value , will be offered for competition in Easter week . Candidates must be between 12 and 14 years of age . A new boarding-house in the immedinte vicinity of the school will be opened under the charge of the Rev . R . F . Dale after the Whitsuntide
holidays . The numbers of the school are now larger than , at any time during the last 40 years . HARROW SCHOOL . —There will be an examination on Tuesday , April 16 , for five or six scholarships ,, two or three of not less than £ do , and the rest of not less than £ 30 a year each , open to all boys ( not members of the school ) who were under 14 years of age on the ist ult Further particulars can be obtained from the Head Master *