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BIBLIOTHECA RABBINICA . Otto Schultzc , Leipzig-. Three more parts , the gth , ioth , and nth , of this very interesting compilation are before us , and for all who can read German , and " have a turn that way , " they are full of information and instruction . It is undoubtedly true , and it is useless to deny the fact , that what are called " Rabbinical conceits" abound in these pages , but still , there is a fund of knowledge and illustrations as regards
the scriptures of the Old Testament , which it is good for us all to read and realize , to study and pore over . The words of thc wise " teachers and doctors of Israel " throw a lig ht upon many obscure passages and illustrate many technical expressions , and though , of course , a blind adherence to the Rabbinical teaching is neither reasonable nor requisite , it is well for us to-day to understand alike what they say and think , what they teach and what they declare .
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS . Bernard Quaritch . No . 339 . We alluded to this catalogue last week , and its works on Hermeticism and Freemasonry , many of which , however , deserve a more detailed review . We say nothing , for want of space , on the valuable works it contains on philology , anatomy , medicine , astronomy , mathematics , physics , chemistry , electricity , magnetism , optics , and physical
geography . We recommend brother students and book collectors to read the catalogue for themselves . We need not , cither , allude farther to the Masonic books , as we mentioned them last week , except to say that one volume , No . 4511 , contains an "Ahiman Rezon , " of 175 G ; "Jachin and Boaz , " 1762 ; "A Freemason ' s Answer to Suspected Author of Jachin and Boaz , " 1762 ; a very interesting
volume . Among the Hermetic works we notice " Speculum Alchemire , " a Latin MS ., 14 S 0 ; and the "Tractatus Astroligici , " of Guido Bonatus , also in MS . of the fourteenth century ; "The Works of Cornelius Agrippa , " in in two volumes , said to be the original and best edition ; and " Libro detto Angelico , " also a MS . on paper , 1546 . We note , moreover , Barrett ' s well known " Magus , " a rare
and curious work ; the " Astrologicarum Libri V ., " of Campanella , 1629 ; Sir Christopher Heydon's "Defence of Judicial ! Astrologie , " 1 O 03 ; the " Ars Magna Sciendi " of Kircher ; Lilly's "Christian Astrology , " 1 ( 347 ; the opera of " Raymundus Lullius , " 1 G 17 ; and also his "Ars Inventiva ,, " dedicated to Cardinal Ximenes , 1515 . We also light upon in this catalogue on " The Examen Alchymisticum" of Pantaleone , 1 G 7 G ; " Paracelsi Opera
Omnia , " 1 ( 158 ; Ragon's "Maconnerie Occulte , " 1853 ; "The Laws of the Fraternity of the Rosie Crosse , " and many other works interesting to the students and collectors in such branches of literature . There are two curious works , for instance , one published in London , 1 GS 4 , called Weidenfeld ' s "De Secretis Adeptorum , " and Smale's "Sketches of Early and Later Scottish Alchemists . " privately printed , 1 S 75 .
BIBLIOTHECA SUNDERLANDIANA . First Part . Mr . Quaritch is also now offering to his customers and the public the sale catalogue of the great library at Blenheim , of which the first part has appeared for the auction whicii is to begin December 1 st and go on to December 12 th . The sile will be in four portions . The next portion will take place in April . The first portion contains 27 oolots , and among
them books of thc rarest interest and most lasting value . This library , as some of our readers probably know , was collected by Charles Spencer , third Earl of Sunderland . He was a great lover of books , and he is said to have formed the library in the short space of twelve years . It contains a wonderful collection of editions of the Greek and Roman classic writers . It has a remarkable and numerous
collection of Bibles and Testaments , some of which are most rare and unique . It has a most extraordinary number of books on vellum , probably the largest number in any private library in the world , and some of whicii have been hitherto uncollected and unnoticed by bibliographers , lis MSS . are not so very numerous , though there is a Palimpsert codex of the Gospels , in Greek , of the eighth century ; a Latin
Bible of the fourteenth century ; there arc also two codexes of the Gospels , in Greek , of the twelfth and thirteenth century respectively , the works of Ephraim Syrus thirteenth century , of Chrysostom , twelfth century , and abeautiful illuminated work of the "Rtimanceof King Arthur , " in 2 volumes , and several other of less important MSS . And so , too , as regards English county histories , chronicles , works
relating to Italian writers , canon and civil law , the fathers and councils , there is a vcry striking and important collection under each head . The early English tracts and pamphlets , extending from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Anne , include , we note , nianv of vcry great value and rarity . There is , also , a large collection of works relating to America , and French controversial and
historical tracts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; and , therefore , the sale is likely to be largely attended , and to be the subject of great excitement and absorbing interest for bibliomaniacs and book buyers of all countries for some time to come . Many of our readers in America will like to have this " Pvecis " of the first part of the catalogue , which is eventually to form one continuous collection , and remain a valuable memento of the library and the sale .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
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JACHIN AND BOAX . Some time ago there was a little controversy between my esteemed friend , Bro . W . J . Hughan , and myself , relative to the date of the first edition of this work . We did not agree in our conclusions , but we " agreed to differ , " preserving that mutual respect for each other ' s honest convictions . It may lie remembered by those who "care for
such things , " that Bro . Hughan basing his argument on the fact of a copy in America bearing date 17 G 2 , declared himself in favour of that date for the lirst edition ; whereas , on my part ) actinj , < jjvcrs statements in the " Revelations of a Square , " as to a first edition in 1750 , conn "ned , as that seemed to be , liy Bro . R . Sjienccr ' s memories
of a 17 G 1 edition . 1 did not antl could not « - * e anything " a priori " impossible or imjinibable in the earlier date . 1 had not then seen the 1762 edition , nor did ' until a few days ago , when , favoured b y Mr . Bernard yuantch , of 15 , Piccadilly , 1 obtained a volume from the "Drary of our late lamented friend , John Hervey , which
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contains " Ahiman Regan , " 1756 ; " Jachin and Boaz , " 17 G 2 ; another Masonic tract , to which I shall speedily allude , also 1762 ; and a tract on "Christian Piety and Modern Enthusiasts , " of date 1756 , all bound together . I have seen since the 1762 edition , and I feel bound honestly to confess at once that I must give up the 1750 edition , as thc 17 G 2 is to my mind clearly the original edition . I note , among
other points , that it is a tract of fifty-six pages , not thirtysix as is sometimes stated ; and that thc writer , whoever he was , declares he had found the papers five years beforethat would bring us to 1757—so that , unless thc preface was printed in 1750 , and it is a copied "verbatim et literatim " in 17 G 2 , the date of 1750 does not in any way tally with his own averments . There is a difficulty to be got over as
regards thc edition of 1761 , which Bro . Walter Spencer thinks he remembers , but may not he be thinking of an edition whicii Kloss mentions of 1763 ? For , in addition to the appearance of the work itself , as published in 17 G 2 by W . Nicoll , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , with no allusion whatever to any previous edition , I am greatly struck by the following fact—that with this edition of "Jachin and
Boaz " is bound up in this volume a Masonic tract , also of 1762 , printed for J . Cooke , at Shakespeare's Head , in Paternoster-row , 1762 , entitled , "A Freemason's Answer to the Suspected Author of a Pamphlet , entitled ' Jachin and Boaz . '" Thc writer quotes the following appropriate lines from Bro . Shakespeare : " You would pluckout the heart of our mystery . "—Hamlet .
" Oh ! that Heaven would put in every honest hand a whip To lash the rascal naked through the world . "—Othello . In thisjiamphlet , of which I have been able to observe no trace in Kloss , at any rate , under two great heads , and which I have never seen previously quoted , the writer assumes , apparently , from first to last , that Jachin and Boaz has quite recently been published . I admit that he does
not say so , perhaps , in express words , but he nowhere alludes to an earlier edition , and as he does say , " Besides the pamplilet under consideration many books and pamphlets have been published , the authors of which pretended to reveal the whole mysteries of the Fraternity to the public , " I think if this writer appeared in the world previously to 1762 , the indignant brethren would have said so .
Therefore I come to the conclusion that Jachin and Boaz did first appear in 17 G 2 . Two interesting points arise out of these pamphlets , first , who are the " many pamphleteers who have written upon the same subject , " who hold that the "origin of the people called Freemasons is said to have been a certain number of persons who formed a resolution to rebuild the Temple of Solomon . " This , too , in 17 G 2 . Secondly , what
are thc names of " many books and pamphlets which had been published , "the authors of which pretended to reveal the whole mysteries of the Fraternity to tlie public ?" This , too , was , let us remember , stated in 17 G 2 . As I presume that in the last case , the professed "
revealers , " are those alluded to in certain publications well known to Masonic book collectors , I propose , next week , und / rr this heading , to give the names of all known to myself , or which have come before me in references and the like , and then , perhaps , others may add to the list , all too long for to-day . MASONIC STUDENT .
IIORWOOD—HARWOOD . The oft-mentioned Freemason , Wm . Horwood , of Fotheringay , is called , in a recent ccclesiological publication , "Harwood , " and his style of architecture is said to be " well known . " Can any reader give me the authentic uses of his name in building contracts and the like ? He is so far the earliest " Freemason " named , 1434 . MASONIC , STUDENT .
GUILLIM . In reply to "Her . Ord . Temp , " I would ask , Is Guillim ' s passage original ? Is it not based on Stowe ? Of course Guillim , being a " herald " himself , he might know the very facts to which he deposes to . But is not the very same
passage , and almost in " ipsissimis verbis , " in Stowe ? I may add that the original grant of Hawkcslowe , with the confirmation of Benolt and St . George , is among the Additional MSS . at the British Museum , and was published sometime back in the " Masonic Magazine . " MASONIC STUDENT .
MASONIC MEDAL . Per Bro . Newton , P . M ., & c . I have had a search , but have not yet identified the medal mentioned by my friend and Bro . J . Newton . I am glad he has described it , as , in fact , he has generally when aught curious comes into his possession . The only medal by Milton , in Bro . Marvin ' s splendid work , is at page 107
and is of the latter part of the last century . There are so many medals belonging to other societies that are so Masonic in their character that it is almost impossible to tell what they really refer to , unless there are titles thereon to guide to a decision . I am inclined to think Bro . Newton's medalis not Masonic , though 1 am not able to say what it is . The inscription , cerlainly , is most unusual if it be a Masonic medal . W . J . HUGHAN .
THE EARLY USE OF "FREEMASON . " I have been much pleased to see the references to this point by Bro . Gould and Mr . Papworth , and later on by thc "Masonic Student . " The last mentioned alluded to the same subject sometime since . The Editor of thc " Masonic Cyclop .-cdia " cites the use of this term as early as A . D . 1435 . How many can go beyond this date ?
Strange to say , Bro . " G . B . A ., " in the Freemason , and liro . W . Harry Rylands , F . S . A ., in the " Masonic Magazine" for September , must have been writing just at the same time about "William Kerwyn , Freemason , 1594 . " 1 quite think with the former that this Kerwyn was not simjily an operative Mason , but in all probability a builder of financial position , and possibly an architect , as Bro . " G . B . A . " suggests . 'Ihe two articles shoultl be carefully
read , as they are quite independent , and suggest considerations of importance . Bro . Ryland ' s interesting article , especially , relative to 1594 , being the earliest reference he knows of Freemason in connection with the old Masons ' arms , should receive attention . Sorry I cannot just now give more time to recommending the subject once again to zealous Masonic students . W . J . HUGHAN .
Consecration Of The St. Thomas's Lodge, No. 1914, At Kidsgrove.
CONSECRATION OF THE ST . THOMAS'S LODGE , No . 1914 , AT KIDSGROVE .
Another Masonic lodge has been added to the roll in the Province of Staffordshire , and the ceremony took place on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., in the National Schroolrooms at Kidsgrove . Upwards of seventy brethren were present , principally from the neighbourhood . The R . W . Bro . Major G . S . Tudor , Prov . G . M ., and the W . Bro . Col . Foster
Gough , D . P . G . M ., preceded by several Present and Past Provincial Officers , subsequently entered the lodge-room in procession , and on the R . W . P . G . M . taking the chair he was Masonically saluted , and afterwards proceeded to open the Provincial Grand Lodge . The chairs of Senior and Junior Warden were occupied respectively by Bro . Gothard , 624 , P . G . S . W ., and Bro . Thos . Bickley , 41 S , P . G . J . W . Letters of apology were read by Bro . W . CARTWRIGHT
, P . G . Sec ., from several brethren , including the P . G . Chap ., and at his request certain portions of the ceremony were performed by the D . P . G . M . The P . G . Sec . having read the warrant , and thc W . M . nominate and the brethren of thc new lodge having been approved by the brethren present , the ceremonial of consecration was performed . At theconclusion the PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER pronounced the dedication , and in the name of His Royal
Highness the Grand Master named it St . Thomas ' s Lodge , 1914 on the register of the Grand Lodge of England . Ihe Provincial Grand Master was then again saluted Masonically , the honours being led by the Prov . G . D . of C , Bro . T . E . Fowke . The installation was next proceeded with , the Prov . Grand Master vacating the " chair of King Solomon , " and requesting Bro . Warwick Savage , P . M . 451 , to act as
Installing Master . During the ceremony the W . M . nominate of the new lodge was appointed W . M . actual of the St . Thomas ' s Lodge , No . 1914 , and the installation took place in the proper form , the W . M ., Bro . \ V . Saxe Pearson , appointing and investing his officers . The officers of the new lodge are : Bros . W . Savage , 451 , I . P . M . ; W . S . Pearson , W . M . ; James Davenport ,
S . W . ; T . E . Storey , J . W . and Treasurer ; James Booth , Secretary ; T . K . Pedley , S . D . ; F . G . Warburton , J . D . ; John Davies , I . G . ; and Blakeley , Tyler . The musical portion of the whole proceedings was conducted by Bro . F . Mountford , Organist . The installation was terminated by the usual salutations , greetings , & c , and the brethren subsequently walked in procession to the Harecastle Hotel , where a very excellent
banquet was prepared by the host . The brethren who signed the Tyler ' s book were Bros . George Singleton Tudor , R . W . P . G . M . ; Lieut .-Col . Foster Gough , W . D . P . G . M ; and the following Present and Past Provincial Officers and brethren : Bros . W . J . Gothard , G 24 , P . G . S . W . ; W . H . Hales , P . M . 418 , P . P . G . S . W . ; Thomas Bickley , 41 S , P . G . J . W . ; Thomas Wood , 726 , P . G . Registrar ; Richard Tooth , G 37 , P . P . G . R . ; T . E .
Fowke , I . P . M . 72 G , P . G . D . C ; Alfred Dain , 98 , P . P . G . A . D . C ; Sampson Bennett , 98 , P . P . G . A . D . C ; T . Green Ainsworth , 4 G 0 , P . G . S . D . ; W . T . Pearson , 451 , P . P . G . S . D . ; Charles Round , 347 , P . G . S . of Works . ; Edward IL Thome , 13 S 3 , P . G . S . of Works ; J . Beaumont Piercy , 41 S , P . P . G . S . of Works ; James Thorburn W . M . gS , P . G . S . B . ; J . Webberley , 546 , " P . M . P . P . G . P . ; Wm . Thompson , 13 S 3 ; W . G . Lowe , G 24 , W . M . ; Alfred L . Broad , 460 ,
P . M . ; J . P . Edwards , 451 , P . M . ; W . T . Copeland , 637 , P . M . ; F . Brandon , 41 S , W . M . ; E . Roberts , G 37 , P . M . ; T . Blair , 54 6 , W . M . ; Warwick Savage , 451 , P . M . ; John Pierpoint , 98 , P . M . ; Joseph Boulton , 98 , P . M . ; W . Bentley , 98 ; W . Bell , 98 , S . W . ; J . H . Rowley , 9 8 , J . W . ; James Booth , 98 , S . ; Robert Coulter , 9 8 ; G . Woolf , 98 ; James J . Amor , 98 ; Andrew , M'Culloch , 08 ;
John Field , 9 8 ; Enoch Sherratt , 9 8 ; Ralph Hilditch , 9 8 , ' I . P . M . ; Frank Weston , 9 S , Sec ; G . H . Pickburn , 98 , S . D . ; Robert Bcswick , 9 S ; George Smith , 98 ; T . K . Pedley , 98 , I . G . ; W . Bcswick , 98 ; W . Cooper , 9 S , S . D . ; Henry Platt , 9 S ; James Emberton , gS ; J . E . Brown , 98 ; Charles E . Woodstock , gS ; John Procter , gS ; Thomas Cope , gS ; John T . Cox , 72 G ; the Rev . John Hilton , 418 ; W . Boulton , 41 S ; E . V . Greatbach , 41 S , I . G . ; John
Robinson , 41 S ; W . Tunnicliff , 41 S ; G . W . Martin , 460 , J . D . ; Edward B . Jackson , 41 S , J . D . ; James Norris , 451 ; Thomas Blakcly , " 451 ; G . C . Kent , 546 , J . D . ; W . E . Piercy , G 37 ; Elijah Jones , 4 G 0 ; John E . Storey , 4 s i , S . D . ; E . H . Croydon , 4 G 0 , S . W . ; Philip Elliot , 460 , ; F . Mountford , 4 G 0 ; W . Brown , 347 , S . D .: F . G . Waiburton , 979 ; John Davies , 979 . The banquet at the Harecastle Hotel ( where the new lodge will in future hold its meetings ) was attended by about fifty of the brethren . Thc W . M . presided , supported
on the right by the R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . Tudor , and the W . D . P . G . M ., Bro . Gough , and on the left by the Installing Master , Bro . W . Savage , and Bros . Gothard and Bickley , P . G . Wardens . The usual Masonic toasts were given and most cordially received , but we are unabfe to find space for a ' report of the proceedings . Speaking of the , good that Freemasonry is doing as a charitable institution , the W . M . stated that nearly £ Go , ooo are annually dispensed by thc Craft in connection with their schools and other charities .
West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
A meeting of the General Committee of the above-named Institution was held on Friday evening , the iGth inst ., at thc Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , at which Bro . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., jircsided . There was a large attendance , and , during the proceedings , it was proposed to
recommend to the next Court of Governors that fourteen children should be placed on the foundation of the institution , thc annual cost of education and clothing amounting to £ 112 . Bro . R . Wilson , P . G . I ) ., acted as Secretary at this meeting , in consequence of the illness of Bro . R . Brown and the absence from town of Bro . Broadbridge , the joint
Secretaries of the Charity . It will be most welcome news to a very large proportion of the brethren in West Lancashire to know that Bro . Brown is now recovering from his severe illness , antl an ardent hope is generally expressed that he may soon be able lo lake his jilace in thc Masonic and business world whicii he has so long and admirably filled .
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BIBLIOTHECA RABBINICA . Otto Schultzc , Leipzig-. Three more parts , the gth , ioth , and nth , of this very interesting compilation are before us , and for all who can read German , and " have a turn that way , " they are full of information and instruction . It is undoubtedly true , and it is useless to deny the fact , that what are called " Rabbinical conceits" abound in these pages , but still , there is a fund of knowledge and illustrations as regards
the scriptures of the Old Testament , which it is good for us all to read and realize , to study and pore over . The words of thc wise " teachers and doctors of Israel " throw a lig ht upon many obscure passages and illustrate many technical expressions , and though , of course , a blind adherence to the Rabbinical teaching is neither reasonable nor requisite , it is well for us to-day to understand alike what they say and think , what they teach and what they declare .
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS . Bernard Quaritch . No . 339 . We alluded to this catalogue last week , and its works on Hermeticism and Freemasonry , many of which , however , deserve a more detailed review . We say nothing , for want of space , on the valuable works it contains on philology , anatomy , medicine , astronomy , mathematics , physics , chemistry , electricity , magnetism , optics , and physical
geography . We recommend brother students and book collectors to read the catalogue for themselves . We need not , cither , allude farther to the Masonic books , as we mentioned them last week , except to say that one volume , No . 4511 , contains an "Ahiman Rezon , " of 175 G ; "Jachin and Boaz , " 1762 ; "A Freemason ' s Answer to Suspected Author of Jachin and Boaz , " 1762 ; a very interesting
volume . Among the Hermetic works we notice " Speculum Alchemire , " a Latin MS ., 14 S 0 ; and the "Tractatus Astroligici , " of Guido Bonatus , also in MS . of the fourteenth century ; "The Works of Cornelius Agrippa , " in in two volumes , said to be the original and best edition ; and " Libro detto Angelico , " also a MS . on paper , 1546 . We note , moreover , Barrett ' s well known " Magus , " a rare
and curious work ; the " Astrologicarum Libri V ., " of Campanella , 1629 ; Sir Christopher Heydon's "Defence of Judicial ! Astrologie , " 1 O 03 ; the " Ars Magna Sciendi " of Kircher ; Lilly's "Christian Astrology , " 1 ( 347 ; the opera of " Raymundus Lullius , " 1 G 17 ; and also his "Ars Inventiva ,, " dedicated to Cardinal Ximenes , 1515 . We also light upon in this catalogue on " The Examen Alchymisticum" of Pantaleone , 1 G 7 G ; " Paracelsi Opera
Omnia , " 1 ( 158 ; Ragon's "Maconnerie Occulte , " 1853 ; "The Laws of the Fraternity of the Rosie Crosse , " and many other works interesting to the students and collectors in such branches of literature . There are two curious works , for instance , one published in London , 1 GS 4 , called Weidenfeld ' s "De Secretis Adeptorum , " and Smale's "Sketches of Early and Later Scottish Alchemists . " privately printed , 1 S 75 .
BIBLIOTHECA SUNDERLANDIANA . First Part . Mr . Quaritch is also now offering to his customers and the public the sale catalogue of the great library at Blenheim , of which the first part has appeared for the auction whicii is to begin December 1 st and go on to December 12 th . The sile will be in four portions . The next portion will take place in April . The first portion contains 27 oolots , and among
them books of thc rarest interest and most lasting value . This library , as some of our readers probably know , was collected by Charles Spencer , third Earl of Sunderland . He was a great lover of books , and he is said to have formed the library in the short space of twelve years . It contains a wonderful collection of editions of the Greek and Roman classic writers . It has a remarkable and numerous
collection of Bibles and Testaments , some of which are most rare and unique . It has a most extraordinary number of books on vellum , probably the largest number in any private library in the world , and some of whicii have been hitherto uncollected and unnoticed by bibliographers , lis MSS . are not so very numerous , though there is a Palimpsert codex of the Gospels , in Greek , of the eighth century ; a Latin
Bible of the fourteenth century ; there arc also two codexes of the Gospels , in Greek , of the twelfth and thirteenth century respectively , the works of Ephraim Syrus thirteenth century , of Chrysostom , twelfth century , and abeautiful illuminated work of the "Rtimanceof King Arthur , " in 2 volumes , and several other of less important MSS . And so , too , as regards English county histories , chronicles , works
relating to Italian writers , canon and civil law , the fathers and councils , there is a vcry striking and important collection under each head . The early English tracts and pamphlets , extending from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Anne , include , we note , nianv of vcry great value and rarity . There is , also , a large collection of works relating to America , and French controversial and
historical tracts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; and , therefore , the sale is likely to be largely attended , and to be the subject of great excitement and absorbing interest for bibliomaniacs and book buyers of all countries for some time to come . Many of our readers in America will like to have this " Pvecis " of the first part of the catalogue , which is eventually to form one continuous collection , and remain a valuable memento of the library and the sale .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
JACHIN AND BOAX . Some time ago there was a little controversy between my esteemed friend , Bro . W . J . Hughan , and myself , relative to the date of the first edition of this work . We did not agree in our conclusions , but we " agreed to differ , " preserving that mutual respect for each other ' s honest convictions . It may lie remembered by those who "care for
such things , " that Bro . Hughan basing his argument on the fact of a copy in America bearing date 17 G 2 , declared himself in favour of that date for the lirst edition ; whereas , on my part ) actinj , < jjvcrs statements in the " Revelations of a Square , " as to a first edition in 1750 , conn "ned , as that seemed to be , liy Bro . R . Sjienccr ' s memories
of a 17 G 1 edition . 1 did not antl could not « - * e anything " a priori " impossible or imjinibable in the earlier date . 1 had not then seen the 1762 edition , nor did ' until a few days ago , when , favoured b y Mr . Bernard yuantch , of 15 , Piccadilly , 1 obtained a volume from the "Drary of our late lamented friend , John Hervey , which
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contains " Ahiman Regan , " 1756 ; " Jachin and Boaz , " 17 G 2 ; another Masonic tract , to which I shall speedily allude , also 1762 ; and a tract on "Christian Piety and Modern Enthusiasts , " of date 1756 , all bound together . I have seen since the 1762 edition , and I feel bound honestly to confess at once that I must give up the 1750 edition , as thc 17 G 2 is to my mind clearly the original edition . I note , among
other points , that it is a tract of fifty-six pages , not thirtysix as is sometimes stated ; and that thc writer , whoever he was , declares he had found the papers five years beforethat would bring us to 1757—so that , unless thc preface was printed in 1750 , and it is a copied "verbatim et literatim " in 17 G 2 , the date of 1750 does not in any way tally with his own averments . There is a difficulty to be got over as
regards thc edition of 1761 , which Bro . Walter Spencer thinks he remembers , but may not he be thinking of an edition whicii Kloss mentions of 1763 ? For , in addition to the appearance of the work itself , as published in 17 G 2 by W . Nicoll , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , with no allusion whatever to any previous edition , I am greatly struck by the following fact—that with this edition of "Jachin and
Boaz " is bound up in this volume a Masonic tract , also of 1762 , printed for J . Cooke , at Shakespeare's Head , in Paternoster-row , 1762 , entitled , "A Freemason's Answer to the Suspected Author of a Pamphlet , entitled ' Jachin and Boaz . '" Thc writer quotes the following appropriate lines from Bro . Shakespeare : " You would pluckout the heart of our mystery . "—Hamlet .
" Oh ! that Heaven would put in every honest hand a whip To lash the rascal naked through the world . "—Othello . In thisjiamphlet , of which I have been able to observe no trace in Kloss , at any rate , under two great heads , and which I have never seen previously quoted , the writer assumes , apparently , from first to last , that Jachin and Boaz has quite recently been published . I admit that he does
not say so , perhaps , in express words , but he nowhere alludes to an earlier edition , and as he does say , " Besides the pamplilet under consideration many books and pamphlets have been published , the authors of which pretended to reveal the whole mysteries of the Fraternity to the public , " I think if this writer appeared in the world previously to 1762 , the indignant brethren would have said so .
Therefore I come to the conclusion that Jachin and Boaz did first appear in 17 G 2 . Two interesting points arise out of these pamphlets , first , who are the " many pamphleteers who have written upon the same subject , " who hold that the "origin of the people called Freemasons is said to have been a certain number of persons who formed a resolution to rebuild the Temple of Solomon . " This , too , in 17 G 2 . Secondly , what
are thc names of " many books and pamphlets which had been published , "the authors of which pretended to reveal the whole mysteries of the Fraternity to tlie public ?" This , too , was , let us remember , stated in 17 G 2 . As I presume that in the last case , the professed "
revealers , " are those alluded to in certain publications well known to Masonic book collectors , I propose , next week , und / rr this heading , to give the names of all known to myself , or which have come before me in references and the like , and then , perhaps , others may add to the list , all too long for to-day . MASONIC STUDENT .
IIORWOOD—HARWOOD . The oft-mentioned Freemason , Wm . Horwood , of Fotheringay , is called , in a recent ccclesiological publication , "Harwood , " and his style of architecture is said to be " well known . " Can any reader give me the authentic uses of his name in building contracts and the like ? He is so far the earliest " Freemason " named , 1434 . MASONIC , STUDENT .
GUILLIM . In reply to "Her . Ord . Temp , " I would ask , Is Guillim ' s passage original ? Is it not based on Stowe ? Of course Guillim , being a " herald " himself , he might know the very facts to which he deposes to . But is not the very same
passage , and almost in " ipsissimis verbis , " in Stowe ? I may add that the original grant of Hawkcslowe , with the confirmation of Benolt and St . George , is among the Additional MSS . at the British Museum , and was published sometime back in the " Masonic Magazine . " MASONIC STUDENT .
MASONIC MEDAL . Per Bro . Newton , P . M ., & c . I have had a search , but have not yet identified the medal mentioned by my friend and Bro . J . Newton . I am glad he has described it , as , in fact , he has generally when aught curious comes into his possession . The only medal by Milton , in Bro . Marvin ' s splendid work , is at page 107
and is of the latter part of the last century . There are so many medals belonging to other societies that are so Masonic in their character that it is almost impossible to tell what they really refer to , unless there are titles thereon to guide to a decision . I am inclined to think Bro . Newton's medalis not Masonic , though 1 am not able to say what it is . The inscription , cerlainly , is most unusual if it be a Masonic medal . W . J . HUGHAN .
THE EARLY USE OF "FREEMASON . " I have been much pleased to see the references to this point by Bro . Gould and Mr . Papworth , and later on by thc "Masonic Student . " The last mentioned alluded to the same subject sometime since . The Editor of thc " Masonic Cyclop .-cdia " cites the use of this term as early as A . D . 1435 . How many can go beyond this date ?
Strange to say , Bro . " G . B . A ., " in the Freemason , and liro . W . Harry Rylands , F . S . A ., in the " Masonic Magazine" for September , must have been writing just at the same time about "William Kerwyn , Freemason , 1594 . " 1 quite think with the former that this Kerwyn was not simjily an operative Mason , but in all probability a builder of financial position , and possibly an architect , as Bro . " G . B . A . " suggests . 'Ihe two articles shoultl be carefully
read , as they are quite independent , and suggest considerations of importance . Bro . Ryland ' s interesting article , especially , relative to 1594 , being the earliest reference he knows of Freemason in connection with the old Masons ' arms , should receive attention . Sorry I cannot just now give more time to recommending the subject once again to zealous Masonic students . W . J . HUGHAN .
Consecration Of The St. Thomas's Lodge, No. 1914, At Kidsgrove.
CONSECRATION OF THE ST . THOMAS'S LODGE , No . 1914 , AT KIDSGROVE .
Another Masonic lodge has been added to the roll in the Province of Staffordshire , and the ceremony took place on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., in the National Schroolrooms at Kidsgrove . Upwards of seventy brethren were present , principally from the neighbourhood . The R . W . Bro . Major G . S . Tudor , Prov . G . M ., and the W . Bro . Col . Foster
Gough , D . P . G . M ., preceded by several Present and Past Provincial Officers , subsequently entered the lodge-room in procession , and on the R . W . P . G . M . taking the chair he was Masonically saluted , and afterwards proceeded to open the Provincial Grand Lodge . The chairs of Senior and Junior Warden were occupied respectively by Bro . Gothard , 624 , P . G . S . W ., and Bro . Thos . Bickley , 41 S , P . G . J . W . Letters of apology were read by Bro . W . CARTWRIGHT
, P . G . Sec ., from several brethren , including the P . G . Chap ., and at his request certain portions of the ceremony were performed by the D . P . G . M . The P . G . Sec . having read the warrant , and thc W . M . nominate and the brethren of thc new lodge having been approved by the brethren present , the ceremonial of consecration was performed . At theconclusion the PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER pronounced the dedication , and in the name of His Royal
Highness the Grand Master named it St . Thomas ' s Lodge , 1914 on the register of the Grand Lodge of England . Ihe Provincial Grand Master was then again saluted Masonically , the honours being led by the Prov . G . D . of C , Bro . T . E . Fowke . The installation was next proceeded with , the Prov . Grand Master vacating the " chair of King Solomon , " and requesting Bro . Warwick Savage , P . M . 451 , to act as
Installing Master . During the ceremony the W . M . nominate of the new lodge was appointed W . M . actual of the St . Thomas ' s Lodge , No . 1914 , and the installation took place in the proper form , the W . M ., Bro . \ V . Saxe Pearson , appointing and investing his officers . The officers of the new lodge are : Bros . W . Savage , 451 , I . P . M . ; W . S . Pearson , W . M . ; James Davenport ,
S . W . ; T . E . Storey , J . W . and Treasurer ; James Booth , Secretary ; T . K . Pedley , S . D . ; F . G . Warburton , J . D . ; John Davies , I . G . ; and Blakeley , Tyler . The musical portion of the whole proceedings was conducted by Bro . F . Mountford , Organist . The installation was terminated by the usual salutations , greetings , & c , and the brethren subsequently walked in procession to the Harecastle Hotel , where a very excellent
banquet was prepared by the host . The brethren who signed the Tyler ' s book were Bros . George Singleton Tudor , R . W . P . G . M . ; Lieut .-Col . Foster Gough , W . D . P . G . M ; and the following Present and Past Provincial Officers and brethren : Bros . W . J . Gothard , G 24 , P . G . S . W . ; W . H . Hales , P . M . 418 , P . P . G . S . W . ; Thomas Bickley , 41 S , P . G . J . W . ; Thomas Wood , 726 , P . G . Registrar ; Richard Tooth , G 37 , P . P . G . R . ; T . E .
Fowke , I . P . M . 72 G , P . G . D . C ; Alfred Dain , 98 , P . P . G . A . D . C ; Sampson Bennett , 98 , P . P . G . A . D . C ; T . Green Ainsworth , 4 G 0 , P . G . S . D . ; W . T . Pearson , 451 , P . P . G . S . D . ; Charles Round , 347 , P . G . S . of Works . ; Edward IL Thome , 13 S 3 , P . G . S . of Works ; J . Beaumont Piercy , 41 S , P . P . G . S . of Works ; James Thorburn W . M . gS , P . G . S . B . ; J . Webberley , 546 , " P . M . P . P . G . P . ; Wm . Thompson , 13 S 3 ; W . G . Lowe , G 24 , W . M . ; Alfred L . Broad , 460 ,
P . M . ; J . P . Edwards , 451 , P . M . ; W . T . Copeland , 637 , P . M . ; F . Brandon , 41 S , W . M . ; E . Roberts , G 37 , P . M . ; T . Blair , 54 6 , W . M . ; Warwick Savage , 451 , P . M . ; John Pierpoint , 98 , P . M . ; Joseph Boulton , 98 , P . M . ; W . Bentley , 98 ; W . Bell , 98 , S . W . ; J . H . Rowley , 9 8 , J . W . ; James Booth , 98 , S . ; Robert Coulter , 9 8 ; G . Woolf , 98 ; James J . Amor , 98 ; Andrew , M'Culloch , 08 ;
John Field , 9 8 ; Enoch Sherratt , 9 8 ; Ralph Hilditch , 9 8 , ' I . P . M . ; Frank Weston , 9 S , Sec ; G . H . Pickburn , 98 , S . D . ; Robert Bcswick , 9 S ; George Smith , 98 ; T . K . Pedley , 98 , I . G . ; W . Bcswick , 98 ; W . Cooper , 9 S , S . D . ; Henry Platt , 9 S ; James Emberton , gS ; J . E . Brown , 98 ; Charles E . Woodstock , gS ; John Procter , gS ; Thomas Cope , gS ; John T . Cox , 72 G ; the Rev . John Hilton , 418 ; W . Boulton , 41 S ; E . V . Greatbach , 41 S , I . G . ; John
Robinson , 41 S ; W . Tunnicliff , 41 S ; G . W . Martin , 460 , J . D . ; Edward B . Jackson , 41 S , J . D . ; James Norris , 451 ; Thomas Blakcly , " 451 ; G . C . Kent , 546 , J . D . ; W . E . Piercy , G 37 ; Elijah Jones , 4 G 0 ; John E . Storey , 4 s i , S . D . ; E . H . Croydon , 4 G 0 , S . W . ; Philip Elliot , 460 , ; F . Mountford , 4 G 0 ; W . Brown , 347 , S . D .: F . G . Waiburton , 979 ; John Davies , 979 . The banquet at the Harecastle Hotel ( where the new lodge will in future hold its meetings ) was attended by about fifty of the brethren . Thc W . M . presided , supported
on the right by the R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . Tudor , and the W . D . P . G . M ., Bro . Gough , and on the left by the Installing Master , Bro . W . Savage , and Bros . Gothard and Bickley , P . G . Wardens . The usual Masonic toasts were given and most cordially received , but we are unabfe to find space for a ' report of the proceedings . Speaking of the , good that Freemasonry is doing as a charitable institution , the W . M . stated that nearly £ Go , ooo are annually dispensed by thc Craft in connection with their schools and other charities .
West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
A meeting of the General Committee of the above-named Institution was held on Friday evening , the iGth inst ., at thc Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , at which Bro . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., jircsided . There was a large attendance , and , during the proceedings , it was proposed to
recommend to the next Court of Governors that fourteen children should be placed on the foundation of the institution , thc annual cost of education and clothing amounting to £ 112 . Bro . R . Wilson , P . G . I ) ., acted as Secretary at this meeting , in consequence of the illness of Bro . R . Brown and the absence from town of Bro . Broadbridge , the joint
Secretaries of the Charity . It will be most welcome news to a very large proportion of the brethren in West Lancashire to know that Bro . Brown is now recovering from his severe illness , antl an ardent hope is generally expressed that he may soon be able lo lake his jilace in thc Masonic and business world whicii he has so long and admirably filled .
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