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CROWN AND ANCHOR HOTEL , LONG DITTON , SURREY . Half-way House—London to Ripley . Main Portsmouth Road ( almost adjoining the River ); Seven Minutes from Hampton Court ; less than One Mile from Surhiton Station ; One Mile and a Half from Sandown Park . ———LUNCHEONS , DINNERS AND TEAS PROVIDED ( Large Club Room , Piano , Sic . ) EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR CYCLISTS . ( Good Stabling , Lock-up Coach-houses . ) BILLIARD SALOON . BOWLING GREEN . Bra . FREDERICK WILLIAM WOOD , PROPRIETOR .

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THE SHIP AND TURTLE ( PAINTERS ) , LTD . Best and oldest house in London for recherche Masonic Banquets , Private Parties , and Dinners . ASSEMBLY ROOMS FOR COMPANIES , & C . OUR TURTLE "THE ELIXIR OF LIFE , " Vide faculty . Purveyors to H . R . H . Prince of Wales , H . I . M . Emperor of Russia , Dukes of Saxe Gotha , Connaught , Cambridge , and most ot Crowned Heads of Europe . Manager , Bro . C . J . GARDNER .

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CANNON STREET HOTEL , CANNON STREET , E . C . RITTER & PUZEY , PROPRIETORS . SPACIOUS AND COMMODIOUS ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL MASONIC LODGES , AND BANQUETS , MEETINGS , AUCTIONS , BALLS , CONCERTS , ARBITRATIONS , ClNDERELLAS , ETC . \ M n cn-Mrrr rrv M . M . ^ UD

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MAYO'S CASTLE HOTEL , EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION . BRO . JOHN MAYO . MASONIC TEMPLE . Accommodation in the new wing for Banquets for any number up to 120 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherngs . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Five Lodges meet here , and reference may be made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .

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TOWER BRIDGE HOTEL , TOOLEY-STRERT , S . E . PROPRIETOR : C . J . BKOWN . Within five minutes L . II . andS . C . Railway , and S . E . Railway ( London Bridge ); iu minutes from Liverpoolit reet and Broad-street Stations . SPLENDID ACCOMMODATION TOR M ASONIC LODGES AND CHAPTERS . LARGE BANOUKIING HALL . A'l up to date , and latest improvements . Acknowledged by lhe Picss to be the finest Masonic Hall in London . Telephone No . 222 Hop . Inspection incited .

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Telephone No . 87 c , Holborn . hstabhshed 1808 . MATTHEWS , DREW , & CO ., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS , PRINTERS , LITHOGRAPHERS , ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS , 37 & 38 , HIGH HOLBORN , LONDON , W . C . Law Department—10 , GRAY ' INN PLACB , W . C . A HIGH-CLASS WRITING PAPER "THE PROFESSIONAL NOTE , " VV hite or Blue Tint , 5 quires 1 . 6 , 1 ream G . , 5 reams , 2 S , G . SAMt'LES SENT POST rHEI . M ATT II I' W S , D R K \ V , & Co . ' s SPECIALLY SELECTED PENS , Assorted Sample Box containing 3 dozen ( iG variefes ) POST KKEK SIXPENCE . OFFICE STATIONERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION .

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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . F . II . CLEMOW , Proprietor . 11 connection with the Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of Anderton's is unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations , & c . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the public from 7 a . m . to 7 p . m . for Breakfasts , Luncheons , Teas , and Dinners . The 2 s . Ilot Luncheon , from 1 p . m . to 3 p . m ., in Coffee Room , unequalled . Registered Address for Telegrams : — CLEMOW , LONDON .

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BREE'S ROYAL HOTEL , JERSEY Healthiest situation in St . Hclicr . 20 decrees Cooler than the sea front . BED AND BREAKFAST 5 / 6 AND 6 / -. FULL BOARD , ROOMS & SERVICE , 8 / 6 & 9 / per day . Telegraphic Address— " BKKBS , J BRSKV . "

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THE SHIP HOTEL , HALLIFORD-ON-THAMES , SHEPPERTON . Bro . F . J . THAYRE , Proprietor . ( Many years at the Savoy Hotel ) . ' The above old-established and famous Hostelry is most pleasantly situated on the banks of the Thames at one of its most charming reaches . There is a large Coffee Room with a grand uninterrupted view . Superior accommodation for Masonic gatherings , Families , Anglers , & c . Fish abound in the immediate vicinity of the Hotel , and experienced Fishermen are always available , Billiards , Boating , Punting , Posting , & c .

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BRO . EDWARD P . DELEVANTI will be pleased to undertake MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MASONIC BANQUETS , CONSECRATIONS , & c . ( Craft , Arch , Mark , Secret Monitor , & c . ) MASONIC QUARTETTE . THE COURT PART SINGERS . Layer Marney , Msunt Park , Ealing ; or 16 Great Oueen Street . W . C .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . IOHN GOW , LIMITED , *> 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C , 11 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , E . C , 23 , LONDON STREET , MARK LANE , E . C , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , AND 86 , HIGH STREET , PECKHAM , S . E > JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Rest Quality » t Lowest Price * .

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FOR SALE . SET OF TRACING BOARDS ON PANELLED OAK .

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NEW MASONIC WOKK . AN EXACT REPRODUCTION 01 ' THE MACNAB MASONIC MS . OK A . D . 1722 , EDITED » Y BRO . WILLIAM WAl'SON ( of Leeds ) . WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BUO . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN ALSO Reduced Facsimile of portions of the MS . The " New Articles" given in the Roll and all else of a peculiar character are duly explained in Bro . Hughan ' s Introduction . Only 250 copies at 2 s . 6 d . each , post free . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , IG , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .

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pREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS . On December 17 th , and during the week preceding Christmas Dav , CHEAP THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS available on December 2 rst , 22 nd , 23 rd , 24 th , or 25 th , and for return December 2 fith to December 30 th inclusive , will be issued from PADDINGTON , Clio ham Junction , Victoria ( L . C . and D . R . ) , Kensington ( AdJisonroad ) , Hammersmith , & c , to Bath , BRISTOL , Taunton , Barnstaple , 1 LFRACOMBE , JEXETER , TOROUAY , PLYMOUTH , Falmouth , PENZANCE , YeoviiT Djr-Chester , WEYMOUTH , & c , and on December 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th onlv to GUERNSEY and JERSEY ( fare 255 . ) , to return within 14 days . ADDITIONAL TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON STATION as under—SATURDAY , December 2401 .-7 . 5 p . m . fir Bath , BRISTOL , EX 2 TER , PLYMUUTH , Penzance , & c . 12 . 30 night , for Reading , Swindon , GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , Newport , CARDIFF , Swansea , & c . CHRISTMAS DAY . —5 . 30 a . m ., as on week days , as far as EXETER and SVVANSEV , with connections to Trowbridge , Frome , YEOVIL , Bridport , Dorchester , WEYMOUTH , Oxford , Banbury , Leamington , BIRMINGHAM , Worcester , Malvern , Kidderminster , WOLVERHAMPTON , & c . EXCURSIONS will leave PADDINGTON STATION as under : DECEMBER 24 , NIGHT . To Chipping Noiton , Evesham , WORCESTER , Malvern , HEREFORD , OXFORD , Banbury , Leamington , Warwick , BIRMINGHAM , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , CHESTER , Birkenhead , LIVERPOOL , & c , for 2 or" 3 days ; to BATH and BRISTOL , for 2 or 3 days ; to Cirencester , Stroud , Stonehouse , GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , Newport , CARDIFF , & c , for 3 days ; and to Swansea , Hanelly , Llandovery , Carmarthen , Tenby , NEvV MILFORD , & c , for 2 or 3 days . For times of trains , fates , and full particulars of alterations in ordinary train arrangements , sec pamphlets and bills , which can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations and usual Receiving Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .

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Published this Day . Price ios . 6 d . NORTHUMBRIAN MASONRY . ( FROM B . C . TO END OK 1 S 97 . ) Being a History of the Craft in the Border Province from the earliest times ; showing its identity witfl , and development from , the Mediieval Operative Lodges as they existed throughout Britain . BY JOHN STRACHAN , O . C ., GRAND REGISTRAR OK ENGLAND . ( P . Piov . G . Warden aid P . Prov . G . Secretary of Northumbetl md ) Masonic Tradition is herein tested by Contemporary History , and by isterestint ; old Kccords and Correspondence collated by lhe Author while in the North , and now published for the lirst time , including the Masonic portion of tiie famous " Delaval Papers , * ' Minutes of extinct Lodges , i \ : c . There are also in the Appendix , extracts from the Masonic Orations of V . W . Bro . C . wox TKI . SIKAM , K . K S ., Past llraud LhupUin , the Historian of tile Holy Land , revised by their Author for this work . Dedicated , by Special Permission , to II R . H . Tim PRINCE OF WALES , M . W . GRAND MASTER OK ENGLAND , whose Portrait and facsimile Autograph form the frontispieces , beautifully executed by the new Collotype process . London ; GEORGE KENNING , 16 and 16 a , GREAT QUKBN STREET , W . C .

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J PUBLISHED , PRICE GS . IWTASONIC REPRINTS AND HISTORICAL REVELATIONS By HENRY SADLER , P . M . & P . Z ., Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grani Lodge . Author of " Masonic Facts Sz Fictions , " " Thomas Dunckerley , " & c . AND VV . J . CHETWODE CRAWLEY , LL . D ., D . C . L ., Past Senior Grand Deacon , Ireland , & c , & c . Upwards of 250 pages demy octavo , handsomely bound in cloth gilt , top edges gilt . GEORGE KENNING , IG & iCa , GREAT QUEEN St ., W . C .

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BOURNEMOUTH . —RIVIERA WESTCLIFF .-VIrs . PENDLEBURY , nee von Meien , wife of the late Alfred A . Pendlebury , Past Asst . Grand Secretary , is desirous of receiving a few young girls into her family ; every educational advantage ; daughters very musical ; German and French always spoken ; terms moderate .

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BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR MACHINE FOR 1898 , INSPECT THE " HOLBORN . " Guaranteed to be a First Class Machine at a Moderate Price . THE HOLBORN CYCLE COMPANY , 39 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , H OLBORN . ( Nearly opposite the Freemasons' Hall . )