Weekly Summary.

A better courtier waves his magic wand , Frost changes Britain to thy well-loved land ; With craftier welcome , snows and skies of grey , . „ The year provides a more than Arctic day .

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The following is a complete list of the Stewards at the annual festival , with the respective amounts of their several lists : — LONDON L ODGES .

Lodges £ s d - i John Gostling IO " > ° 2 C . A . Swinburne 42 o o 3 George Phillips 39 lS ° 4 Henry J . Gardiner ... 4 . 5 3 o c John Bagot Scriven ... 59 T 7 °

6 D . P . Browning 21 o o 6 Capt . W . Piatt 10 10 o 7 Robert Mansfield 38 * 7 o 10 Rev . Thos . Cochrane ... 43 1 o 11 E . J . Bradstreet 42 o o

12 Leopold Rut / 5 2 ° 14 J . G . Mackinlay 21 o O 18 J . C . Chaplin 51 9 o 21 Robert Beiridge S 5 i . 3 ° 22 Edward J . Storr 6 4 1 o 28 David Crombie 52 10 o

29 Francis Jarman 22 1 o 33 Cromwell J . Varley ... 42 o o 34 Henry Saml . Dubosc ... 42 12 o 55 H . VV . Nevill . Z IJ 7 ° 6 60 Edward H . Cox ... ... 77 1 7 ° 65 George J . Cook 32 11 o 72 W . G . Brig hten 33 1 6

73 George Morris 52 10 6 yi Victor M . Lalittan ... 37 16 o 95 Harry Bateman 29 8 o 140 Edwin Shallen 51 9 o i . ir R . Gottheil 4-4 2 o

143 James Boulton 80 17 o 14 ' e E . H . Thiellay 37 16 o 157 Thomas Cubitt 6 4 1 o 173 D . Nicolls 77 3 < 5 174 Charles Lacey 103 19 °

377 Frederick Kent 36 : 5 o 179 E . A . P . d'Alberquerque ... 74 o 6 180 Ale Gallico 50 18 6 181 J . Yalden 34 J 3 ° 183 G . Pole Britten 31 10 o lti ' r J ohn H . Ross 44 2 o

i » 8 J . T . Miller 3 ° 4 « 192 George Newman ... ... 48 6 o 197 George Findlay 29 S o 198 Geo . E . Holland . 3 , 5 ' 4 ° 201 George Whittey ••••••27 6 o 20 •; M . Emanuel 26 5 o

217 Thos . James ... ... 10 10 o 227 Henry Law 4 ° 9 ° 225 Raymond H . Thrupp ... 24 1 o 259 John H . Scott 52 10 o 6 ; , 7 J . Llewellyn Jones ... 113 18 3 715 Henry Birdseye ... . . . 30 9 o D not

7 ^ 4 . Roberts ( List in ) 766 William Worrell 37 ^ ° 834 Lewis Bryett 28 7 o 871 J . Baxter Langley 3 r 10 o 1 155 Henry Moore ... ... 42 o o 1260 Charles Darby 36 1 i o

1288 John Thomas Smith ... 21 o o j 297 George Clements ... ... 17 17 ° 134 8 John Palmer ... ... 214 4 o 1365 Chas . Robert Miles ... 25 4 o 1383 J . Nixon Gabon ... ... 31 10 o 1397 G . Charles Ring 26 5 o

Total London £ 2881 14 o

PROVINCIAL LODGES . . £ ' s . d . BERKS AND BUCKS : — G . W . Dixon 33 u 6 BRISTOL : —

W . A . Scott 60 10 o CHESHIRE : — H . S . A . Bennett to 10 o CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND : — . . George J . McKay 34 * 3 °

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DERBYSHIRE : — £ s . d . G . W . Sheffield 28 16 6 R . R . Duke 1 1 o H . G . Diamond 10 10 o DURHAM : — Augustus H . Hunt ... 16 9 17 o

B . Boulton 101 17 o A . Farmer ... ... tc 10 o HANTS AND I SLE OF WIGHT : — J . Balfour Cockburn ... 34 13 o R . L . Loveland ... ... 28 7 o Frederick F . Hare 141 i > 5 o

KENT : — R . J . Emmerson ... ... 10 10 o Henry M . Baker 45 3 o R . H . Williams 42 o o 8 J . B . Maclure 10 10 o EAST L ANCASHIRE : —

2 Thomas Entwistle ... ro 10 o 9 Major Thomas Parker ... io 10 o 6 E . Grundry Heape 10 10 o 1 G . P . Brockbank 26 5 o ir William Slater 42 o o 12 Jonah W . Taylor 10 10 o

4 William Green ... ... 10 10 o 5 Robert Grinne 10 10 o 10 W . H . Prince 115 10 o 3 George Galloway ... ... 52 10 o 7 C . M . Jones 73 10 o WEST L ANCASHIRE : —

J . D . Moore 25 4 o L INCOLNSHIRE . — John SutclifJ 1028 7 o Jack . Sutcliff 10 10 o M . Broadhead 10 10 o John Hadfield 10 10 o

MIDDLESEX : — William Cutbush ... 27 6 o H . A . Dubois 10 10 o H . Gloster 10 10 o S . Rosenthall 16 9 14 o M ONMOUTHSHIRE : —

L . A . F . Homfray J 73 5 ° NORTHAMPTON AND HUNTS : — John Marson 15 15 0 NORTHUMHERLAND : T . Y . Strachan 198 9 c OXFORDSHIRE : —

J . P . Morrell 31 ic o Christopher Park J 5 15 o John Potts 13 13 o James Long ... ... 25 5 6 W . Thompson 10 10 o SOMERSET : — E . P . lnkskip . 5 5 °

J . L . Stothert 217 12 o SUSSEX : — Thomas Trollope 90 15 6 WILTS : — Robert Stokes 6 5 2 o YORKSHIRE , NORTH AND EAST : — John Hudson ... ... 21 o c J . . Woodall 31 10 o

WEST IORKSHIRE : —• Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., Chairman ... 52 10 0 Bentley , Shaw , V . P ., D . P . G . M . ' 550 Robert Belfit , 139 ... ... io 10 o Alexander Hay , 139 ... 10 10 c

W . Jarvis , 139 ... ... 10 10 o Fras . Trickett , 1 39 ... to 10 o J . 11 . Wri g ht , 1 39 ... 10 10 o Jas . Cardwell , 208 ... 10 10 o Robet Critchley , 208 ... 10 10 o Robert Aruison , 29 6 ... 10 10 o

C . H . Bingham , 29 6 ... to 10 o John C . Ridal , 29 6 ... 10 to o William Skinner , 29 6 ... 10 ic o Royal Brunswick Lodge , 296 70 o o •Benj . Broughton , 302 ... 10 10 o John Gaunt , V . P ., 302 ... 31 10 o

Farrar Hanson , 302 ... 10 10 o Robert Craig , 304 ... 10 10 o Francis Horsley , 304 ... 10 10 o C . Lowery , 304 ... 10 10 o W . A . Musgrave , 304 ... 10 10 o

i J . C . Malcolm , 306 ... 10 ro o Fredk . Whitaker , V . P .. 44 S 10 10 b George Waton , 810 ... 10 10 o R . E . Collinson , 837 ... 10 jo o John Simpson , 910 ... 10 10 o Edward Sewell , 974 . . . 10 JO o

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West Yorkshire—continued . gS s . d . Thomas Tyers , 1042 ... 21 10 o J . Wordsworth , V . Pat . ... 10 10 o W . H . Colbeck , 1214 ... 10 10 o S . B . Ellis , 1239 ... ... 10 10 o

Geo . S . Heaton , 1239 •••IO IO ° " Henry Matthews , 1239 ... 10 10 o Wentworth Lodge , 1239 •••10 10 o Harmony Lodge , 275 ... 10 xo o Edward Hcmmingway ... 10 10 o NORTH WALES AND SHROPSHIRE : —

E . Elias ... ... 10 10 o SOUTH WALES , EASTERN DIVISION : — S . A . Power 211 10 SOUTH WALES , WESTERN DIVISION : — Rev . L . Jones 300 GRAND L ODGE OF GREECE : — C . F . Matier 28 7 o

Total , Provincial ... £ 4 , 122 13 o „ London ... 2 , 8 gi 14 o Grand Total ... £ 7 . 004 7 o

Reviews.

Reviews .

An . Encyclopcedia of Masonry and its Kindred Sciences . By Albert Mackey , M . D . Bro . Mackey ' s work has at last reached this country , and can be procured at any of the offices of our worthy publisher , Bro . George Kenning . It does not belie the great fame or hig h ,

abilities of our excellent American Brother , and it will be welcomed by all Masonic students as the most valuable contribution to Masonic archaelogy , history , and science , which has yet appeared either in the United States , or in Great Britain . It is , we confess , a book of somewhat

formidable dimensions , namely 950 pages of large quarto , and it is just possible that its size and its price , 38 s ., may at first deter some readers . But those who will but break the ice , and peruse it with the interest of the student and of an archa-ologist will find themselves fully rewarded for their expenditure of time and

money . It is sometimes said that the Craft is not a reading body , and this , though true no doubt as a fact , is susceptible of some explanation . A very large portion of our order are absolutely " bread-winners , " engaged in honest

industry , and toiling laboriousl y for the support of their families and themselves . Amid the stern and pressing claims of daily , hourl y business , many of them have little time for literature and study , and therefore they are not patrons of Masonic literature , because practically they

cannot attend to it . With them , Masonry assumes . , to a great extent , the form of the friendly and cheerful social gathering and innocent relaxation , after the labours of the busy day are over . We think it therefore probable that the

number of Masonic students , and even of readers , must always necessarily be a limited one , and this fact accounts for the unprofitable speculations in the suppl y of Masonic literature , of which this age has witnessed so many .

Still it is our duty to persevere in the dissemination of a sound and useful literature , and we may hope that the number of Masonic readers and students will gradually increase amongst

us . When that " good time " arrives , few will have done more to expedite it , than our able Brother Albert Mackey . Some of us may be acquainted with his little but excellent " Lexicon of Freemasonry , " and

others may read the " Monthly Freemason , " and all of us who do so , must be well aware , that no one is more competent for so important a work than he is . And therefore his ' Magnum Opus , ' comes to us to day , recommended on every ground to our welcome , and our perusal . He tells us in his interesting preface , that his

materials have been collecting for 10 years , and that the preparation of these many pages has been done b y the willing hands of his daughters , he himself suffering from a temporary affection of the sig ht . And we will simply say this to day , that the book , at last completed , does every credit to his careful research , his archaeological knowledge