Reviews.

Reviews .

FROM CALAIS TO KARLSBAD . T . Louis OXLKY . Kerby , and Endean , igo , Oxford-street . "We have received this little sketch with much p leasure , and only wish that it had teen somewhat longer , and that there had been " more of it . " It gives an animated account of a journey from Calais to Karlsbad , commencing

vvith the well-known and quaint hotel of M . and Mme . Dessin , and ending at "La Grande Ville" of Paris , of which the writer most truly remarks , " what a beautiful city ! '' Yes , Paris is beautilul under all aspects and at all times , and he must be a very blase or borne subject who cannot admire or appreciate Paris . From Calais the party

go on to Brussels , " Hotel de VEurope , " and seem to be most favourably impressed with that agreeable city . The writer runs along , via Aachen , paying a just tribute to Nuellen ' s Hotel and the Dremels ; he passes through Bonn , and Bingen , and Frankfort , and Eisenach ; He sees the Mosenthal , the Wartburg , and glances at the Green Vaults

and galleries cf Dresden , Konigstein , and its fortifications , until for a month he sojourns peacefully and comfortably amid the chaiming scenery of Schandau . Then he proceeds to the " Kur " at Karlsbad , and afterwards goes for the " Nach Kur " to the Rhigi , or Rigi Kaltbad . We too have a vivid remembrance of that Rhigi Kalibad in less

civilised days , before the Rhigi Kulm Railway was made , before Vitznau took the place of "Waggis , " but our memoiy reverts to a " wooden dependence" not quite finished , which was a " bath " by day and night , which vvas on the top of thc sunburnt plateau , and which rendered sleep impossible , and comfort out of the question , to

say nothing of incessant conversation through thin partitions , and innumerable cockroaches which made themselves completely at home , chez vous . But despite all these " desagremens" we liked the genius loci and the Swiss people . We can fancy the Rhigi Kaltbad to be a most enjoyable spot , apres

tout . All this little story of a foreign journey is told with much quietness and simplicity of style , in an easy , unconstrained narrative , and we recommend to any of our leaders who arc thinking of a foreign tour to Karlsbad or thc Righi , to invest at once in this little book , ana

if they pay a visit to Mr . Endean ' s well stocked emporium they will not go away disappointed . We commend the work for its truthfulness of description and unpretentiousness of profession . It is what it claims to be , an interesting account of an interesting journey .

THE VOICE OF MASONRY . Chicago . The " Voice of Masonry " for June is now before us , as usual most admirably edited by Bros . J . W . Brown and A . G . Mackay . It is one of the best Masonic periodicals that we know , and deserves to be appreciated in England as in America .

LE MONDE MACONNIQUE for June , is before us , and containsa great deal of French Masonic matter , which unfortunately docs not quite harmonise with our English views . Bro . Caubet ' s address at the opening of the new lodge , " Les Macons reunis , " is marked by much moderation , good sense , and Masonic sentiment .

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE 3- ; rd DEGREE OF THE SOUTHERN JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES . This is a very imposing looking volume of 616 pages , which we are happy to receive and interested in perusing .

ANNUAL REGISTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PERFECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA for the year 1878 . This is a very interesting reco rd , which we deem worth preserving , and which we have perused with pleasure .

KENNING'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY . This invaluable companion for the reading Mason is on our table . The labour of preparing the work vvas undertaken some five years ago by Bro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., editor of the London . £ V < '

has found ample scope for his versatile intellect and sound knowledge of things peitaining to Freemasonry . The acceptable secret in making such a book consists more , perhaps , in knowing what to leave out than what to put in , and in this our learned brother has great skill . It is published by Bro . George Kenning , whose name

the book bears , and who is known to all the world as the greatest Masonic publisher in this century . He liberally supplied the sinews , such a necessary accompaniment to an undertaking so laborious and expensive , and it is earnestly to be hoped that he will reap a

handsome reward . The book is handsomely bound in fine blue cloth , having a beautifully illuminated cover bearing the portraits of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master of England ; the Duke of Abercorn , M . W . Grand Master of Ireland ; and Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , M . W . Granrl Master of Scotland . —The Masonic Eclectic .

We are delighted to hear that the authorities at l rafal gar-square have just been enabled to acquire for the national collection several of the gems of the famous gallery formed by the late Mr . Fuller Maitland , of Stanstead-park . Foremost among these acquisitions must be reckoned

the small Botticelli exhibited at Burlington-house '"' 71 , with the enigmatical Greek inscription at the top ; this Nativity— a nativity , as our readers remember , with me addition of several unusual episodes—is one of the most imaginative , the best preserved , and in all respects most "enghtful examples in the whole works of the master . — Academy .

Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

OLD CERTIFICATES . A day or two ago , when looking through the old minute books of Lodge of Perseverance , No . 371 , at Maryport , in search of material for my projected work on Craft Masonry in Cumberland and Westmorland , Bro . Jos . Nicholson , one of the oldest Masons in the north , showed me a number of parchments , which he had collected from time to time .

One isa warrant issued by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , dated Dec . 7 , 1785 , with a large seal attached in a tin box , suspended by a blue and yellow ribbon . The names of the signataries are John George Pyke , P . G . M . W . Campbell , D . P . G . M . ; J . Snelling , P . G . S . W . ; and D . J . Wood , P . G . J . W . The Earl of Antrim is also mentioned as Grand Master of England . The warrant empowers John

Fraser , James Carmichael , and George Brown , to form and hold a lodge at the house of Bro . John Fraser , or elsewhere , in the township of Walmsley , in the said province . The name of J . Peters appears as G . S ., and a note at the corner certifies that " This warrant is registered in the Grand Lodge , vol . 1 , letter A . " The warrant is wholly [ in manuscript . Another par chment is the Craft certificate o

Bro . Samuel Hyslop , Lodge 299 , Merlin ' s Cave , Liverpool , now extinct , dated June 15 , 1797 . There are also two or three scraps of a paper certificate , printed , issued to Bro . Hyslop , by his mother lodge , the following September , one of which scraps has intact the lodge seal in red wax . The same brother has also left behind him a parchment certificate from St . fohn ' s Lodge , No . 233 , Castle Douglas , N . B .,

dated April , 1799 , showing that Bro . Hyslop had "duly passed the chair , received the degrees of Excellent , Superexcellent , and Royal Arch Mason , by us in our lodge . " To this part of the parchment there is attached a crimson ribbon , with a red wax seal , an almost exact representation of the Scotch Royal Arch jewel of the present day . The second half of the parchment certifies that the brother also

" was duly dubbed a Sir Knight Templar " in the encampment attached to St . John ' s Lodge . The seal , in black wax , representing emblems of mortality , in this case , is suspended by a black ribbon . St . John ' s Lodge , Castle Douglas , was chartered in 1794 , and is now numbered 189 ; but the chapter and encampment appear to be numbered with the things of the past . Bro . Nicholson has

also in his possession a most interesting pamphlet , published in 1804 , entitled " Masonic Union : an Address to the Duke of Athol on the subject of an Union between the Masons that have lately assembled under his Grace ' s sanction , and the regular Masons of England , H . R . H . George ,

Prince of Wales , Grand Master ; by a Member of the Fraternity . " As a supplement to this pamphlet there is a list of Grand Patrons , Grand Masters , and Provincial Grand Masters ; together vvith a list of lodges . I am sure Bro . Nicholson will be most happy to lend this interesting pamphlet to any reading Mason who has never seer . it . W . F . LAMONBY .

PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES . My able friend Bro . Findel can no doubt confirm or refute the supposition that a work entitled " Philosophical Dialogues on the Reunion of the Different Christian Communions , " by the late Baron de Starck , Protestant Minister ,

and first Preacher to the Court of Darmstadt , and published in Lonilon in 1819 , translated from the German , is the production of the well-known High Grade Bro . von Starck . If it be , he vvas clearly a Roman Catholic in sympathy , if not in profession , and this would account for many of his erratic proceedings in respect of Freemasonry . MASONIC STUDENT .

GRAND ORIENT OF EGYPT . I have very much pleasure in informing the brethren in this country , who are interested in thc progress of Freemasonry in Egypt , that the Grand Orient for that co untry has been officially recognised by the Grand Lodge of Iowa ( United States ) , and theM . W . G . M . has appointed th e indefatigable Grand Secretary ( Bro . F . F . Oddi ) the R epresentative of Iowa of Egypt . This makes still another

G rand Lodge which has followed the example of the G rand Lodge of Missouri in extending the right hand of fe llowship to our brethren in Egypt , and , doubtless , ere lo ng there will be few who will not thus unite in helping th e Craft in that country , just as England and Ireland h ave done . Recognition in a fraternal spirit is what is a sked , the matter of representation being a matter of m uch less importance , though ncne the less desirable . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . R . D . DUCKETT , 228 . We regret to announce the death of Bro . Richard Dent Duckett , of the United Strength Lodge , No . 228 . Bro . D uckett retired to rest apparently in good health late on T ueselay night , and was found dead in bed on Wednesday morning . A stroke of apoplexy had carried him off in the early hours of the morning , and he seemed to have died

without a struggle or a pang . Our Bro . Duckett , who was one of the permanent staff of the Standard , was well known among the members of the press , and was highly respected in both business and social circles . Bro . Duckett was a keen appreciator of character and motive , and whenever he found honesty of purpose and sincerity of disposition he became a firm friend whom it was impossible to alienate .

A female physician and clairvoyant in New Y ork advertises to " mend ladies hearts after they have undergone a severe affliction . "

Notes On Art, &C.

NOTES ON ART , & c .

At a general assembly of the Royal Academy of Arts held on Thursday last week , Mr . W . F . Yeames , painter , was elected an Academician , and Mr . Frank Holl , painter , and Mr . E . Crofts , painter , were elected Associates , The Cloth workers' Company have voted a sum of twenty guineas towards the sustentation fund of the

Parkes Museum of Hygiene , University College . The Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded a series of plans and drawings of hospital ships and other articles having reference to naval hygiene . Mr . H . P . MacCarthy , the sculp tor , was permitted to take a cast of the face of the late Mr . Russell Gurney . A successful mask was obtained , and Mr . Mac-Carthy is preparing a bust from it .

Mr . Joseph Albert , photographer to the Court of Vienna , has just constructed a photographic steam-press by which he has induced photography to render the natural colours in a picture . An expert painter , says the Medical Examiner , could hardly pourtray the colours of the object more faithfully , and the distinctness in the nicest shades more accurately , than the Albert press does in these coloured photographs . Some further additions have been made to the

series of cabinet portraits of civic celebrities taken by Bro . Fradelle , 24 6 Regent-street . Alderman Sir R . W . Garden is one of the " subjects , " and his portrait is an exceedingly striking one . Another is Mr . John Bath , C . C , President of the Society of Accountants ; a third , Mr . W . S . Page , Master of the Shipwrights' Company ; a fourth , Mr . W . A . Oldaker , warden of the Cutlers' Company . All these are

remarkably good . As likenesses they are very successful , whilst in each case the details are brought out in the clear manner for which Bro . Fradelle ' s photo-mezzotint portraits have become renowned . The adoption of a Rat by a Cat is reported by a correspondent of the Turf , Field , and Farm , writing from Connecticut . A young rat , about two weeks old , was

brought to an old cat for her dinner , but instead of eating it she carried it off to the nest where her kitten lodged , and left it there . The rat , finding himself comfortable , stayed with the kitten , and the old cat nursed both the kitten and the rat , and all lived happily together . The little' rat left the nest once a week , but returned of his own accord . The owner had a wire cage built for the trio , which was

convenient for all three , but the door vvas so narrow that one day , as the cat anil rat were trying to pass through it at thc same time , the little rat vvas squeezed to death . So the rat was thrown away , and for two days the oldeatmewed anil sought about for her lost prote ' gt ? . The probability is that the prison of Newgate will be removed before many months have elapsed , and

the site occupied by a " Criminal Court of Justice , " to which all the business of the Central Criminal Court will become transferred . The change is inevitable , and , such being the case , the City of London Corporation are said to be contemplating the erection of a pile of buildings which will compare favourably with the handsome Assize Courts at Manchester and elsewhere .

The Honorary Treasurer of the London school of medical women 30 Henrietta-street , Brunswick-square , has , received a notification from Mr . George Oakes , of New South Wales , of a legacy amounting in value to nearly £ 7000 having been left to the institution by his late wife . The closing meeting of the Meteorological

Society for the present session vvas held last week at the Institution of Civil Engineers , Mr . C . Graves , F . G . S . ( President ) , chair , when the following papers were read : — "The Climate of Lundy Island , " by Mr . A . J . H . Crespi , B . A . ; " On the Auroral or Magnetic Cirrus , " by the Rev . S . Barber ; and " On a method of sometimes determining the amount of the diurnal variation of the barometer on any particular day , " by the Hon . R . Abercomby .

It is interesting to learn from the Bulletin of the United States Survey of the Territories that thc remains of a bird of high organisation have been discovered in certain insect-bearing shales at Florissant , in Colorado . The relics comprise the greater part of the skeleton , and , though deficient in portions of the head , include nearly all the bones of the anterior and posterior extremities ;

the wings and tail are so well imprinted on the rock as to indicate even the shafts and barbs of the feathers . The fossil represents a bird of aboreal habits , with well developed powers of flight . It belongs evidently to a high ornithic type , and is probably referable to the group of Passeres , or perching birds . Although the absence of bill renders it impossible to assign the species to any particular family ,

there are reasonsjfor believing that it is allied to the finches . Palaccspiva Bella is the name under which Mr . J . A . Allen describes this new bird . Both generic and specific names are new . This specimen represents the first fossil passerine bird which has been discovered in North America . —Academy . The Chinese pavilion in the Paris Exhibition

is not yet open to the public . Through the closed poich a sight can be obtained of the garden within , in the centre of which stands a richly-decorated summer-house ; and the bazaar adjoining is doing a fair trade in Chinese articles of every nature , vended by Orientals in full national costume . It seems rather peculiar to see

these sleepy eyed , pig-tailed "heathen Chinese , " clad in rich silken stuffs , which suggest romantic ideas of the Celestial Empire , quietly pulling away at large cigars o ! the most European and prosaic appearance . The Siamese and Persian pavilions are closed yet , through exteriorly complete . The buildings will be picturesque features of the Trocadero grounds .