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in short , that everything ought to last for ever . That a poor lone woman is never to have any pleasure , but always , always to stop at home , and " mind her children "—( I'm tired of such nonsense . ) That the expenses of one's household do not increase with one's lamily , but , rather , that ten children can be supported for the same cost as one .
That no husband is perfect , like Hercules , without his club ; and that the less a wife sees of her husband , the fonder she actually grows of him . That it is a pleasure for us to sit up for them . I mieht give you more " fallacies of the faculty , ' but I stop here to-day . Hoping that you and Bro . Kenning will continue to advocate so ably the cause of us poor shut-out
women , I am , yours , most sisterly , AMY BROWN . BRADLAUGH AT THE SURREY MASONIC HALL . To ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Your correspondent is very much mistaken in supposing that the lecture given by the notorious M . P .
for Northampton has anything to do with the Masons of South London . Through mistakes made by the originators , a most unsuitable building was erected at an enormous cost ; the company came to grief , the mortgage foreclosed , and the building eventually came into the hands of Bro . Oliver , who had been so unfortunate as to be the builder .
Besides the Masonic rooms there is a large lecture hall , ¦ which is let for preaching , nigger minstrels , bazaars , wedding breakfasts , infidel or other lecturers , and dancing . The building is now in the hands of the South London Institute of Music , a very influential musical society , but there arc Masonic meetings , as usual , in the Masonic
rooms . As so many worthy Masons lost all their investments in the venture , they must feel that it would have been better to have erected a smallerbuilding , costing abouta thousand pounds , containing only Masonic rooms . Yours fraternally , SOUTH LONDON .
COMMAS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I sent some " notes " about printers' " errata " a short time back , I now send you a neat little " par " about " commas . " How many good folks , you and I know ,
dear sir and brother , who write without "stops " at all . " The comma , like the ' tongue , is a little thing , and , like it , will make good sense or nonsense , just according as it is used . Take , for instance , the old nursery rhyme . With the commas misplaced , it is so nonsensical that it needs a
commentary to explain it i " Every lad y in the land Has twenty nails on each hand , Five and twenty on hands and feet ; This is true without deceit .
"Alter the position of the commas , and the meaning is clear ; " Every lady in the land Has twenty nails , on each hand Five , and twenty on hands and feet ; This is true without deceit . " Yours fraternally , A LOVER OF OLD ENGLISH .
Reviews.
Reviews .
MADAME DESEVIGNE . By Mrs . RICHMOND RITCHIE . Wm . Blackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London . We only wish that our limited space allowed a full and satisfactory review of this very interesting little work , lt forms part of Messrs . Blackwood's series of " Foreign Classics for English Readers , " and is edited by Mrs . Richmond Ritchie , better known as Miss Thackeray . The work
is admirably done , and will well repay some studious moments of thought and perusal . It brings before us in a graceful style and effective grouping , some striking pictures of a . past epoch , and sets before us , fairly and truly , the merits of the most graceful and touching of letter writers . Madame de Sevigne ' s letters are still , indeed , classic reading for us all alike , and no one can expect to
grasp the real history of France in that eventful period which saw the close of the reign of Louis XIII ., the passing away of Richelieu and Mazarin , and the long reign of Louis XIV ., and the old age of the Grand Monarque , " without some study of her faithful record of persons and events . Madame de aevigne was born in 1626 and died in 16 9 6 . What a Period to live in , what a " three score years and ten" to J ?\ JP * ssed through . And then before us , as we turn over their lifelike pages , ( we find them too short , their only fault ) .
y , f . ° me and go before us those fading ghosts of a glittering past . If their splendour seem something like , ? y . " -l tinsel" tous to-day , if their glory has desiht in truth " the . y seem somevvnat " ghastly" to the sight , onc an ( j a || ^ Qne ^ jr jace seems to g ] eam with almost an aureole " of unearthly truth and tenderness around it , ' j !* and the mother , virtuous in a licentious age , sure and Steadfast when t-r \ n manv wi > r ( . tr *» n # -Vi , » rnil < : nnrt t ! m /» .
serving , a loyal subject , a faithful friend , a very queen of women , amid those who might otherwise have dazzled ; . . slRht and ruined the life of many a poor votary of 'ashion , many a zealous " viveur" in "high life . " Madame m . tT ' ' Marie de Rah " * : ' " Chantal , " was a very remarkable woman , and her many volumes of inimitable M ? I * -t l the delight of youth and old age , of student 52 . .- ?* ' *?•We than « " Miss Thackeray that was " for a very attractive little work .
Reviews.
CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS . Albert Cohn , 53 , Mohren Strassc , Berlin . Mr . Albert Cohn has put out a most interesting catalogue for all admirers and all collectors of books . It is No . 139 . It contains a remarkable collection of MSS . from the tenth to the seventeenth centuries , of books illustrated from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries , and a large number of books printed on vellum . Mr . Cohn offers a
" Legenda Sanctorum" of the first half of the fourteenth century for 7500 marks ( £ 375 ) , which must indeed be a most valuable and certainly interesting MS . He gives us some effective " photos" of it in the catalogue . We can only commend the catalogue itself to the study of those who , like ourselves , value books for what they are , the pleasure and the information they give to all who use them well , and who study them truly . But there are " book collectors and book collectors . "
COMPANION TO THE REVISED VERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT . By ALEX . ROBERTS , D . D ., Professor of Humanity St . Andrew ' s , and Member of the New Testament Company . Cassell , Petter , and Co . The antagonists of the Revised Version have been many so far , the defenders few . Dean Stanlej ' , with characteristic courage and clearness , in his , as it were , "last words" in
the Times , a few days back , put out the best defence possible— -if defence be possible—for the Revised Version , in the face of the now nearly general complaint , both of Biblical students and Bible readers . Dr . Roberts goes over the same ground somewhat , and with great clearness and precision , but leaves untouched and unanswered the " gravamina 'i- of those who complain of "unwise changes , " " needless doubts , " and " pedantic phraseology . " Let us
try and sum up the allegations against the Revised Version , many and full-voiced , which we may hear , so to say , not only at every " corner of the street , " but from the student in his closet , and from the commentator at his desk . 1 . The " company , " though composed of very able men , was not marked by any very distinguished scholarship ; that is to say , of unquestionable authority . Good they are , but not pre-eminent . 2 . It is very doubtful , nay , more than
doubtful , if the departure of the company from the subsequently characteristic of the older " Versionists " was not a very grevious error in judgment and reality . It is not right certainly to sacrifice " truth " or actuality to euphony or antithesis ; but it is equally erroneous , for mere alliterative correctness , to give up the liberty and graces of the English tongue . It superinduces a baldness and " cacopnony , " which are very painful . 3 . The substitution of
words having the identical meaning , in an older and more scholastic and pedantic phraseology than that endeared to Englishmen for nearly 300 years , by the inexpressible beauty of the English Bible , is likel y to prejudice the version irremediably in public appreciation . 4 . Many questions have been raised and alterations made which , quite proper in the " margin" for Bible readers and Bible students , are
altogether out of place in the text , as provocative of controversy , and in no sense promoting truth and concord . 5 . Giving every credit to those who so honestly laboured , and so long , at a most solemn and sacred work , it seems to be indisputable that we are not likely to find this new Revision a " substitute" for that older version , which yet can " charm the young and edify the old , "—and is equally " precious to saint and sage . "
RECORDS OF THE PAST : Being English Transla tions of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments yol . 12 . Samuel Bagster and Sons . This book is one of a series not yet completed , the whole series comprising twelve volumes of a handy size , with good paoer and readable type . The object of the publishers is to place before English readers the true sense of those wonderful inscriptions
written on stone and other substances by the Ancients , and which , until very recently , were almost an unknown language , even to eminent scholars . That the subject is interesting we must all admit , and judging from a perusal of the work now before us , we must also admit that the reading is fresh and good . Indeed , these bid inscriptions by being translated into simple English prose , are made , as it were , new again , and all can now read what only a
few experts could read before , and what only a few experts could enjoy . That the " records " are of equal merit we do not say . Some of them appear to us to be hardly worth recording , if we judge them by their weight of sense ; but as illustrations of the time they are unquestionably valuable . They reveal the past ; they help us to understand the laws and manners of the people ; and , even more , they show us men ' s thought . In some of the
translations there are passages ot considerable force and beauty , and doubtless more in thc original , seeing that all utterances lose more or less by being construed into a foreign tongue . Other specimens are of a more prosaic sort . One of the " records" tells us of a man who implores the departed spirit of his wife not to torment him , and he recounts his wise words and comfortable deeds to his
spouse , b y way of showing fow little he deserves ill treatment . 1 he reading is not all grave nor all gay , nor , to all readers , of equal interest : but to those who love the past , and who like to see the ways of men in bygone ages , and who feel curious to know the meaning of ancient writings , this book and the others of the series will well repay perusal .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
AN OLD MASONIC WORK . "Le Macon Demasqu < 5 ous le Vrai Secret , " & c . ' . seems to have been published , in a copy I have in French , without a printer ' s name , in 178 ( 1 , at frrankfort , with a German translation also , Frankfort and Leipsic , 17 S 6 , under the German title" Der Entdeckte Maurer , " & c , and with a covering title page of " Wahres Zusammcuhangeudes Lehrgebaude der Freymaurer Gesellschaft . " It is said
to be translated from the French . Kloss mentions an edition ( 1751 ) , published in French in London , and with the initials T . VV . to the preface . This date of 1751 seems to me to be a mistake , as this work is mixed up somehow with "Solomon in all his glory , " the first edition of which , Kloss says , was published tn 1760 . Oliver says the "Macon Demasque" was published in London 17 , 51 , Berlin , 1757 , Frankfort , 17 S 6 , which is identical with Kloss ' s statement . Perhaps Bro . Hughan , if he has seen
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it , can give an account of the 1751 edition . My copy is at this moment mislaid . MASONIC STUDENT .
EARLY USE OF THE WORD FREEMASON . At p . 60 , line 10 , of Henry's " Outlines of English Hi : tory , " edited by Joseph Fernandez , LL . D ., lGth edition , IS 73 , we find the following : " In architecture in genera but in church architecture in particular , great progress wa made . This was caused chiefly by the efforts of a numb e of architects who formed themselves into a company calle Freemasons , and who moved from town to town , as thei
services were required . This is stated in relation to t I "Nation Progress , " in the reign of Henry III . ( A . D . 121 to 1272 ) . If " Masonic Student" has not already searched " H toria Major , " by Matthew Paris , I think it would amp pay to do so , supposing it be possible to see an origin MS . I have not the time , had 1 the means . BRIGHTON .
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .
The annual communication of the above province was held on Tuesday last in thc Masonic Hall , Frizington under the banner of Henry Lodge , No . 216 . The pro ceedings at the outset promised to be more than ordinarily interesting , for the reason that Bro . Jos . Nicholson , P . M .
Whitwell Lodge , No . 151 , Maryport , P . P . G . S . W ., . and P . G . Treas ., was to be installed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in succession to the late Bro . Col . Whitwell , M . P ., Past Grand Warden of England . However' the well-known motto , " Man proposes , but God disposes , " interfered with that part of the programme . It appears that our venerable brother—whose heart and soul for half-a-century have been
centred in all that appertains to the good and . welfare of Masonry in general- —was seized with illness , the remains , we are informed by those who know him best , of a paralytic attack many years ago . This happened so near to . the morning of the Provincial meeting , that it only became known within an hour or so of the opening of tjhe : Provincial Grand Lodge . The contretemps fairly cast a damper
on an assembly which , without a shadow of doubt , was the best Mark meeting ever'held in Cumberland or Westmorland . . '¦¦ ¦[ . About two o ' clock the brethren assembled in the Masonic Hall , Frizington , Henry Lodge , No . 216 , having been previously opened by Bro . Rowland Baxter , VV . M ., P . G . I . G ., in the presence cf a large muster of the members of that lodge , now the strongest in the province . The hall , it may
be mentioned , was specially decorated for the occasion , and , of itself , is a credit to those brethren—Scotchmen specially—who , some years ago , built it , under the auspices of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland . A Mark lodge was then held , but subsequently the Scotch warrant was exchanged for that of Henry Lodge , No . 216 , under which it now flourishes . The following brethren signed their names in the Prov . G . Tyler's book : Bros . Dr . E . W . Henry , P . M . 213 . P . P . G .
S . W . ; P . de E . Collin , P . M . 151 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Steward of England ; W . Court , P . M . 60 , P . P . G . M . O . ; J . H . Banks , W . M . 151 , P . G . J . O . ; G . Dalrymple , P . M . 213 and 216 , P . G . J . W . ; R . Baxter , W . M . 216 , P . G . I . G . \ VV . Walker , P . M . 216 , P . G . I . W . ; J . Harper , P . M . 216 , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . Tyson , J . W . 213 , P . G . R . M . ; T . Mandle , P . M . 151 , P . G . M . O . ; Captain Sewell , W . M .
229 , P . G . S . O . ; J . Gardiner , P . M . 151 , P . P . G . J . W .: J . Hewson , Tyler 229 , Prov . G . Tyler ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 229 , P . G . Sec . ; T . Dixon , W . M . 2 S 2 ; Rev . E . M . Rice , M . A ., S . W . 2 S 2 ; Dr . Lace , S . W . 216 ; W . Martin , P . M . 216 ; R . Wilson , S . W . 216 ; J . Ashworth , J . O . 216 ; D . Bell , M . O . 216 ; H . Peacock , S . O . 229 ; 1 . Evening , I . G . 229 ; 1 . F . Kirkconel , I . G . 216 ; W . Swain , J . D . 21 C ; A . Crawford , S . D . 216
F . T . Allatt , 216 ; . J . K . Turner , 216 ; 216 ; J . Banks ; Steward , 216 ; -B . Craig , Sec . 216 ; G . Lowden , Steward , 216 ; j . Close , Tyler , 216 ; J . Lewthwaite , Steward , 2 S 2 ; C . Nanson , bo ; J . M . Salisbury , Tyler , 2 I 3 i J- Jenkinson , S . D . 2 S 2 ; J . W . Miles , jf . O . 213 ; E . G . Mitchell , 151 ; G . W . Thompson , ' Secretary , 151 ; and others . Letters of apology were read from Bros . G . J . McKay .
P . M . 195 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . D . of England ; G . G . Hayward , P . M . 60 , P . G . I . G . of England ; J . A . Wheatley , P . M . 60 , P . G . S . W . ; VV . B . Gibson , W . M . 213 , P . P . G . M . O . ; J . Cooper , Org . 213 , P . G . Org . Bro . P . de E . Collin , P . P . G . S . W ., occupied the chair , supported by Bro . Dr . Henry , P . P . G . S . W ., as D . P . G . M . After the P . G . Secretary had called over the roll of lodges
and officers , he said that the first business really should have been the installation of Bro . Nicholson , as Deputy Prov . Grand Master , but , as the Worshipful acting Prov . Grand Master in the chair had explained the absence of that brother , the ceremony could not be performed . He ,
however , thought it would not be out of place to read a letter of appointment which he had received from Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master , which was as follows : — "Carlton Club , July 23 rd , 1 SS 1 . " Dear Sir and Brother , — ¦
"The deathof ourlamented Bro . Whitwell having left the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Mark Master vacant , it devolves upon me to name a successor to our late distinguished and much regretted Deputy . I therefore advise you , that , after due consideration , no brother in the province is betterfitted to discharge the duties of Deputy Grand Master than our much esteemed Bro . Nicholson ;
and in appointing him to the above-named office , I think I recognise but slightly the ability and zeal with which for so many years he has worked for the good of Freemasonry , and the many advantages which he has bestowed upon the Craft . I intrust , on behalf of the province , the responsibilities of Deputy to him , with the greatest confidence in
his future career ; and my only regret is that circumstances prevent me from installing him myself . I hereby appoint Bro . Nicholson Deputy Prov . Grand Mark Master lor the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland , and he is appointed accordingly . " Yours fraternally ,
"BECTIVE , P . G . M . M . M . "To Bro . Lamonby , P . G . M . Secretary , Cockermouth . " The reading of the letter above was received with much applause , and the one regret was that the worthy brother interested could not be present . The minutes of the last
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in short , that everything ought to last for ever . That a poor lone woman is never to have any pleasure , but always , always to stop at home , and " mind her children "—( I'm tired of such nonsense . ) That the expenses of one's household do not increase with one's lamily , but , rather , that ten children can be supported for the same cost as one .
That no husband is perfect , like Hercules , without his club ; and that the less a wife sees of her husband , the fonder she actually grows of him . That it is a pleasure for us to sit up for them . I mieht give you more " fallacies of the faculty , ' but I stop here to-day . Hoping that you and Bro . Kenning will continue to advocate so ably the cause of us poor shut-out
women , I am , yours , most sisterly , AMY BROWN . BRADLAUGH AT THE SURREY MASONIC HALL . To ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Your correspondent is very much mistaken in supposing that the lecture given by the notorious M . P .
for Northampton has anything to do with the Masons of South London . Through mistakes made by the originators , a most unsuitable building was erected at an enormous cost ; the company came to grief , the mortgage foreclosed , and the building eventually came into the hands of Bro . Oliver , who had been so unfortunate as to be the builder .
Besides the Masonic rooms there is a large lecture hall , ¦ which is let for preaching , nigger minstrels , bazaars , wedding breakfasts , infidel or other lecturers , and dancing . The building is now in the hands of the South London Institute of Music , a very influential musical society , but there arc Masonic meetings , as usual , in the Masonic
rooms . As so many worthy Masons lost all their investments in the venture , they must feel that it would have been better to have erected a smallerbuilding , costing abouta thousand pounds , containing only Masonic rooms . Yours fraternally , SOUTH LONDON .
COMMAS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I sent some " notes " about printers' " errata " a short time back , I now send you a neat little " par " about " commas . " How many good folks , you and I know ,
dear sir and brother , who write without "stops " at all . " The comma , like the ' tongue , is a little thing , and , like it , will make good sense or nonsense , just according as it is used . Take , for instance , the old nursery rhyme . With the commas misplaced , it is so nonsensical that it needs a
commentary to explain it i " Every lad y in the land Has twenty nails on each hand , Five and twenty on hands and feet ; This is true without deceit .
"Alter the position of the commas , and the meaning is clear ; " Every lady in the land Has twenty nails , on each hand Five , and twenty on hands and feet ; This is true without deceit . " Yours fraternally , A LOVER OF OLD ENGLISH .
Reviews.
Reviews .
MADAME DESEVIGNE . By Mrs . RICHMOND RITCHIE . Wm . Blackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London . We only wish that our limited space allowed a full and satisfactory review of this very interesting little work , lt forms part of Messrs . Blackwood's series of " Foreign Classics for English Readers , " and is edited by Mrs . Richmond Ritchie , better known as Miss Thackeray . The work
is admirably done , and will well repay some studious moments of thought and perusal . It brings before us in a graceful style and effective grouping , some striking pictures of a . past epoch , and sets before us , fairly and truly , the merits of the most graceful and touching of letter writers . Madame de Sevigne ' s letters are still , indeed , classic reading for us all alike , and no one can expect to
grasp the real history of France in that eventful period which saw the close of the reign of Louis XIII ., the passing away of Richelieu and Mazarin , and the long reign of Louis XIV ., and the old age of the Grand Monarque , " without some study of her faithful record of persons and events . Madame de aevigne was born in 1626 and died in 16 9 6 . What a Period to live in , what a " three score years and ten" to J ?\ JP * ssed through . And then before us , as we turn over their lifelike pages , ( we find them too short , their only fault ) .
y , f . ° me and go before us those fading ghosts of a glittering past . If their splendour seem something like , ? y . " -l tinsel" tous to-day , if their glory has desiht in truth " the . y seem somevvnat " ghastly" to the sight , onc an ( j a || ^ Qne ^ jr jace seems to g ] eam with almost an aureole " of unearthly truth and tenderness around it , ' j !* and the mother , virtuous in a licentious age , sure and Steadfast when t-r \ n manv wi > r ( . tr *» n # -Vi , » rnil < : nnrt t ! m /» .
serving , a loyal subject , a faithful friend , a very queen of women , amid those who might otherwise have dazzled ; . . slRht and ruined the life of many a poor votary of 'ashion , many a zealous " viveur" in "high life . " Madame m . tT ' ' Marie de Rah " * : ' " Chantal , " was a very remarkable woman , and her many volumes of inimitable M ? I * -t l the delight of youth and old age , of student 52 . .- ?* ' *?•We than « " Miss Thackeray that was " for a very attractive little work .
Reviews.
CATALOGUE DE LIVRES ANCIENS . Albert Cohn , 53 , Mohren Strassc , Berlin . Mr . Albert Cohn has put out a most interesting catalogue for all admirers and all collectors of books . It is No . 139 . It contains a remarkable collection of MSS . from the tenth to the seventeenth centuries , of books illustrated from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries , and a large number of books printed on vellum . Mr . Cohn offers a
" Legenda Sanctorum" of the first half of the fourteenth century for 7500 marks ( £ 375 ) , which must indeed be a most valuable and certainly interesting MS . He gives us some effective " photos" of it in the catalogue . We can only commend the catalogue itself to the study of those who , like ourselves , value books for what they are , the pleasure and the information they give to all who use them well , and who study them truly . But there are " book collectors and book collectors . "
COMPANION TO THE REVISED VERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT . By ALEX . ROBERTS , D . D ., Professor of Humanity St . Andrew ' s , and Member of the New Testament Company . Cassell , Petter , and Co . The antagonists of the Revised Version have been many so far , the defenders few . Dean Stanlej ' , with characteristic courage and clearness , in his , as it were , "last words" in
the Times , a few days back , put out the best defence possible— -if defence be possible—for the Revised Version , in the face of the now nearly general complaint , both of Biblical students and Bible readers . Dr . Roberts goes over the same ground somewhat , and with great clearness and precision , but leaves untouched and unanswered the " gravamina 'i- of those who complain of "unwise changes , " " needless doubts , " and " pedantic phraseology . " Let us
try and sum up the allegations against the Revised Version , many and full-voiced , which we may hear , so to say , not only at every " corner of the street , " but from the student in his closet , and from the commentator at his desk . 1 . The " company , " though composed of very able men , was not marked by any very distinguished scholarship ; that is to say , of unquestionable authority . Good they are , but not pre-eminent . 2 . It is very doubtful , nay , more than
doubtful , if the departure of the company from the subsequently characteristic of the older " Versionists " was not a very grevious error in judgment and reality . It is not right certainly to sacrifice " truth " or actuality to euphony or antithesis ; but it is equally erroneous , for mere alliterative correctness , to give up the liberty and graces of the English tongue . It superinduces a baldness and " cacopnony , " which are very painful . 3 . The substitution of
words having the identical meaning , in an older and more scholastic and pedantic phraseology than that endeared to Englishmen for nearly 300 years , by the inexpressible beauty of the English Bible , is likel y to prejudice the version irremediably in public appreciation . 4 . Many questions have been raised and alterations made which , quite proper in the " margin" for Bible readers and Bible students , are
altogether out of place in the text , as provocative of controversy , and in no sense promoting truth and concord . 5 . Giving every credit to those who so honestly laboured , and so long , at a most solemn and sacred work , it seems to be indisputable that we are not likely to find this new Revision a " substitute" for that older version , which yet can " charm the young and edify the old , "—and is equally " precious to saint and sage . "
RECORDS OF THE PAST : Being English Transla tions of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments yol . 12 . Samuel Bagster and Sons . This book is one of a series not yet completed , the whole series comprising twelve volumes of a handy size , with good paoer and readable type . The object of the publishers is to place before English readers the true sense of those wonderful inscriptions
written on stone and other substances by the Ancients , and which , until very recently , were almost an unknown language , even to eminent scholars . That the subject is interesting we must all admit , and judging from a perusal of the work now before us , we must also admit that the reading is fresh and good . Indeed , these bid inscriptions by being translated into simple English prose , are made , as it were , new again , and all can now read what only a
few experts could read before , and what only a few experts could enjoy . That the " records " are of equal merit we do not say . Some of them appear to us to be hardly worth recording , if we judge them by their weight of sense ; but as illustrations of the time they are unquestionably valuable . They reveal the past ; they help us to understand the laws and manners of the people ; and , even more , they show us men ' s thought . In some of the
translations there are passages ot considerable force and beauty , and doubtless more in thc original , seeing that all utterances lose more or less by being construed into a foreign tongue . Other specimens are of a more prosaic sort . One of the " records" tells us of a man who implores the departed spirit of his wife not to torment him , and he recounts his wise words and comfortable deeds to his
spouse , b y way of showing fow little he deserves ill treatment . 1 he reading is not all grave nor all gay , nor , to all readers , of equal interest : but to those who love the past , and who like to see the ways of men in bygone ages , and who feel curious to know the meaning of ancient writings , this book and the others of the series will well repay perusal .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
AN OLD MASONIC WORK . "Le Macon Demasqu < 5 ous le Vrai Secret , " & c . ' . seems to have been published , in a copy I have in French , without a printer ' s name , in 178 ( 1 , at frrankfort , with a German translation also , Frankfort and Leipsic , 17 S 6 , under the German title" Der Entdeckte Maurer , " & c , and with a covering title page of " Wahres Zusammcuhangeudes Lehrgebaude der Freymaurer Gesellschaft . " It is said
to be translated from the French . Kloss mentions an edition ( 1751 ) , published in French in London , and with the initials T . VV . to the preface . This date of 1751 seems to me to be a mistake , as this work is mixed up somehow with "Solomon in all his glory , " the first edition of which , Kloss says , was published tn 1760 . Oliver says the "Macon Demasque" was published in London 17 , 51 , Berlin , 1757 , Frankfort , 17 S 6 , which is identical with Kloss ' s statement . Perhaps Bro . Hughan , if he has seen
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it , can give an account of the 1751 edition . My copy is at this moment mislaid . MASONIC STUDENT .
EARLY USE OF THE WORD FREEMASON . At p . 60 , line 10 , of Henry's " Outlines of English Hi : tory , " edited by Joseph Fernandez , LL . D ., lGth edition , IS 73 , we find the following : " In architecture in genera but in church architecture in particular , great progress wa made . This was caused chiefly by the efforts of a numb e of architects who formed themselves into a company calle Freemasons , and who moved from town to town , as thei
services were required . This is stated in relation to t I "Nation Progress , " in the reign of Henry III . ( A . D . 121 to 1272 ) . If " Masonic Student" has not already searched " H toria Major , " by Matthew Paris , I think it would amp pay to do so , supposing it be possible to see an origin MS . I have not the time , had 1 the means . BRIGHTON .
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .
The annual communication of the above province was held on Tuesday last in thc Masonic Hall , Frizington under the banner of Henry Lodge , No . 216 . The pro ceedings at the outset promised to be more than ordinarily interesting , for the reason that Bro . Jos . Nicholson , P . M .
Whitwell Lodge , No . 151 , Maryport , P . P . G . S . W ., . and P . G . Treas ., was to be installed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in succession to the late Bro . Col . Whitwell , M . P ., Past Grand Warden of England . However' the well-known motto , " Man proposes , but God disposes , " interfered with that part of the programme . It appears that our venerable brother—whose heart and soul for half-a-century have been
centred in all that appertains to the good and . welfare of Masonry in general- —was seized with illness , the remains , we are informed by those who know him best , of a paralytic attack many years ago . This happened so near to . the morning of the Provincial meeting , that it only became known within an hour or so of the opening of tjhe : Provincial Grand Lodge . The contretemps fairly cast a damper
on an assembly which , without a shadow of doubt , was the best Mark meeting ever'held in Cumberland or Westmorland . . '¦¦ ¦[ . About two o ' clock the brethren assembled in the Masonic Hall , Frizington , Henry Lodge , No . 216 , having been previously opened by Bro . Rowland Baxter , VV . M ., P . G . I . G ., in the presence cf a large muster of the members of that lodge , now the strongest in the province . The hall , it may
be mentioned , was specially decorated for the occasion , and , of itself , is a credit to those brethren—Scotchmen specially—who , some years ago , built it , under the auspices of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland . A Mark lodge was then held , but subsequently the Scotch warrant was exchanged for that of Henry Lodge , No . 216 , under which it now flourishes . The following brethren signed their names in the Prov . G . Tyler's book : Bros . Dr . E . W . Henry , P . M . 213 . P . P . G .
S . W . ; P . de E . Collin , P . M . 151 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Steward of England ; W . Court , P . M . 60 , P . P . G . M . O . ; J . H . Banks , W . M . 151 , P . G . J . O . ; G . Dalrymple , P . M . 213 and 216 , P . G . J . W . ; R . Baxter , W . M . 216 , P . G . I . G . \ VV . Walker , P . M . 216 , P . G . I . W . ; J . Harper , P . M . 216 , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . Tyson , J . W . 213 , P . G . R . M . ; T . Mandle , P . M . 151 , P . G . M . O . ; Captain Sewell , W . M .
229 , P . G . S . O . ; J . Gardiner , P . M . 151 , P . P . G . J . W .: J . Hewson , Tyler 229 , Prov . G . Tyler ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 229 , P . G . Sec . ; T . Dixon , W . M . 2 S 2 ; Rev . E . M . Rice , M . A ., S . W . 2 S 2 ; Dr . Lace , S . W . 216 ; W . Martin , P . M . 216 ; R . Wilson , S . W . 216 ; J . Ashworth , J . O . 216 ; D . Bell , M . O . 216 ; H . Peacock , S . O . 229 ; 1 . Evening , I . G . 229 ; 1 . F . Kirkconel , I . G . 216 ; W . Swain , J . D . 21 C ; A . Crawford , S . D . 216
F . T . Allatt , 216 ; . J . K . Turner , 216 ; 216 ; J . Banks ; Steward , 216 ; -B . Craig , Sec . 216 ; G . Lowden , Steward , 216 ; j . Close , Tyler , 216 ; J . Lewthwaite , Steward , 2 S 2 ; C . Nanson , bo ; J . M . Salisbury , Tyler , 2 I 3 i J- Jenkinson , S . D . 2 S 2 ; J . W . Miles , jf . O . 213 ; E . G . Mitchell , 151 ; G . W . Thompson , ' Secretary , 151 ; and others . Letters of apology were read from Bros . G . J . McKay .
P . M . 195 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . D . of England ; G . G . Hayward , P . M . 60 , P . G . I . G . of England ; J . A . Wheatley , P . M . 60 , P . G . S . W . ; VV . B . Gibson , W . M . 213 , P . P . G . M . O . ; J . Cooper , Org . 213 , P . G . Org . Bro . P . de E . Collin , P . P . G . S . W ., occupied the chair , supported by Bro . Dr . Henry , P . P . G . S . W ., as D . P . G . M . After the P . G . Secretary had called over the roll of lodges
and officers , he said that the first business really should have been the installation of Bro . Nicholson , as Deputy Prov . Grand Master , but , as the Worshipful acting Prov . Grand Master in the chair had explained the absence of that brother , the ceremony could not be performed . He ,
however , thought it would not be out of place to read a letter of appointment which he had received from Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master , which was as follows : — "Carlton Club , July 23 rd , 1 SS 1 . " Dear Sir and Brother , — ¦
"The deathof ourlamented Bro . Whitwell having left the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Mark Master vacant , it devolves upon me to name a successor to our late distinguished and much regretted Deputy . I therefore advise you , that , after due consideration , no brother in the province is betterfitted to discharge the duties of Deputy Grand Master than our much esteemed Bro . Nicholson ;
and in appointing him to the above-named office , I think I recognise but slightly the ability and zeal with which for so many years he has worked for the good of Freemasonry , and the many advantages which he has bestowed upon the Craft . I intrust , on behalf of the province , the responsibilities of Deputy to him , with the greatest confidence in
his future career ; and my only regret is that circumstances prevent me from installing him myself . I hereby appoint Bro . Nicholson Deputy Prov . Grand Mark Master lor the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland , and he is appointed accordingly . " Yours fraternally ,
"BECTIVE , P . G . M . M . M . "To Bro . Lamonby , P . G . M . Secretary , Cockermouth . " The reading of the letter above was received with much applause , and the one regret was that the worthy brother interested could not be present . The minutes of the last