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masons to be " tracked ; " and there , too , the " Cosmo . " records alike the existence of Freemasonry and that of Masonic life which is evidenced by lodges and grand lodges . To all who take an interest in the universal
spread and organisation of Freemasonry , the " Cosmopolitan Calendar" is invaluable , as it brings them into Masonic contact , so to say , at once with friends and brethren far , far away , We congratulate Bro . Kenning , we repeat ,
on this seasonable appearance of so useful and commodious a Masonic compendium , and we trust sincerely that it will receive , as it deserves to receive , the large and liberal support of our cosmopolitan craft .
Most valuable is the information it affords , especially to travelling Freemasons . Wherever they go , wherever their weary feet may touch in the world-journey of life , if not
exactly like Dibdm ' s hero of old , who was able to say , " In every land I finds a friend , In every port a wife , "
they yet can everywhere claim Masonic friendship and rely on Masonic sympathy . Our highly respectable brotherhood will , we feel sure , repudiate at once any approval of " plural wives , " but they will hope that , guided by the carefully
compiled pages of the " Cosmo . ' when travelling here or wandering there , amid a strange people or in a foreign clime , they may yet be aided and encouraged thereby to discover both a friend and a brother , a home and a shelter , amid
storm or trial , and that , earnest Masons themselves , they may hail some equally faithful brethren , even in some most distant spot , who will offer them the true hand of Masonic welcome and the warm heart of Masonic hospitality , brotherhood , and good will .
TWELVE SCOTCH SONGS . By Bro . Gordon Campbell , Exeter College , Oxford . AVhitaker and Co . AVe have received the little " brochure " of our poetical brother , and we arc glad to commend it to the notice of the craft .
There are many good Scotch songs , and many touching ballads , and we think that Bro . Gordon Campbell has caught the true spirit of the former , and the touching simplicity of the latter . Set to music , we doubt not that they will be most
effective ; as one or two , if not all of them , have already been set ; and , even as we write to-day , memory rushes away to some Scotch ballads sung in days of old , as we do not suppose that we are ever likely to hear Scotch
ballads sung again . AVe give three specimens of the touching , the satirical , and the cheery , which we think will be appreciated by all our readers , as Masons , like
other men , are not at all insensible to the charms of some Scottish lassie warbling so effectively her cherished ballads , which , for the nonce , turn all the gentlemen into ardent Jacobites .
The first is sentimental . My Dearie , Oh ! The winter winds are sad , The winter winds are eerie , oh ; Oh , shouldna' I be glad ,
An I was with my dearie , oh ! I love her—she ' s awa 'And I am lone and dreary , oh ; She careth not at a ' For me though she ' s my dearie , oh !
But gin the simmer come , The winter winds will weary , oh , I'll gang to my old home ,
And then V 11 see my dearie , oh ! I'll woo my dearie , when Tlie gloaming is so eerie , oh ; I'll end my roaming then And live and love my dearie , oh ! The second is satirical .
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Donald ' s Dochter . There is a sweet glen , though I'll tell na the name , Because it ' s sufficiently known unto fame As the place where auld Donald the Piper
abides , And the bonnie bright dochter of Donald resides . O what is the reason that a' the young men
To get to the toun maun gang round by the glen ? Ye glen is na' far from the toun , ye maun know , The glen is na' far from the country , and so The lads from the country and lads from the
toun Baith come to auld Donald and ask for a tune .
Ance Donald ' s fair dochter went oft for a wee , To stay with an aunt near the braes of Dundee , And somehow the lads lost their musical taste ,
And Donald he gave up his piping almaist . But a laddie there came while the lass was awa' , Asked Donald to pipe him a strathspey and a '; He asked the wee lass when she cam' back
agen , — He marrit the lassie and lives in the glen . Noo what is the reason that a' the young men To get to the toun wad gang round by the glen .
The third is thoroughly genial . /// / titer Days . In ither days did lassies fair , Their lover laddies meet , And lovers then as happy were ,
And kisses were as sweet ; Yes , lassies were as fickle then , And aye the varra ways That noo they have of snaring men . They had in ither days .
In ither days a " na" meant " yes , ' AA'hen 'twas a lassie spake , And ilka lad a severed tress , Ar » leelang pledge did take ; There is as fair a lass I ken ,
As e ' er met mortal gaze , I thocht she loved me ance , but then That was in ither days .
AA ' e give our readers one more extract for the benefit of many who find their wives the sweetening influence of their life , and sagacious advisers of their worldly career .
"Sugar iu my Toddy " And oh it was so lang ago , Before I knew my dearie , I feared the winter ' s cauld and snow , They made me feel so eerie ;
I love my whisky and my wife , My wife's a sonsie body ; She is the sweetness of my life , The sugar in my toddy . But noo before our am fireside ,
AVith ' a the bairmes round ns , AVe know there ' s naething can divide The chain of love that's bound us . So noo we're merry in our day ,
And when there comes the gloaming , AA ' e'll tak' fond hands and aye be gay , To mak' a happy homing . AA ' e hope soon to welcome Bro . Gordon Campbell again .
MEMORIALS OF THE MASONIC UNION OF 1 S 13 , & c . By Bro . AV . J . Hughan . AVe have perused this goodly contribution to Masonic Archaeology with much interest . It
contains , 111 the first place , an interesting account of the Articles and Arrangements of Union in 1813 ; an introduction to the history of Freemasonry in England ; a list of Lodges , with their numbers , immediately before and after the
Union ; AA ' illiam ' s Constitution of 1815 ; and that rare Masonic work , Fifield Dausignys , " Serious and Impartial Enquiry . " It is of course impossible in the limited pages of the Freemason to give a full review of this most valuable
publication , and all we can do , therefore , is to call attention to its publication , and to thank Bro . Hughan for this fresh addition of his to our now numerous stores happily of Masonic archaeological publications .
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The questions which arise out of the facts Bro . Hughan has so laboriously put before us , are neither few nor unimportant . Everything , indeed , convinces us that we are * still , so to say , on tlie threshold of English
Masonic History , and that we require yet further researches to lighten up the obscurity which hangs on our Pre-masonic annals , if we accept 1717 as the date of our English Grand Lodge Revival .
But one question we should like to ask our excellent and able Bro . Hughan . What authority had Dermott for the alleged arms of the " operative stonemasons ?" AA'here did he obtain them ?
The undoubtedly original and indisputable arms of the old mason ' s guild or company of the City of London have been already published in the Maso'iic Magazine . The grant is still to be read in the British Museum . But where did Dermott obtain these "
supporters ? " And who are the " operative stonemasons " to whom Dermott alludes . Having studied Dermott very careful ! }' , we confess that we do not set much store by his authority , unless supported by irrefragable evidence .
He was both a partizan , and somewhat unscrupulous as such , in his assertions and assurances , and before we could accept the coat of arms he gives us , as heraldic or real in the true sense of the word , we should much like to know
where he obtained it . Is it the coat of arms of the Irish stonemasons , and is there any proof that that coat of arms was granted by the Irish College-of-Arms ? AVe hope that the labours of our indefatigable Bro . W . J . Hughan will be appreciated by our entire Craft .
THE HISTORV OF PROTESTANTISM . By Revd . J . A . AVylie . Illustrated . Cassell , Petter , and Galpin . Though the history of Protestantism might a priori seem more suitable for a magazine like " Good AA'ords" or "Sunday at Home" than for
the Freemason , yet we think it well just to mention its appearance . Part I . of an illustrated History of Protestantism , has just been submitted to our notice , and ive feel that we should be wanting in courtesy lo the publishers not to acknowledge its receipt , and note its publication in our pages .
Of course , as Freemasons , whatever our individual views may be , we do not profess to enter into doctrinal discussions or theological
contro-. AA ' e have no right , it appears to us , whatever our own honest convictions maybe , to mix up our Masonic profession , which is purely and avowedly unsectarian , with any expressed opinion , as to
those grave questions of religious difference , and conscientious antagonism , which are regarded as of such vital importance by many excellent persons , if even in opposing camps of thought and of persuasion .
Tlie Illustrated History of Protesantism may appeal to many strongly , even as a subject of serious study , and whatever our opinion maybe on the whole question , however we may approach the subject from conflicting and even oppoisng
points of view , there can be no doubt but that Messrs . Cassell ' s publication will be welcomed and appreciated by many readers . Tlie first number is well got up , and admirably illustrated .
AVe confess that we are not great admirers of double columns , for the purpose of study , as we read a great deal , and find the double columns often very wearisome and trying to the eyesight . Messrs . Cassell give with the first number of their History , a copy of Mr . Ward's painting ,
" Luther ' s First Study ofthe Bible , ' and we have no doubt whatever , but , that , with that great sympathy which many feel in England , with the struggles even of religious liberty , and the sacred rights of each individual conscience in matters of truth , if the work answers to the
expectations this first specimen of it has undoubtedly given ground for , it will receive a very large share of the approval and support of those many readers , who just now , on all matters alike , are anxiously looking for historical accuracy , and authentic narratives ofthe past .
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masons to be " tracked ; " and there , too , the " Cosmo . " records alike the existence of Freemasonry and that of Masonic life which is evidenced by lodges and grand lodges . To all who take an interest in the universal
spread and organisation of Freemasonry , the " Cosmopolitan Calendar" is invaluable , as it brings them into Masonic contact , so to say , at once with friends and brethren far , far away , We congratulate Bro . Kenning , we repeat ,
on this seasonable appearance of so useful and commodious a Masonic compendium , and we trust sincerely that it will receive , as it deserves to receive , the large and liberal support of our cosmopolitan craft .
Most valuable is the information it affords , especially to travelling Freemasons . Wherever they go , wherever their weary feet may touch in the world-journey of life , if not
exactly like Dibdm ' s hero of old , who was able to say , " In every land I finds a friend , In every port a wife , "
they yet can everywhere claim Masonic friendship and rely on Masonic sympathy . Our highly respectable brotherhood will , we feel sure , repudiate at once any approval of " plural wives , " but they will hope that , guided by the carefully
compiled pages of the " Cosmo . ' when travelling here or wandering there , amid a strange people or in a foreign clime , they may yet be aided and encouraged thereby to discover both a friend and a brother , a home and a shelter , amid
storm or trial , and that , earnest Masons themselves , they may hail some equally faithful brethren , even in some most distant spot , who will offer them the true hand of Masonic welcome and the warm heart of Masonic hospitality , brotherhood , and good will .
TWELVE SCOTCH SONGS . By Bro . Gordon Campbell , Exeter College , Oxford . AVhitaker and Co . AVe have received the little " brochure " of our poetical brother , and we arc glad to commend it to the notice of the craft .
There are many good Scotch songs , and many touching ballads , and we think that Bro . Gordon Campbell has caught the true spirit of the former , and the touching simplicity of the latter . Set to music , we doubt not that they will be most
effective ; as one or two , if not all of them , have already been set ; and , even as we write to-day , memory rushes away to some Scotch ballads sung in days of old , as we do not suppose that we are ever likely to hear Scotch
ballads sung again . AVe give three specimens of the touching , the satirical , and the cheery , which we think will be appreciated by all our readers , as Masons , like
other men , are not at all insensible to the charms of some Scottish lassie warbling so effectively her cherished ballads , which , for the nonce , turn all the gentlemen into ardent Jacobites .
The first is sentimental . My Dearie , Oh ! The winter winds are sad , The winter winds are eerie , oh ; Oh , shouldna' I be glad ,
An I was with my dearie , oh ! I love her—she ' s awa 'And I am lone and dreary , oh ; She careth not at a ' For me though she ' s my dearie , oh !
But gin the simmer come , The winter winds will weary , oh , I'll gang to my old home ,
And then V 11 see my dearie , oh ! I'll woo my dearie , when Tlie gloaming is so eerie , oh ; I'll end my roaming then And live and love my dearie , oh ! The second is satirical .
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Donald ' s Dochter . There is a sweet glen , though I'll tell na the name , Because it ' s sufficiently known unto fame As the place where auld Donald the Piper
abides , And the bonnie bright dochter of Donald resides . O what is the reason that a' the young men
To get to the toun maun gang round by the glen ? Ye glen is na' far from the toun , ye maun know , The glen is na' far from the country , and so The lads from the country and lads from the
toun Baith come to auld Donald and ask for a tune .
Ance Donald ' s fair dochter went oft for a wee , To stay with an aunt near the braes of Dundee , And somehow the lads lost their musical taste ,
And Donald he gave up his piping almaist . But a laddie there came while the lass was awa' , Asked Donald to pipe him a strathspey and a '; He asked the wee lass when she cam' back
agen , — He marrit the lassie and lives in the glen . Noo what is the reason that a' the young men To get to the toun wad gang round by the glen .
The third is thoroughly genial . /// / titer Days . In ither days did lassies fair , Their lover laddies meet , And lovers then as happy were ,
And kisses were as sweet ; Yes , lassies were as fickle then , And aye the varra ways That noo they have of snaring men . They had in ither days .
In ither days a " na" meant " yes , ' AA'hen 'twas a lassie spake , And ilka lad a severed tress , Ar » leelang pledge did take ; There is as fair a lass I ken ,
As e ' er met mortal gaze , I thocht she loved me ance , but then That was in ither days .
AA ' e give our readers one more extract for the benefit of many who find their wives the sweetening influence of their life , and sagacious advisers of their worldly career .
"Sugar iu my Toddy " And oh it was so lang ago , Before I knew my dearie , I feared the winter ' s cauld and snow , They made me feel so eerie ;
I love my whisky and my wife , My wife's a sonsie body ; She is the sweetness of my life , The sugar in my toddy . But noo before our am fireside ,
AVith ' a the bairmes round ns , AVe know there ' s naething can divide The chain of love that's bound us . So noo we're merry in our day ,
And when there comes the gloaming , AA ' e'll tak' fond hands and aye be gay , To mak' a happy homing . AA ' e hope soon to welcome Bro . Gordon Campbell again .
MEMORIALS OF THE MASONIC UNION OF 1 S 13 , & c . By Bro . AV . J . Hughan . AVe have perused this goodly contribution to Masonic Archaeology with much interest . It
contains , 111 the first place , an interesting account of the Articles and Arrangements of Union in 1813 ; an introduction to the history of Freemasonry in England ; a list of Lodges , with their numbers , immediately before and after the
Union ; AA ' illiam ' s Constitution of 1815 ; and that rare Masonic work , Fifield Dausignys , " Serious and Impartial Enquiry . " It is of course impossible in the limited pages of the Freemason to give a full review of this most valuable
publication , and all we can do , therefore , is to call attention to its publication , and to thank Bro . Hughan for this fresh addition of his to our now numerous stores happily of Masonic archaeological publications .
Reviews.
The questions which arise out of the facts Bro . Hughan has so laboriously put before us , are neither few nor unimportant . Everything , indeed , convinces us that we are * still , so to say , on tlie threshold of English
Masonic History , and that we require yet further researches to lighten up the obscurity which hangs on our Pre-masonic annals , if we accept 1717 as the date of our English Grand Lodge Revival .
But one question we should like to ask our excellent and able Bro . Hughan . What authority had Dermott for the alleged arms of the " operative stonemasons ?" AA'here did he obtain them ?
The undoubtedly original and indisputable arms of the old mason ' s guild or company of the City of London have been already published in the Maso'iic Magazine . The grant is still to be read in the British Museum . But where did Dermott obtain these "
supporters ? " And who are the " operative stonemasons " to whom Dermott alludes . Having studied Dermott very careful ! }' , we confess that we do not set much store by his authority , unless supported by irrefragable evidence .
He was both a partizan , and somewhat unscrupulous as such , in his assertions and assurances , and before we could accept the coat of arms he gives us , as heraldic or real in the true sense of the word , we should much like to know
where he obtained it . Is it the coat of arms of the Irish stonemasons , and is there any proof that that coat of arms was granted by the Irish College-of-Arms ? AVe hope that the labours of our indefatigable Bro . W . J . Hughan will be appreciated by our entire Craft .
THE HISTORV OF PROTESTANTISM . By Revd . J . A . AVylie . Illustrated . Cassell , Petter , and Galpin . Though the history of Protestantism might a priori seem more suitable for a magazine like " Good AA'ords" or "Sunday at Home" than for
the Freemason , yet we think it well just to mention its appearance . Part I . of an illustrated History of Protestantism , has just been submitted to our notice , and ive feel that we should be wanting in courtesy lo the publishers not to acknowledge its receipt , and note its publication in our pages .
Of course , as Freemasons , whatever our individual views may be , we do not profess to enter into doctrinal discussions or theological
contro-. AA ' e have no right , it appears to us , whatever our own honest convictions maybe , to mix up our Masonic profession , which is purely and avowedly unsectarian , with any expressed opinion , as to
those grave questions of religious difference , and conscientious antagonism , which are regarded as of such vital importance by many excellent persons , if even in opposing camps of thought and of persuasion .
Tlie Illustrated History of Protesantism may appeal to many strongly , even as a subject of serious study , and whatever our opinion maybe on the whole question , however we may approach the subject from conflicting and even oppoisng
points of view , there can be no doubt but that Messrs . Cassell ' s publication will be welcomed and appreciated by many readers . Tlie first number is well got up , and admirably illustrated .
AVe confess that we are not great admirers of double columns , for the purpose of study , as we read a great deal , and find the double columns often very wearisome and trying to the eyesight . Messrs . Cassell give with the first number of their History , a copy of Mr . Ward's painting ,
" Luther ' s First Study ofthe Bible , ' and we have no doubt whatever , but , that , with that great sympathy which many feel in England , with the struggles even of religious liberty , and the sacred rights of each individual conscience in matters of truth , if the work answers to the
expectations this first specimen of it has undoubtedly given ground for , it will receive a very large share of the approval and support of those many readers , who just now , on all matters alike , are anxiously looking for historical accuracy , and authentic narratives ofthe past .