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PERRIER-JOUET & Co 's . CHAMPAGNES . FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , Hark Lane , London .
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IMPORTANT . The Publishers arc desirous of procuring ti few copies of No . 2 of "THK MASOXIC ILLUSTRATED , " -which is now out of print , and for 'which they 'will be pleased lo pay One Shilling
and Sixpence per copy . Published monthly . Price Sixpence . Rates of Yearly Subscription ( including Postage ) : — The United Kingdom , India , America , ) s . d . and the Colonies \ ... 76
Editorial and Publishing Offices : — 75 , Great Queen Street , London , W . C . The Editor , to 'whom all literary communications should be . addressed , will ' be pleased to receive interesting photographs as well as items of news and comments thereon , and lo consider suggestions for lengthier articles .
All Business Communications should be addressed to THE PROPRIETORS , MESSRS . SPEXCER & Co ., 15 , Great Queen Street , W . C . All Applications for Advertisements to be made to WALTER J , LTD 5 Queen Victoria Street , London , E . C .
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H--ty v ^ jur'siiiy MBy inur ^ iur ^ UJI * 7 \ E ( pr \ imr \ w Njmr % ar ^ jr ^ lla ^^ y yiFiy \ i ) u ^ yijy \ ly \ iii ^ jS
Our First Volume.
Our First Volume .
'"OHE present issue completes the first year of our I existence . Twelve months have elapsed since our " Preface" was written , and no doubt Ave may be permitted to indulge in a ICAV Avords of retrospect . 'THE MASOXJC ILLUSTRATED " was inaugurated in the belief that what was then a novelty— . 'in illustrated Masonic
paper—would succeed . In this belief Ave have not been mistaken . In our first number Ave pledged ourselves to the use of the best of type , paper , and blocks , and added that , " in our letter-press Ave shall hope to steer a middle course between dullness and flippancy , to be readable as tvell as reliable , so that all may be interested and no one offended . "
We have adhered to those pledges , and it would be but false modesty which could tempt us to forego a view of facts which Ave believe to be substantiated in the twelve issues before us . On the other hand , whilst it is very remote from our
intention to indulge in self-praise , it is our duty and the happiest of privileges to be permitted to thank those who have supported us , and , at the same time , Ave may perhaps venture to hope that the cordiality of this support has been a not wholly one-sided advantage .
We have failed in our dut y if it be not the fact that the present volume comprises a complete history of the greater Masonic events which "THE MASOXIC ILLUSTRATED" has been privileged to record , in Avhich events , as in all human affairs , joy and SOITOAV have been intermingled .
The year , Avhich , as regards our first volume , ends with September , has been momentous in the history of our country , and not less so in the tend of events of Freemasonry . The truth of this will be immediately understood when it is realised that the events of the year include the death of our beloved QUEEX VICTORIA , the accession of
H . M . EDWARD VII . to the Throne , and the installation of H . R . H . THE DUKE OF COXXAUGHT as the HCAV Grand Master of the Craft .
The Masonic obituary of the ' year includes names so \ vell known as those of Bros , the late THOMAS FEXX , Past Grand Warden ; Lord WANTAGE , V . C ., Provincial Grand Master for Bucks ; GEORGE W . SPETH , of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge ; Sir ALFRED BEVAN , Past Grand Treasurer ; and the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , Past Grand Chaplain ; folloAved by that of Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , Provincial Grand Master for Hants .
The death of QUEEX VICTORIA overshadoAVs the sad obituary of the year , and in her we mourned one who , as Ave wrote at the time , had exemplified in all her actions those principles of " Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , " which stand for ever as the AvatcliAvords of our Order .
The retirement of His MAJESTY THE KIXG from the office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England AA as necessitated by his accession to the Throne at a time when he had nearly completed the twenty-seventh year of office , during which period the prosperity of the English Fraternity has increased by leaps and bounds , our lodges having nearly doubled in number .
It was on the 17 th of July that H . R . H . THE DUKE 01-COXXAUGHT Avas duly installed as M . W . Grand Master , and the nature and number of the great gathering which assembled on that occasion sufficed to indicate , if any such indication had been needed , how great is the popularity of our newly-elected Grand Master . It Avould be difficult tc
attempt to determine as to what in the nature of paper and ink could be regarded as an adequate memorial of such an event , but both in the letter-press and illustrations to be found in our last number , every effort AV ; IS made to produce an issue which should serve as a fitting memento of that historic occasion .
In presenting to our readers this final number of the first volume , Ave would merely add that , liOAvever gratified Ave maybe with the support and encouragement Avhich has been the reAvard of our endeavours , Ave can promise that this gratification shah not be allowed to degenerate into mere stagnant self-satisfaction , but that , on the contrary , it will but stimulate us to renewed efforts .
There is inevitably some touch of the pathetic in any revieAV of the year that is past . It is indeed the close of one more chapter in the history of the nation and -of the individual . Twelve more months have departed from the brief span of time alloAved to each of us for our life ' s handi-Avork , and if in a review of that brief period of time any of
us should have occasion to feel that some entry has been made on the credit side of our intellectual and moral account , there are feAV of us who do not become conscious that much more might have been done , and that our best endeavours have fallen a long Avay below the ideal Avhich animated us in the effort . Yet this is no excuse for
discouragement . It has been Avell said that he is a benefactor who makes two blades of grass to grow where onl y one grew before . It is but the sorriest pessimist who can bring himself to declare that the step in the right direction can be Avorth nothing . For our own part , if any word we have
written has assisted or interested any member of the Fraternity Ave have in that ample cause to be grateful for the opportunity accorded us .
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PERRIER-JOUET & Co 's . CHAMPAGNES . FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , Hark Lane , London .
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IMPORTANT . The Publishers arc desirous of procuring ti few copies of No . 2 of "THK MASOXIC ILLUSTRATED , " -which is now out of print , and for 'which they 'will be pleased lo pay One Shilling
and Sixpence per copy . Published monthly . Price Sixpence . Rates of Yearly Subscription ( including Postage ) : — The United Kingdom , India , America , ) s . d . and the Colonies \ ... 76
Editorial and Publishing Offices : — 75 , Great Queen Street , London , W . C . The Editor , to 'whom all literary communications should be . addressed , will ' be pleased to receive interesting photographs as well as items of news and comments thereon , and lo consider suggestions for lengthier articles .
All Business Communications should be addressed to THE PROPRIETORS , MESSRS . SPEXCER & Co ., 15 , Great Queen Street , W . C . All Applications for Advertisements to be made to WALTER J , LTD 5 Queen Victoria Street , London , E . C .
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H--ty v ^ jur'siiiy MBy inur ^ iur ^ UJI * 7 \ E ( pr \ imr \ w Njmr % ar ^ jr ^ lla ^^ y yiFiy \ i ) u ^ yijy \ ly \ iii ^ jS
Our First Volume.
Our First Volume .
'"OHE present issue completes the first year of our I existence . Twelve months have elapsed since our " Preface" was written , and no doubt Ave may be permitted to indulge in a ICAV Avords of retrospect . 'THE MASOXJC ILLUSTRATED " was inaugurated in the belief that what was then a novelty— . 'in illustrated Masonic
paper—would succeed . In this belief Ave have not been mistaken . In our first number Ave pledged ourselves to the use of the best of type , paper , and blocks , and added that , " in our letter-press Ave shall hope to steer a middle course between dullness and flippancy , to be readable as tvell as reliable , so that all may be interested and no one offended . "
We have adhered to those pledges , and it would be but false modesty which could tempt us to forego a view of facts which Ave believe to be substantiated in the twelve issues before us . On the other hand , whilst it is very remote from our
intention to indulge in self-praise , it is our duty and the happiest of privileges to be permitted to thank those who have supported us , and , at the same time , Ave may perhaps venture to hope that the cordiality of this support has been a not wholly one-sided advantage .
We have failed in our dut y if it be not the fact that the present volume comprises a complete history of the greater Masonic events which "THE MASOXIC ILLUSTRATED" has been privileged to record , in Avhich events , as in all human affairs , joy and SOITOAV have been intermingled .
The year , Avhich , as regards our first volume , ends with September , has been momentous in the history of our country , and not less so in the tend of events of Freemasonry . The truth of this will be immediately understood when it is realised that the events of the year include the death of our beloved QUEEX VICTORIA , the accession of
H . M . EDWARD VII . to the Throne , and the installation of H . R . H . THE DUKE OF COXXAUGHT as the HCAV Grand Master of the Craft .
The Masonic obituary of the ' year includes names so \ vell known as those of Bros , the late THOMAS FEXX , Past Grand Warden ; Lord WANTAGE , V . C ., Provincial Grand Master for Bucks ; GEORGE W . SPETH , of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge ; Sir ALFRED BEVAN , Past Grand Treasurer ; and the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , Past Grand Chaplain ; folloAved by that of Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , Provincial Grand Master for Hants .
The death of QUEEX VICTORIA overshadoAVs the sad obituary of the year , and in her we mourned one who , as Ave wrote at the time , had exemplified in all her actions those principles of " Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , " which stand for ever as the AvatcliAvords of our Order .
The retirement of His MAJESTY THE KIXG from the office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England AA as necessitated by his accession to the Throne at a time when he had nearly completed the twenty-seventh year of office , during which period the prosperity of the English Fraternity has increased by leaps and bounds , our lodges having nearly doubled in number .
It was on the 17 th of July that H . R . H . THE DUKE 01-COXXAUGHT Avas duly installed as M . W . Grand Master , and the nature and number of the great gathering which assembled on that occasion sufficed to indicate , if any such indication had been needed , how great is the popularity of our newly-elected Grand Master . It Avould be difficult tc
attempt to determine as to what in the nature of paper and ink could be regarded as an adequate memorial of such an event , but both in the letter-press and illustrations to be found in our last number , every effort AV ; IS made to produce an issue which should serve as a fitting memento of that historic occasion .
In presenting to our readers this final number of the first volume , Ave would merely add that , liOAvever gratified Ave maybe with the support and encouragement Avhich has been the reAvard of our endeavours , Ave can promise that this gratification shah not be allowed to degenerate into mere stagnant self-satisfaction , but that , on the contrary , it will but stimulate us to renewed efforts .
There is inevitably some touch of the pathetic in any revieAV of the year that is past . It is indeed the close of one more chapter in the history of the nation and -of the individual . Twelve more months have departed from the brief span of time alloAved to each of us for our life ' s handi-Avork , and if in a review of that brief period of time any of
us should have occasion to feel that some entry has been made on the credit side of our intellectual and moral account , there are feAV of us who do not become conscious that much more might have been done , and that our best endeavours have fallen a long Avay below the ideal Avhich animated us in the effort . Yet this is no excuse for
discouragement . It has been Avell said that he is a benefactor who makes two blades of grass to grow where onl y one grew before . It is but the sorriest pessimist who can bring himself to declare that the step in the right direction can be Avorth nothing . For our own part , if any word we have
written has assisted or interested any member of the Fraternity Ave have in that ample cause to be grateful for the opportunity accorded us .