Literary Gossip.

volume of according to it a further tribute of unqualified praise . In setting about the elucidation of the history of the ecclesiastical edifices of Yorkshire , Mr . Hatton has undertaken a heavy and responsible task ; and , so far as he has proceeded , we are bound to say he has succeeded admirably . Volume I . is an elegant quarto of some one hundred ancl seventy pages , well illustrated , and adorned with a tastefull y illuminated title page , ancl rendered additionally

valuable as a standard work of reference by the elaborate index of fourteen , pages . This , we gather from the preface , is the work of Mr . T . B . Trowodale , a gentleman who has furnished the indices to a number of important recently published works . Society seems to meet with the success it merits , in both the newly inaugurated Saturday edition , issued at a cost of threepence , and the older established

Wednesday penny issue . Its persiflage is pungent and eminently readable , and , in fact , every feature of the journal shows enterprise ancl editorial ability . Two short stories from the pen of Horace Weir , a writer better known perhaps by his literary nom de plume of "L'Allegro , " entitled "Ralph Bradleig h ' s Wraith" and " Desdemona" respectively , strike us as indicative of considerable power on the part of the author . These tales have been succeeded by a serial novel , which opens with considerable promise . The dramatic notes to be found in the pages of Society are clever and discriminating .

Obituary.

OBITUARY .

WE have to deplore the deaths of some very excellent and distinguished brethren during I 860 , some of whom deserve most special mention in the Masonic Magazine . First on the list in almost eveiy sense comes our lamented Bro . John Hervey , whose services to English Freemasonry were great , whose loss we all lament . We may also fitl y record Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , an old and much loved Mason , eminent for his services to his province and Grand Lodgeancl a distinguished member of the Templar bod . We can also recall

, y the life and memories of Bros . T . J . Sabine , who died actually on December 29 th , 1879 ; E . Booth , Joseph Stohwasser , Chas . Horsley , Lieut .-Ool . Arthur Pickard , Dr . Robert Hamilton , the Marquis of Dalhousie , Edward Cox , E . Snell , F . H . McCalmont , Colonel W . Mure , M . P ., Colonel J . W . Peard , J . Whitwell , M . P ., and Alderman John March . We have also with deep regret to note the loss of the following worthy members of our Order , many

of whose services in Freemasonry in their own quiet spheres of work and duty were very valuable ancl very true . But , alas ! as the world runs on ancl time fleets with each dying year , the " mourners go about the streets , " and many kind faces disappear from onr midst , and many warm hearts we miss sadly : — Bros . David Pnllen , December 15 th , 1879 ; James Coward , P . G . O .,

January 22 nd , 1880 ; W . Clark , P . M . 17 , Past S . G . W . Bengal , January 22 nd ; H . W . Lindus , Senior P . M . and Sec . 1269 , Senior P . Z . and S . E . 1269 , January 31 ; F . Hickson , S . W . 581 , February 6 th ; R . Helsdon , P . M . 733 , 1549 , February 14 th ; Col . H . P . Le Strange , G . Supt . Norfolk ; William Sendell , February 12 th ; John Batt y Lambert , P . M . 298 , 580 , 613 , 1403 , P . Z . 580 , and P . G . D . E . Lancashire ; A . Maogilivray , J . D . 1559 ; John Wood , P . M . 1073 , Past G . Org . Cumberland ancl Westmoreland ; S . W . Dankes , P . M . 162 , Past G . S . of W . Kent , March 8 th ; Chas . Coote , P . M . 205 , 1319 ,