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similes , metaphors , aud allusions to plants and herbs , are occuring throughout his works , they are in most cases , if not in all , strikingly correct and appropriate . " This is a confirmation of what I wrote a quarter of a century ago , when I stated : — " All his writings are fragrant of the country . The sweet song of uncaged birds , and the gurgling of limpid brooks ,

Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge ' chime through all his productions , like silver bells in the air . at eventide . He has known every sweet wild-flower of his native land , and , what is better than all , he has loved them , too : for all his dramas are redolent of their beauty and perfume . " Of

our gifted Bro . David Garrick , Mr . Roach Smith remarks : — " Garrick , with all his abilities , and they were great , did not always show sound judgment . He was generous and warm-hearted , and no one before him , on the stagehad evinced so

, keen an appreciation of the genius of Shakespeare . Still he consented to give the plays , not from the ori ginal text , but from Tate ' s edition , which would have never been used , one would have supposed , by any manager of taste or of power to understand

and feel the full force of the plays as written by Shakespeare ; and Garrick never fully estimated propriety in costume . At the same time we can but ask , how it was he

coula have consented to place upon the stage such tame and witless plays as he produced in abundance with those of the great dramatist 1 It is obvious that both Garrick and the drama had to be judged by a public that could tolerate and be pleased with what would not be thought upon at

the present day ; a public that could relish coarse language , unrefined and often immoral sentiment , and gross vulgarity unrelieved by a spark of wit . " We must remember that the actor has to live , and if he only performs the plays that come up to

his own conception of a perfect drama , he is very likely indeed to starve . The false theatrical taste brought iu with the Restoration , and the gross ignorance of the general public , would have left even our great Thespian brotherDavid Garrickto

, , have played to empty houses , had he attempted a pure Shakspere . Even now we are only just beginning to restore him to the stage . How much Mr . Roach Smith and myself ; and every other true Shaksperean ,

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owe to Bro . Garrick for our appreciation 0 [ the great bard , it it impossible to determine . He did his work well , considering t ]) e circumstances by which he was surrounded let us be thankful for the noble impetus he gave to Shaksperean study , and do our parts with equal earnestness to carry onward the glorious cause of genuine English literature . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .

Let There Be Light !

LET THERE BE LIGHT !

BY BRO . UNA'ECAK . LET there be light!—the Almighty spoke-Refulgent streams from chaos broke , T illume the rising earth ! Well pleased , the Great Jehovah stood , The Power Supreme pronounced it good

, And gave the planets birth ! In choral numbers Masons join To bless and praise this Light Divine . Parent of light ! accept our praise , Who shed'st on us thy brightest rays—The light that fills the mind J

By choice selected , lo ! wo stand , By Friendship joined , a mystic band , That love , that aid , mankind ! In choral numbers Masons join To bless and praise this Light Divine . The Widow ' s tears we often dry ,

The Orphan ' s wants our hands supply , As far as power is given ; The naked clothe—the prison ' er free—These are thy works , sweet Charity ! Reveal'd to us from Heaven ! In choral numbers Masons join To bless and praise this Light Divine ! —Freemason ' s Repository for 119 ' ¦

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Initials , RASTT . Finals , MASON . Words : 1 . Requiem . 2 . Arcadia . 3 . Sinless . 4 . Torpedo . 5 . Yarn .