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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.
nickel silver , is very strong as well as elegant , iveighs under one ounce , and can be carried without inconvenience in the vest pocket . In appearance it reminds one of a Masonic jeAvel , ancl it is Avarranted not to tarnish , and ( the retail price being only a shilling ) is sure to meet Avith an extensive sale . Salt Lake City , a portion of Utah Avhich the - v . ormons had made blossom like the rose by then- industry , but polluted by their polygamy and superstition , but from which that arch impostor ( not to say murderer ) Brigham Young , has been" called off" to his final account , has noiv a Public Masonic Library . As Brigham Young , like all religious bigots , ivas an intense hater of the Craft , hoAV it must trouble Ms soid if he can know that it
already contains two thousand volumes . Pity but our English , Scotch , and Irisb Lodges Avere all compelled to make annual returns as to hoAV many of them have Masonic Libraries , how many volumes they contain , hoiv many times they have been issued , Avhat Masonic publications they subscribe to , ancl how many literary or scientific lectures they have bad , on ^ vbat particular subjects , and the number that attended them . Also the amount of their annual income , hoAV much has been spent in charity , and hoAV much in and
eating drinking . This would really be tbe means of an immense revival of true Freemasonry . Our illustrious Brother , His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , KG ., President of the Eoyal Society of Literature , ancl Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire , has been graciously pleased to grant his express permission for the forthcoming Second Series of "Bro . Emra Holmes' Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers , with a Masonic Memoir of the Author bthe writer of these Notes
y , to be dedicated to him , in consequence of the benevolent purpose for wliich it is to be published . I am too closely connected with the publication to be considered an impartial critic ; but I am glad to observe the very favourable way in which tbe First Series has been , Avith tivo solitary exceptions , received by the press . Bro . Holmes is too well knoAvn to the readers of the Masonic Magazine , to need any commendation from me ; but they , like myself , may feel interested to see Avhat the various reviewers
have to say about tbe little volume , —tbe printing , binding , and Bewick tail-pieces , having met with unanimous approval . The Freemason , the editor of Avhich never has much gall in Ms ink , says that "the stories and poetry reflect credit on the taste and talent of our zealous Brother , " and adds that "Ms writings display not only literary powers far above the average , but bespeak also a considerable amount of ' geist ' [ whatever that may mean !] and culture , a power of Avinning the attention and attracting the interest of his readers . Alike bi prose and poetry he commands both a facile and correct
pen , and Ave may fairly assert that Ms works are full of promise of even better and greater things to come . " And be pronounces it " a very good half-crown ' s worth , indeed , notwithstanding that Ave live in an age of cheap literature and of countless publications . " The Masonic Jewel , published at Mempliis , in the United States , the official Masonic organ of the States of Mississippi ancl Tennessee , ancl wliich is edited by Past brand Master Wheeler , remarks : — " -This neat little book , well-bound , of over two hundred will interest the
pages , lovers of stories ancl good poems . To Masons , the extracts and notes published from the old minute book of UMon Lodge , No . 114 , Ipswich , England , commencing with the year 1762 , is peculiarly interesting : " and fraternally commends the American Masons to subscribe to both series of the work . The Whitby Gazette pronounces the tales " of a very interesting character , " and the poems to "have a true poetical ring m the them . " The Whitby Times — " The contents of the volume
says : tW 0 «! T . Very mterestm S entertaining character . " The Leamington Courier remarks Mat the Masonic Papers are extremely interesting . " The Criterion says : — " We are ittuch pleased with tbe contents of tbe book ; the tales are Avell told , and the poems have uie true poetic ring about them ; " ancl adds that " the MasoMc papers cannot fail to interest Brothers of the Craft . " The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent says : — Evidently the author is a man of cultivated ancl refined mind and taste . " The South partem ctmd Cleveland
Mercury pronounces it to be "light , pleasant , easy reading , from us . to last . _ The Western Daily Merewry ( Plymouth ) observes : —• 'The ably Avritten wes and capital poetiy which form tbe chief contents of this book are-the « ngtoj $ mi of * well-known author and a distinguished Freemason . " The SwnderkmdmmW ^ ks , ^^ GRAND ^^ A I ' M L O D Q E O r \ LIBRARY / V ¦* - — _ . \ o ) s ^ ^ Jm
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notes On Literature, Science And Art.
nickel silver , is very strong as well as elegant , iveighs under one ounce , and can be carried without inconvenience in the vest pocket . In appearance it reminds one of a Masonic jeAvel , ancl it is Avarranted not to tarnish , and ( the retail price being only a shilling ) is sure to meet Avith an extensive sale . Salt Lake City , a portion of Utah Avhich the - v . ormons had made blossom like the rose by then- industry , but polluted by their polygamy and superstition , but from which that arch impostor ( not to say murderer ) Brigham Young , has been" called off" to his final account , has noiv a Public Masonic Library . As Brigham Young , like all religious bigots , ivas an intense hater of the Craft , hoAV it must trouble Ms soid if he can know that it
already contains two thousand volumes . Pity but our English , Scotch , and Irisb Lodges Avere all compelled to make annual returns as to hoAV many of them have Masonic Libraries , how many volumes they contain , hoiv many times they have been issued , Avhat Masonic publications they subscribe to , ancl how many literary or scientific lectures they have bad , on ^ vbat particular subjects , and the number that attended them . Also the amount of their annual income , hoAV much has been spent in charity , and hoAV much in and
eating drinking . This would really be tbe means of an immense revival of true Freemasonry . Our illustrious Brother , His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , KG ., President of the Eoyal Society of Literature , ancl Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire , has been graciously pleased to grant his express permission for the forthcoming Second Series of "Bro . Emra Holmes' Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers , with a Masonic Memoir of the Author bthe writer of these Notes
y , to be dedicated to him , in consequence of the benevolent purpose for wliich it is to be published . I am too closely connected with the publication to be considered an impartial critic ; but I am glad to observe the very favourable way in which tbe First Series has been , Avith tivo solitary exceptions , received by the press . Bro . Holmes is too well knoAvn to the readers of the Masonic Magazine , to need any commendation from me ; but they , like myself , may feel interested to see Avhat the various reviewers
have to say about tbe little volume , —tbe printing , binding , and Bewick tail-pieces , having met with unanimous approval . The Freemason , the editor of Avhich never has much gall in Ms ink , says that "the stories and poetry reflect credit on the taste and talent of our zealous Brother , " and adds that "Ms writings display not only literary powers far above the average , but bespeak also a considerable amount of ' geist ' [ whatever that may mean !] and culture , a power of Avinning the attention and attracting the interest of his readers . Alike bi prose and poetry he commands both a facile and correct
pen , and Ave may fairly assert that Ms works are full of promise of even better and greater things to come . " And be pronounces it " a very good half-crown ' s worth , indeed , notwithstanding that Ave live in an age of cheap literature and of countless publications . " The Masonic Jewel , published at Mempliis , in the United States , the official Masonic organ of the States of Mississippi ancl Tennessee , ancl wliich is edited by Past brand Master Wheeler , remarks : — " -This neat little book , well-bound , of over two hundred will interest the
pages , lovers of stories ancl good poems . To Masons , the extracts and notes published from the old minute book of UMon Lodge , No . 114 , Ipswich , England , commencing with the year 1762 , is peculiarly interesting : " and fraternally commends the American Masons to subscribe to both series of the work . The Whitby Gazette pronounces the tales " of a very interesting character , " and the poems to "have a true poetical ring m the them . " The Whitby Times — " The contents of the volume
says : tW 0 «! T . Very mterestm S entertaining character . " The Leamington Courier remarks Mat the Masonic Papers are extremely interesting . " The Criterion says : — " We are ittuch pleased with tbe contents of tbe book ; the tales are Avell told , and the poems have uie true poetic ring about them ; " ancl adds that " the MasoMc papers cannot fail to interest Brothers of the Craft . " The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent says : — Evidently the author is a man of cultivated ancl refined mind and taste . " The South partem ctmd Cleveland
Mercury pronounces it to be "light , pleasant , easy reading , from us . to last . _ The Western Daily Merewry ( Plymouth ) observes : —• 'The ably Avritten wes and capital poetiy which form tbe chief contents of this book are-the « ngtoj $ mi of * well-known author and a distinguished Freemason . " The SwnderkmdmmW ^ ks , ^^ GRAND ^^ A I ' M L O D Q E O r \ LIBRARY / V ¦* - — _ . \ o ) s ^ ^ Jm