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correspondent states it to have been published in Paris , in 1778 ; there is thus a difference of place and date . At the close of the second part is an advertisement or notice u On trouve a Londres , chez J . G . Bobinson , Paternoster-row ; et a Paris , chez Barrels , jeune , et les principaux Libraires , " where also other works by
De Bonneville , mentioned , were to be had ; one of which is " Lettres a M . le Marquis de Condorat ; a Londres ; cum privilegio sacro-sanctse Justitise et immaculatse Teritatis . ,, The first part consists of 148 pages , the second of 136 ; and it is after the " Fin de la seconde et derniere partiey'Vthat I find the VNotes et Preuves , " which extend to 54 pages , of which from p . 5 to 37 is occupied with a reprint of Pritchard in English .
At p ; 109 of the Freemasons' Magazine , in the Latin quotation , i t is said " dum preceptor debeant legi , " whereas in my copy it stands " dum preceptct debeant legi ; " but that is probably a mistake in your printer . I call your attention to it , because if the date 1778 , Paris , and preceptor be in the copy belonging to the British Museum , there must be two editions . I got mine , if I recollect well , from the late Dr . Morrison , of Paris ; and there is probably a similar one in his library , now belonging to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . I did not understand it to be a scarce work .
All of Pritchard's own editions were published I believe before 1750 , and are , as '¦ well- as the spurious ones , extremely rare . In the " Bibliographicder Freimaure ' rei , " by " Georg Kloss" ( Frankfort , 1844 ) , under No . 1 , 8 S 6 , several are mentioned , with the names of their respective London publishers ; the fourth edition was in 1731 , the thirteenth in 1737 3 " a new edition" in 1774 , and the twenty-first in 1787 . De Bonneville ' s boot is likewise noticed by Kloss , under N " o ' . 1 , 927 , and with the date "London , 1788 , " which agrees with my copy ; it is there said that some copies have also another title-page , viz . — 'Les Jesuites retrouve ' s dans les Tenebres ; Essai Historique , " which I do not find inmine .
Of Pritchard ' s pamphlet , I have only seen one copy , a small octavo , which a late friend and Brother bought for a few pence ( I think he said one penny ) at a bookstall in the Canongate of Edinburgh , about twenty years ago . I have no note of its date , or even if it were one of the genuine editions ; but I compared it with the reprint in De Bonneville ' s work , and found the latter tolerably correct ; in this last , my impression is , there were a few words mis-spelled , as " broached
thurnel , " a term applied to a sharp pointed chisel , from the French word broche : —see the Imperial Dictionary Supplement . The history of " Pritchard ' s Catechism , " is well known , but cannot be printed ; the intended absurdity of the '' Catechism" itself is sufficiently indicated at p . 30 , where the respondent on being asked his name , replies " Timothy Ridicule" ( sic in my copy ) . De Bonneville ' s notes on Pritchard are more curious than what Pritchard himself wrote .
I have the impression that Dr . Morrison informed me that De Bonneville was a fictitious name . I fear that the above is more adapted to the pages of Notes and Queries , than to those of your Magazine ; but it may not be uninteresting to old Masonic book collectors . Scrutator .
When you are talking of Masonry in the company of friends , if you see one of thorn shake his head at an observation , hem at a fact , and look very wise and knowing at aa argument , —set him down for a cowan , and close the conversation , if o will betray you with a sneer , expose you by an innuendo , and ridicule your pretensions by some coarse and inappreciable joke , and then shake his empty head in token of his own wisdom and tact at the discovery of occult secrets which had defied ail other penetration . He has found a precious diamond in a bag of soot , —Booh of the Lodge ,
Bear and forbear , is a trite but very useful maxim . If you fancy yourself slighted , or even insulted by a Brother , give not way to sudden or inconsiderate resentment , but wait the course of events . You will lose nothing by delay . It may be , he did not intend it . In any case , admonish him privately . By so doing you will have the matter fully , and perhaps satisfactorily explained . Thus harmony may be restored , and you will remain mutually pleased with each other .
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correspondent states it to have been published in Paris , in 1778 ; there is thus a difference of place and date . At the close of the second part is an advertisement or notice u On trouve a Londres , chez J . G . Bobinson , Paternoster-row ; et a Paris , chez Barrels , jeune , et les principaux Libraires , " where also other works by
De Bonneville , mentioned , were to be had ; one of which is " Lettres a M . le Marquis de Condorat ; a Londres ; cum privilegio sacro-sanctse Justitise et immaculatse Teritatis . ,, The first part consists of 148 pages , the second of 136 ; and it is after the " Fin de la seconde et derniere partiey'Vthat I find the VNotes et Preuves , " which extend to 54 pages , of which from p . 5 to 37 is occupied with a reprint of Pritchard in English .
At p ; 109 of the Freemasons' Magazine , in the Latin quotation , i t is said " dum preceptor debeant legi , " whereas in my copy it stands " dum preceptct debeant legi ; " but that is probably a mistake in your printer . I call your attention to it , because if the date 1778 , Paris , and preceptor be in the copy belonging to the British Museum , there must be two editions . I got mine , if I recollect well , from the late Dr . Morrison , of Paris ; and there is probably a similar one in his library , now belonging to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . I did not understand it to be a scarce work .
All of Pritchard's own editions were published I believe before 1750 , and are , as '¦ well- as the spurious ones , extremely rare . In the " Bibliographicder Freimaure ' rei , " by " Georg Kloss" ( Frankfort , 1844 ) , under No . 1 , 8 S 6 , several are mentioned , with the names of their respective London publishers ; the fourth edition was in 1731 , the thirteenth in 1737 3 " a new edition" in 1774 , and the twenty-first in 1787 . De Bonneville ' s boot is likewise noticed by Kloss , under N " o ' . 1 , 927 , and with the date "London , 1788 , " which agrees with my copy ; it is there said that some copies have also another title-page , viz . — 'Les Jesuites retrouve ' s dans les Tenebres ; Essai Historique , " which I do not find inmine .
Of Pritchard ' s pamphlet , I have only seen one copy , a small octavo , which a late friend and Brother bought for a few pence ( I think he said one penny ) at a bookstall in the Canongate of Edinburgh , about twenty years ago . I have no note of its date , or even if it were one of the genuine editions ; but I compared it with the reprint in De Bonneville ' s work , and found the latter tolerably correct ; in this last , my impression is , there were a few words mis-spelled , as " broached
thurnel , " a term applied to a sharp pointed chisel , from the French word broche : —see the Imperial Dictionary Supplement . The history of " Pritchard ' s Catechism , " is well known , but cannot be printed ; the intended absurdity of the '' Catechism" itself is sufficiently indicated at p . 30 , where the respondent on being asked his name , replies " Timothy Ridicule" ( sic in my copy ) . De Bonneville ' s notes on Pritchard are more curious than what Pritchard himself wrote .
I have the impression that Dr . Morrison informed me that De Bonneville was a fictitious name . I fear that the above is more adapted to the pages of Notes and Queries , than to those of your Magazine ; but it may not be uninteresting to old Masonic book collectors . Scrutator .
When you are talking of Masonry in the company of friends , if you see one of thorn shake his head at an observation , hem at a fact , and look very wise and knowing at aa argument , —set him down for a cowan , and close the conversation , if o will betray you with a sneer , expose you by an innuendo , and ridicule your pretensions by some coarse and inappreciable joke , and then shake his empty head in token of his own wisdom and tact at the discovery of occult secrets which had defied ail other penetration . He has found a precious diamond in a bag of soot , —Booh of the Lodge ,
Bear and forbear , is a trite but very useful maxim . If you fancy yourself slighted , or even insulted by a Brother , give not way to sudden or inconsiderate resentment , but wait the course of events . You will lose nothing by delay . It may be , he did not intend it . In any case , admonish him privately . By so doing you will have the matter fully , and perhaps satisfactorily explained . Thus harmony may be restored , and you will remain mutually pleased with each other .