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of jewels and seals are admirable , and how it „ can furnish so much illustration $ nd literature at so low a price , is a wonder even to us , who appreciate fully the zeal and public spirit of our American Brethren .
The American Ereemason . Vol . IV ., ] SFos . 8 and 9 . Louisville and JNTew York . —This is a larger publication than the last , and of a more elaborate description . It teems with intelligence , and we shall often be indebted to its columns for valuable extracts . Each
number contains an appropriate Masonic song set to music , which we heartily commend to the attention of our Brethren . The plates are also admirable , and the portraits of leading Masons striking and effective . Sketch of a Paper on a Colchester Sphynx , compared with two others
found in Hungary . By W . Bell , Ph . Dr ., & e . & c—This elaborate and highly-interesting treatise is an extract from the Journal of the Essex Archaeological Association for 1856 . Its learning and research commend it to th # notice of every admirer of antiquarian record .
An Inquiry into the Vine Eungus , with Suggestions as to a Remedy By a twenty-three years' resident ( James Dow ) in Portugal . London : Saunders and Otley . —This is an endeavour to arouse the Portuguese people to attention in carrying out Liebig ' s principles of culture , at this crisis of a vital branch of Portuguese domestic industry . It is conceived in the worthy spirit of a reverent and not desponding
observer of the laws of nature , and of Masonic principles also , since it evokes fraternal aid to the sufferers , from their traders throughout the world . Its importance to the wine trade may be conceived from the fact that the fungus , called Oidium Tuckeri , has appeared with aggravated results for three successive years , and that the last vintage , nominally producing 26 , 000 pipes , afforded of exportable wine probably no more than 4 , 000 .
A Eew Words on a few Wines . Price One Shilling . S . A . Shaw and Co ., 33 , Mart lane . —The Craft are and have been proverbially lovers of good wine , than which nothing is better calculated to promote harmony and goodwill both in the Lodge and the fire-side circle . To preserve good wine is almost as difficult a process as to obtain it , and we all of us in the course of our experience have had cause for regret at seeing some of the choicest vintages spoilt by the extremes of either cold or heat . The author of the above little
pamphlet , Brother Nathan , has been for years well known among Freemasons for his taste and judgment in first-class wines ; and if his suggestions are followed up by our readers , we can promise them that the contents of their cellars will bo duly appreciated by themselves and those they have about them .
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of jewels and seals are admirable , and how it „ can furnish so much illustration $ nd literature at so low a price , is a wonder even to us , who appreciate fully the zeal and public spirit of our American Brethren .
The American Ereemason . Vol . IV ., ] SFos . 8 and 9 . Louisville and JNTew York . —This is a larger publication than the last , and of a more elaborate description . It teems with intelligence , and we shall often be indebted to its columns for valuable extracts . Each
number contains an appropriate Masonic song set to music , which we heartily commend to the attention of our Brethren . The plates are also admirable , and the portraits of leading Masons striking and effective . Sketch of a Paper on a Colchester Sphynx , compared with two others
found in Hungary . By W . Bell , Ph . Dr ., & e . & c—This elaborate and highly-interesting treatise is an extract from the Journal of the Essex Archaeological Association for 1856 . Its learning and research commend it to th # notice of every admirer of antiquarian record .
An Inquiry into the Vine Eungus , with Suggestions as to a Remedy By a twenty-three years' resident ( James Dow ) in Portugal . London : Saunders and Otley . —This is an endeavour to arouse the Portuguese people to attention in carrying out Liebig ' s principles of culture , at this crisis of a vital branch of Portuguese domestic industry . It is conceived in the worthy spirit of a reverent and not desponding
observer of the laws of nature , and of Masonic principles also , since it evokes fraternal aid to the sufferers , from their traders throughout the world . Its importance to the wine trade may be conceived from the fact that the fungus , called Oidium Tuckeri , has appeared with aggravated results for three successive years , and that the last vintage , nominally producing 26 , 000 pipes , afforded of exportable wine probably no more than 4 , 000 .
A Eew Words on a few Wines . Price One Shilling . S . A . Shaw and Co ., 33 , Mart lane . —The Craft are and have been proverbially lovers of good wine , than which nothing is better calculated to promote harmony and goodwill both in the Lodge and the fire-side circle . To preserve good wine is almost as difficult a process as to obtain it , and we all of us in the course of our experience have had cause for regret at seeing some of the choicest vintages spoilt by the extremes of either cold or heat . The author of the above little
pamphlet , Brother Nathan , has been for years well known among Freemasons for his taste and judgment in first-class wines ; and if his suggestions are followed up by our readers , we can promise them that the contents of their cellars will bo duly appreciated by themselves and those they have about them .