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enforce uniformity . I feel convinced that the establishment of such a Board , together with a Lodge of Instruction acting under its authority , would be of the greatest advantage to the Craft ; it would quickly correct all irregularities , and be the fountain-head where the zealous Mason might obtain that instruction on which he could rely . At present it is a difficult task , and at all times a very unpleasant one , to con tend against " something" wrong , done by a worthy
Brother , which has takeu root in the Lodge , has been acquired by many , and considered to be corrects There are other evils existing , deplored by faithful Masons , which such a Board as I suggest might do much to eradicate . If you think the subject worthy your notice , and will give this a place in your valuable publication / I shall have greaVhojDes that the matter will be taken up in the proper quarter , and good service rendered to the Craft by , Sir and Brother , ^ ours respectfully and fraternall y Gravesend , Aug . 17 « A , 1857 . P . M .
Brother J. Harris.
BROTHER J . HARRIS .
We had occasion in our Magazine of December last , to notice the distressed position in which this talented artist ( the painter pf the Prize Tracing-hoards in use every Friday evening at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ) was at that time . We now extract the following from a catalogue of the sale of books , & c , lately issued by Messrs . So and Co ., the celebrated auctioneers of literary property :- ^ - . " " " -Facsimiles , by John Harris . —John Harris , the proprietor of the following lots , is well known to possessors of rare books by the marvellous facsimiles
executed by him to complete some 01 the scarcest m literature . Jiis talent in this line is so wonderful , that his facsimiles of Caxton , Wynkyn de Worde , and other typographers , have puzzled even the connoisseur to detect the difference between the original and copy . Intense application has destroyed the eyesight of the artist , who , having had a wife and family to maintain , is now , at the age of sixty-six , left without any means of support . To remove the temporary difficulties in which his blindness has placed him , the following facsimiles are to be sold without reserve : —
"It is to be hoped , for Mr . Harris ' s sake , that the collectors of hooks and engravings , as well as whatever Is-curious in art , will not fail to secure specimens of the extraordinary skill ofa man who leaves us without any one to supply his place . " Then follow a list of 100 lots of Facsimiles of the Early Printers , which were sold on 22 nd August last , and we much regret to say did not realize the amount Bro . Harris anticipated they would from their great curiosity .
-We may inform our readers that Bro . Harris is one of the candidates for the Annuity Fund , having polled at the last election 497 votes ; and he will feel greatly obliged by the name of any Brother who will a . ssist him in his canvass com * municating with Bro . R . Spencer , at his Masonic Dep 6 t , Great Queen-street , opposite Freemasons'Hall . We hear that Bro . J . Harris gives private instruction on the " Tracing-boards ' ' as well as the " Ceremonies . "
Bro . Spencer has called at our office and shown us a specimen of Bro . Harris ' s skill in a facsimile executed for him a few years back , in restoring a portion of the O . B . printed in black letter to a copy of the " Book of Constitutions , " printed in 1722 , now in his possession , and supposed to be unique ; and which Bro . S . will be most happy to show to any member of the Craft .
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enforce uniformity . I feel convinced that the establishment of such a Board , together with a Lodge of Instruction acting under its authority , would be of the greatest advantage to the Craft ; it would quickly correct all irregularities , and be the fountain-head where the zealous Mason might obtain that instruction on which he could rely . At present it is a difficult task , and at all times a very unpleasant one , to con tend against " something" wrong , done by a worthy
Brother , which has takeu root in the Lodge , has been acquired by many , and considered to be corrects There are other evils existing , deplored by faithful Masons , which such a Board as I suggest might do much to eradicate . If you think the subject worthy your notice , and will give this a place in your valuable publication / I shall have greaVhojDes that the matter will be taken up in the proper quarter , and good service rendered to the Craft by , Sir and Brother , ^ ours respectfully and fraternall y Gravesend , Aug . 17 « A , 1857 . P . M .
Brother J. Harris.
BROTHER J . HARRIS .
We had occasion in our Magazine of December last , to notice the distressed position in which this talented artist ( the painter pf the Prize Tracing-hoards in use every Friday evening at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ) was at that time . We now extract the following from a catalogue of the sale of books , & c , lately issued by Messrs . So and Co ., the celebrated auctioneers of literary property :- ^ - . " " " -Facsimiles , by John Harris . —John Harris , the proprietor of the following lots , is well known to possessors of rare books by the marvellous facsimiles
executed by him to complete some 01 the scarcest m literature . Jiis talent in this line is so wonderful , that his facsimiles of Caxton , Wynkyn de Worde , and other typographers , have puzzled even the connoisseur to detect the difference between the original and copy . Intense application has destroyed the eyesight of the artist , who , having had a wife and family to maintain , is now , at the age of sixty-six , left without any means of support . To remove the temporary difficulties in which his blindness has placed him , the following facsimiles are to be sold without reserve : —
"It is to be hoped , for Mr . Harris ' s sake , that the collectors of hooks and engravings , as well as whatever Is-curious in art , will not fail to secure specimens of the extraordinary skill ofa man who leaves us without any one to supply his place . " Then follow a list of 100 lots of Facsimiles of the Early Printers , which were sold on 22 nd August last , and we much regret to say did not realize the amount Bro . Harris anticipated they would from their great curiosity .
-We may inform our readers that Bro . Harris is one of the candidates for the Annuity Fund , having polled at the last election 497 votes ; and he will feel greatly obliged by the name of any Brother who will a . ssist him in his canvass com * municating with Bro . R . Spencer , at his Masonic Dep 6 t , Great Queen-street , opposite Freemasons'Hall . We hear that Bro . J . Harris gives private instruction on the " Tracing-boards ' ' as well as the " Ceremonies . "
Bro . Spencer has called at our office and shown us a specimen of Bro . Harris ' s skill in a facsimile executed for him a few years back , in restoring a portion of the O . B . printed in black letter to a copy of the " Book of Constitutions , " printed in 1722 , now in his possession , and supposed to be unique ; and which Bro . S . will be most happy to show to any member of the Craft .