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Our Architectural Chaptee
fessiqiial men the zealous example of a very worthy Brother . Bm Moxon , of London and Dover , is now engaged in the construction of three new warehouses in Cannon Street , from the designs of Mr . Thomas Hague , architect , on ground situated between the properties of the Grocers and Drapers Companies , of which the
foundationstone was laid on the 26 th ult . with imposing Masonic honours- On the assembling ofthe company , Bro . Mbxon , the builder , was called upon to lay the stone , assisted by Bro . Jacob Solomon . Before laying the stone , a paper , setting forth the particulars , was read to the company , and signed by all present . It was then enclosed in a bottle , and placed in a recess and filled in with cement , and the stone was then
lowered upon it . When it was ascertained that the stone was in its proper position , Bro . Solomon said ,.., " Brethren , as I am called upon to assist Bro . Moxon in the performance of this office of labour , it is my first duty , as it is the duty of all q ^ to offer up divine adoration to the Great God . " The stone was then lowered , and a suitable prayer spoken by Bro . Solomon . The company then separated with mutual congratulations . , _ ¦ One reason why we feel an interest in maintaining the connexion between Masonry and Architecture is that architects have so many opportunities of preserving the virtual working of Masonry , and it is desirable , therefore , an intimate intercouse should be maintained .
Reviews Of New Books ,
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS ,
Aspects oj Paris , by Edward ' Copping- , author of u Alfieri and Croldoni : their Lives and Adventures . 17 London : Longman and Co ., 1858 . —Ofthe aspects of Paris , as of every other great city , it may be said their name is legion . Many writers have made their selections beforehand , and Mr . Copping now takes up the subject from new points of view , without , however , exhausting the catalogue . The aspects given in this volume are such as have become tolerably familiar to its author , as he tells us , during a somewhat lengthy residence in the French capital , and it is but reasonable to infer that his knowledge of them is something more than a superficial character ; moreover , he plumes himself on having produced a work consisting almost entirely of original matter . His object ; , however , is not to instruct ,
hut simply to amuse with a series of diversified sketches of , a few of the most striking features of Paris and of its gay and frivolous inhabitants . Mr . Copping wisely abstains from discussing the political aspect of Parisian life ; though a better reason might he assigned than the one given , in the fact that the ground has already been ably traversed in that direction by Mr . Baylc St . John , in his " Purple Tints . ' We can say very little for Mr . Copping ' s system in the arrangement of his chapters . They appear to take him in and out ofthe capital , and he goes backwards and forwards , to use a very homely simile , like a dog at a fair . We start with a chapter
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Our Architectural Chaptee
fessiqiial men the zealous example of a very worthy Brother . Bm Moxon , of London and Dover , is now engaged in the construction of three new warehouses in Cannon Street , from the designs of Mr . Thomas Hague , architect , on ground situated between the properties of the Grocers and Drapers Companies , of which the
foundationstone was laid on the 26 th ult . with imposing Masonic honours- On the assembling ofthe company , Bro . Mbxon , the builder , was called upon to lay the stone , assisted by Bro . Jacob Solomon . Before laying the stone , a paper , setting forth the particulars , was read to the company , and signed by all present . It was then enclosed in a bottle , and placed in a recess and filled in with cement , and the stone was then
lowered upon it . When it was ascertained that the stone was in its proper position , Bro . Solomon said ,.., " Brethren , as I am called upon to assist Bro . Moxon in the performance of this office of labour , it is my first duty , as it is the duty of all q ^ to offer up divine adoration to the Great God . " The stone was then lowered , and a suitable prayer spoken by Bro . Solomon . The company then separated with mutual congratulations . , _ ¦ One reason why we feel an interest in maintaining the connexion between Masonry and Architecture is that architects have so many opportunities of preserving the virtual working of Masonry , and it is desirable , therefore , an intimate intercouse should be maintained .
Reviews Of New Books ,
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS ,
Aspects oj Paris , by Edward ' Copping- , author of u Alfieri and Croldoni : their Lives and Adventures . 17 London : Longman and Co ., 1858 . —Ofthe aspects of Paris , as of every other great city , it may be said their name is legion . Many writers have made their selections beforehand , and Mr . Copping now takes up the subject from new points of view , without , however , exhausting the catalogue . The aspects given in this volume are such as have become tolerably familiar to its author , as he tells us , during a somewhat lengthy residence in the French capital , and it is but reasonable to infer that his knowledge of them is something more than a superficial character ; moreover , he plumes himself on having produced a work consisting almost entirely of original matter . His object ; , however , is not to instruct ,
hut simply to amuse with a series of diversified sketches of , a few of the most striking features of Paris and of its gay and frivolous inhabitants . Mr . Copping wisely abstains from discussing the political aspect of Parisian life ; though a better reason might he assigned than the one given , in the fact that the ground has already been ably traversed in that direction by Mr . Baylc St . John , in his " Purple Tints . ' We can say very little for Mr . Copping ' s system in the arrangement of his chapters . They appear to take him in and out ofthe capital , and he goes backwards and forwards , to use a very homely simile , like a dog at a fair . We start with a chapter