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[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , " 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] (< American Quarterly Revieto of Freemasonry and its Mndred Societies . " New York : R . Macoy . October , 1857 . —This is the second number of the beautifully printed and remarkably well got-up periodical whose entrance into the Masonic literary world we had the pleasure to announce last quarter . It in no degree lacks in appearance or character the garb it wore on its entree—¦ but , vigorous , and
flowing with the genuine " milk and honey" of Masonic lore , it is truly a work which will be received with the most pleasurable satisfaction by every Brother of the Craft . The present No . opens with "The Lodge as a Symbol of the World , " by Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., and is a continuation , in some sort , of the opening article in the last number , of whichwk were enabled to speak in unqualified terms of approval . The same favourable opinion is equally applicable to the issue before us . ——Then succeeds" Gnosticism , the Kahbala , and the Mysteries , as connected
with and illustrating Masonry , " by Albert Pike . This extremely intricate subject is handled with great skill , and will be read with unflagging interest and pleasure by the Masonic scholar . ——Then we have a magnificent article—a lecture , by Dr . Townsend , of Dublin ( Ireland ) , on " The Buty of a Master in the Government of a Masonic Lodge . " -The " Origin of the Names of the Craft" is another learned disquisition , from the pen of W . S . Rockwell . It is evidently the production of an accomplished scholar . The next is a glorious chapter , entitled " Two wellknown Masons Exhibited . " We are indebted for it to the renowned Rob Morris
( the Masonic Antiquary and Lecturer ) . The two well-known Masons are no other than those mighty men , Washington and Eranklin—names of those whom Mason ^ has been justly proud to rank amongst its supporters . It will be read with the deepest possible interest . We were amused with Franklin ' s letter to his mother respecting Freemasons , in 1738—a portion of which runs thus : —" They are in
general a very harmless sort of people ; and have no principles or practices that are inconsistent with religion and good manners ! " Next comes " Masonic Explanations of the Numbers ; " which will be of more value , perhaps , to the arithmetical reader or student amongst the Craft than to the Brethren generally . Some valuable and pleasing information from California , Missouri , Sec , follows ; and also a capital article on " The Outer and Inner Temple , " by Br . Strickland . ¦
" Horse Esotericse " is commenced , by Giles F . Yates , who devotes the first of these " hours" to " Music and Dancing ; " and very cleverly it is written . Several pages more , well filled with most readable matter , both prose and poetical , continue the number to the end—having arrived at which , we again heartily congratulate the Craft on the appearance of such a work , from which we shall take an early opportunity of making some extracts .
"Soger ' s Culinary Campaign" being historical reminiscences of the late war , with the plain art of cookery for military and civil institutions , the army , navy , public , & c , by Alexis Soykr . London : G . Routledge and Co . —If it be true as philosophers and naturalists unite to assure us , that the culinary art is especially distinctive of humanity , and that man differs from all other creatures in
being alone of living things a cooking animal , it is clear that cooking is an art of dignity as well as utility , and that it possesses a very high degree of human interest . Conscious of this great truth , Bro . Soyer has cultivated the science with a zeal and ability which have left him altogether without a rival . His great predecessor , M . Oude , whose glory , however , Alexis has altogether eclipsed , used to VOL . III . 6 L
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Reviews Of New Books
EEVIEWS OF UEW BOOKS
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , " 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] (< American Quarterly Revieto of Freemasonry and its Mndred Societies . " New York : R . Macoy . October , 1857 . —This is the second number of the beautifully printed and remarkably well got-up periodical whose entrance into the Masonic literary world we had the pleasure to announce last quarter . It in no degree lacks in appearance or character the garb it wore on its entree—¦ but , vigorous , and
flowing with the genuine " milk and honey" of Masonic lore , it is truly a work which will be received with the most pleasurable satisfaction by every Brother of the Craft . The present No . opens with "The Lodge as a Symbol of the World , " by Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., and is a continuation , in some sort , of the opening article in the last number , of whichwk were enabled to speak in unqualified terms of approval . The same favourable opinion is equally applicable to the issue before us . ——Then succeeds" Gnosticism , the Kahbala , and the Mysteries , as connected
with and illustrating Masonry , " by Albert Pike . This extremely intricate subject is handled with great skill , and will be read with unflagging interest and pleasure by the Masonic scholar . ——Then we have a magnificent article—a lecture , by Dr . Townsend , of Dublin ( Ireland ) , on " The Buty of a Master in the Government of a Masonic Lodge . " -The " Origin of the Names of the Craft" is another learned disquisition , from the pen of W . S . Rockwell . It is evidently the production of an accomplished scholar . The next is a glorious chapter , entitled " Two wellknown Masons Exhibited . " We are indebted for it to the renowned Rob Morris
( the Masonic Antiquary and Lecturer ) . The two well-known Masons are no other than those mighty men , Washington and Eranklin—names of those whom Mason ^ has been justly proud to rank amongst its supporters . It will be read with the deepest possible interest . We were amused with Franklin ' s letter to his mother respecting Freemasons , in 1738—a portion of which runs thus : —" They are in
general a very harmless sort of people ; and have no principles or practices that are inconsistent with religion and good manners ! " Next comes " Masonic Explanations of the Numbers ; " which will be of more value , perhaps , to the arithmetical reader or student amongst the Craft than to the Brethren generally . Some valuable and pleasing information from California , Missouri , Sec , follows ; and also a capital article on " The Outer and Inner Temple , " by Br . Strickland . ¦
" Horse Esotericse " is commenced , by Giles F . Yates , who devotes the first of these " hours" to " Music and Dancing ; " and very cleverly it is written . Several pages more , well filled with most readable matter , both prose and poetical , continue the number to the end—having arrived at which , we again heartily congratulate the Craft on the appearance of such a work , from which we shall take an early opportunity of making some extracts .
"Soger ' s Culinary Campaign" being historical reminiscences of the late war , with the plain art of cookery for military and civil institutions , the army , navy , public , & c , by Alexis Soykr . London : G . Routledge and Co . —If it be true as philosophers and naturalists unite to assure us , that the culinary art is especially distinctive of humanity , and that man differs from all other creatures in
being alone of living things a cooking animal , it is clear that cooking is an art of dignity as well as utility , and that it possesses a very high degree of human interest . Conscious of this great truth , Bro . Soyer has cultivated the science with a zeal and ability which have left him altogether without a rival . His great predecessor , M . Oude , whose glory , however , Alexis has altogether eclipsed , used to VOL . III . 6 L