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Address.
ADDRESS .
DtJBiim the existence of the Qir arteely MA . aA . ziKE , for twentyone years , the suggestion was frequently made to its successive Proprietors to change the time of publication , in order to make it a Monthly periodical . The growing prosperity of the Order , and the increased activity of its members , seemed to some , probably
more in advance of the age than their Fellow Craftsmen , to demand larger means of information , and to require a more continuous chronicle of events than could , by any possibility , be afforded through the medium of a three months' regular issue of their Organ . The price , also , of the publication was a bar to its circulation ; and the spirit in which it was conducted for several years , prior to its changing hands in 1850 , both with respect to Proprietors and Editor , unhappily very much tended to detract from its usefulness .
Since the year 1850 , several changes have been made in the method of conducting the Freemasons' Quabtebly . For two years it was carried on exclusively by means of gratuitous contributions . In 1852 , the then Proprietors relinquished their connection with the undertaking , and the Brethren who took their place , resolved to commence active operations , by offering remuneration
for such papers as might seem to be useful , not only for the illustration of the principles of Freemasonry , but for the advance of a higher order of literature . One year ' s trial showed the benefit of this determination , and , for the last two years , a higher rate of remuneration
for contributions insured a series of papers on various subjects , which gave a new and more elevated tone to the publication , and gained admission for it into several learned societies , in which , as a purely Masonic work , it would never have obtained any consideration . During this system of management , the great feature of the Qxjartebly , Masonic Intelli g ence—as a record of the proceedings of the VOL . I . B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Address.
ADDRESS .
DtJBiim the existence of the Qir arteely MA . aA . ziKE , for twentyone years , the suggestion was frequently made to its successive Proprietors to change the time of publication , in order to make it a Monthly periodical . The growing prosperity of the Order , and the increased activity of its members , seemed to some , probably
more in advance of the age than their Fellow Craftsmen , to demand larger means of information , and to require a more continuous chronicle of events than could , by any possibility , be afforded through the medium of a three months' regular issue of their Organ . The price , also , of the publication was a bar to its circulation ; and the spirit in which it was conducted for several years , prior to its changing hands in 1850 , both with respect to Proprietors and Editor , unhappily very much tended to detract from its usefulness .
Since the year 1850 , several changes have been made in the method of conducting the Freemasons' Quabtebly . For two years it was carried on exclusively by means of gratuitous contributions . In 1852 , the then Proprietors relinquished their connection with the undertaking , and the Brethren who took their place , resolved to commence active operations , by offering remuneration
for such papers as might seem to be useful , not only for the illustration of the principles of Freemasonry , but for the advance of a higher order of literature . One year ' s trial showed the benefit of this determination , and , for the last two years , a higher rate of remuneration
for contributions insured a series of papers on various subjects , which gave a new and more elevated tone to the publication , and gained admission for it into several learned societies , in which , as a purely Masonic work , it would never have obtained any consideration . During this system of management , the great feature of the Qxjartebly , Masonic Intelli g ence—as a record of the proceedings of the VOL . I . B