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zatibn of England , modes of combined action may be introduced to the material improvement of our social system . TJpon its processes is founded the action of the institution called " The Universal Purveyor , '' which has already achieved decided success , as we find from

the report kindly furnished to us . Of course we need hardly state that the principle of combination for general good is so decidedly Masonic as to enlist our best sympathies , even when in a nascent state , and our cordial congratulations when prosperity , as now , dawns upon its operation .

Mediaeval Popes , Emperors , Kings , and Crusaders ; or , Germany , Italy , and Palestine , from A . I ) . 1125 , to A . D . 1268 . By Mrs . William Bitsk , author of " Manners and Customs of the Japanese , " & c . London : Hookham and Sons . —The period embraced in these two volumes is one of the most picturesque of the Middle Ages , and almost coterminous witlrthe"Swabian line of Emperors . It includes all the Crusades except the first ; the rise of the Communes in

France ; the conquest of Ireland ; the reign of the Latin princes at Constantinople ; the struggles in England , resulting in the Great Charter extorted from King John ; the origin of the Mendicant Ordera and of the Inquisition ; the Persecution of the Albigenses ; the Tartar inundation ; the birth of the military orders and of

chivalry ; and the commencement of the modern languages of Europe . Mrs . Busk has performed her task well , and without ostentation has given us sound information upon the intellectual , social , and artistic state of Europe , up to the commencement of the twelfth century Some of the passages are more quaint than delicate , but serve to show the condition ^ of society at the period . Eor example , we have the following instance of

TANGIBLE EVIDENCE . " In . the first quarter of the twelfth century died a Margrave of Misnia without children , but leaying his wife far advanced in pregnancy . The collateral heir denying that she was in a state to authorise hopes of a lineal heir , accused her of intending to impose a spurious child upon the vassalage , and claimed the

margraviate . The widowed Margravine thereupon assembled the immediate vassals of the principality , presented herself before them upon an elevated platform where she was seen by all , and there dropped her garments sufficiently to display the enlargement of her person , tliat supported the truth of her assertion . The collateral pretender was immediately rejected , and the birth of her child patiently awaited . "

The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Plessington . By R . R . Madden , M . ll . I . A . 3 vols . Newby . —We reserve our full notice of this most amusing and w ell-written biography , until the completion and issue of the second edition , which will , we understand , be considerably enlarged . In the

meantime , however , we cannot forbear treating our readers to the following extract , connected with Charles James Mathews , the unrivalled high comedian of the present clay , and— -as we opine , the perusal of the following will show—one whose singular wit and humour rendered him a most desirable acquisition to the Blessingtons upon TOL . I . 2 S

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1855-05-01, Page 33” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 4 June 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_01051855/page/33/.
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AMERICA. Article 54
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON. Article 11
ON THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. Article 17
LONDON AND ITS MASONS. Article 1
ANIMAL AND HUMAN INSTINCT. Article 21
THE EMPEROR'S VISIT. Article 28
REV. BRO. OLIVER, D.D., VICAR OF SCOPWICK. Article 30
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 31
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 63
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
METROPOLITAN. Article 43
PROVINCIAL. Article 45
SCOTLAND. Article 51
COLONIAL. Article 52
INDIA. Article 54
TURKEY. Article 56
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH Of MAY. Article 57
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 59
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 60
Obituary Article 60
NOTICE. Article 62
ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE. Article 62
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH Article 6
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zatibn of England , modes of combined action may be introduced to the material improvement of our social system . TJpon its processes is founded the action of the institution called " The Universal Purveyor , '' which has already achieved decided success , as we find from

the report kindly furnished to us . Of course we need hardly state that the principle of combination for general good is so decidedly Masonic as to enlist our best sympathies , even when in a nascent state , and our cordial congratulations when prosperity , as now , dawns upon its operation .

Mediaeval Popes , Emperors , Kings , and Crusaders ; or , Germany , Italy , and Palestine , from A . I ) . 1125 , to A . D . 1268 . By Mrs . William Bitsk , author of " Manners and Customs of the Japanese , " & c . London : Hookham and Sons . —The period embraced in these two volumes is one of the most picturesque of the Middle Ages , and almost coterminous witlrthe"Swabian line of Emperors . It includes all the Crusades except the first ; the rise of the Communes in

France ; the conquest of Ireland ; the reign of the Latin princes at Constantinople ; the struggles in England , resulting in the Great Charter extorted from King John ; the origin of the Mendicant Ordera and of the Inquisition ; the Persecution of the Albigenses ; the Tartar inundation ; the birth of the military orders and of

chivalry ; and the commencement of the modern languages of Europe . Mrs . Busk has performed her task well , and without ostentation has given us sound information upon the intellectual , social , and artistic state of Europe , up to the commencement of the twelfth century Some of the passages are more quaint than delicate , but serve to show the condition ^ of society at the period . Eor example , we have the following instance of

TANGIBLE EVIDENCE . " In . the first quarter of the twelfth century died a Margrave of Misnia without children , but leaying his wife far advanced in pregnancy . The collateral heir denying that she was in a state to authorise hopes of a lineal heir , accused her of intending to impose a spurious child upon the vassalage , and claimed the

margraviate . The widowed Margravine thereupon assembled the immediate vassals of the principality , presented herself before them upon an elevated platform where she was seen by all , and there dropped her garments sufficiently to display the enlargement of her person , tliat supported the truth of her assertion . The collateral pretender was immediately rejected , and the birth of her child patiently awaited . "

The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Plessington . By R . R . Madden , M . ll . I . A . 3 vols . Newby . —We reserve our full notice of this most amusing and w ell-written biography , until the completion and issue of the second edition , which will , we understand , be considerably enlarged . In the

meantime , however , we cannot forbear treating our readers to the following extract , connected with Charles James Mathews , the unrivalled high comedian of the present clay , and— -as we opine , the perusal of the following will show—one whose singular wit and humour rendered him a most desirable acquisition to the Blessingtons upon TOL . I . 2 S

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