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Launcestou , Van Diemen ' s Land . —Lodge of Rope ( No . 901 ) .. —We were lately favoured with a view of a Masonic Library , consisting of upwards of one hundred volumes , handsomely bound with Masonic gilt tooling and appropriately lettered , which is now forming for the use of this very influential Lodge , and purchased by private subscription among the members ; Bro , James "Robertson , Treas . of the Lodge , heading the list with the magnificent sum of twenty-five pounds . By the kind permission of Bro . Spencer , Masonic publisher , and for the

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benefit of other Lodges who may wish to form a library of Masonic works , we subjoin a list of the books selected , viz . : —Freemasons' Quarterly Review and Magazine , from 1834 to 1854 ; Dr . Oliver's Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry , History of Initiation , Antiquities of Freemasonry , Signs and Symbols , Star in the East , various Masonic sermons . On the foregoing , in all twenty-nine volumes , were lettered the following inscription : —" Presented by Bro . James Robertson , Treas . to the Library of the Lodge of Hope , -No . 901 , July , 1854 . "

The following volumes were purchased by a private subscription of the members of the Lodge : —Anderson ' s Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England , edited by Bro . Noorthouck ; this handsome 4 to . volume , printed in 1784 , is in fine preservation . Dr . Oliver ' s works on Book of the Lodge , A Mirror for the Johannite Masons , Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers , Preston ' s Illustrations of Masonry and History , Ashe ' s Masonic Manual , Hutchinson ' s Spirit of Masonry , Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry , The Symbol of Glory , History of the Witham Lodge ,

Apology for Freemasonry , Origin of R . A ., and Sermons ; Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note-Book , Clarke ' s History of the Minden Lodge and other Tracts , Sandys ' s Short Yiew of Freemasonry , Hodge ' s Masonic Fragments , Mant ' s Pocket Companion ; Margoliouth's , Moody ' s , & c , Lectures ; Book of Constitutions and R . A . Regulations Grand Lodge England , Ditto Grand Lodge of Scotland , Ditto Grand Lodge of Ireland ; Laurie ' s History of Freemasonry and Grand Lodge Scotland , Miller ' s History of Masonry , & c , Tucker ' s Masonic Addresses , & c . ; Cousto ' s Sufferings for Freemasonry , Da Costa ' s Persecution for Freemasonry , Calcott's Principles and Practices of Freemasonry , Inwood ' s Sermons on

Freemasonry , Trewman ' s Principles of Freemasonry , Jones ' s Masonic Miscellanies , Mackay ' s Masonic Lexicon , Gray ' s Mystic Circle and American Hand-Book , American Masonic Trestle Board , Davis ' s Freemasons' Monitor , Boston Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , American Masonic Register , Transactions of Grand Lodge , New York , & c . ; Bay lie ' s , Sheppard's , and other American Masonic Addresses ; American Masonic Mirror and Key-Stone ; Clavel , Ragon , Thory , Eckert , Barzot , Chomel , and other French Writers on Freemasonry ; The Quarterly Communications of Grand Lodge England , Masonic Anthems , Hymns , Songs , & c , set to music .

The members of this Lodge consist of the most influential inhabitants in and near Launceston , the Officers in 1854 were W . M . the Rev . H . H . Ewing- ; S . W . the Rev . H . P . Kane ; J . W . George Cathcart ; S . D . John Crookes ; J . D . William Birch ; I . G . David Ritchie ; Chap . Rev . J . Norman ; Treas . J . Robertson : Sec . H . Learmouth ; P . M . ' s J . Smith and T . G . Swan .

" Nothing is more common than for giddy young men , just entering into life , to join the society with the mere sinister view of extending their connexions . Such men dissipate their time , money , and attention , in running about from one Lodge to another , where they rather aim to distinguish themselves in the licentious character of jolly companions , than in the more discreet one of steady good Masons . "—Noorthouck . —From Oliver on Masonry , p . 308 .