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The Editor Of The Masonic Mirror To The Craft.
THE EDITOR OF THE MASONIC MIRROR TO THE CEAFT .
Fourteen months since we laid before the Craft our first number , with the determination of providing—what we then believed to be its great want—a Journal published at reasonable intervals , which should be the reflex of the proceedings of the various Lodges , and the
position of our Charities . Prior to that time , the Craft had possessed no organ excepting the Freemasons ^ Quarterly Magazine , the dates of which publication were felt to be too distant for a Journal professing to give a record of passing events , and the management of which for some time appeared to want that vigour essential to secure the
interest and co-operation of the great body of the class to whom it was especially addressed . Since that period matters have essentially changed—the Quarterly Magazine has been converted into a Monthly , and its management has passed into other hands ; and the question came to be considered , whether the Craft could support two
publications— -or whether it would not be for the best interests of the Order that , bearing in mind the motto of " Unity is strength , " we should combine our forces , and merge our power in one journal . "We think that a body so strong , so wealthy , and so influential as the
Freemasons , ought to be able to support two publications—ay , andjmany more—devoted to their interests ; but experience has proved that they will " not . From the first we have received most flattering testimonials to our exertions ; but we are compelled to add , that they have not been accompanied by that solid support which would justify us
in any longer continuing the contest with the Monthly Magazine , it being evident to the Managers of both Journals , that the continued existence of either must be dependent on the circumstance of which has the longest purse at its back . How far we have kept the promises which we made at starting we are content to leave to the judgment of those who have honoured us with their support . "When we
put forward our Prospectus , we promised that we would give to our readers each month forty-eight pages of printed matter for Sixpence . The pressure of intelligence , however , soon proved to us that we could not adequately do justice to it in our limited space , and we have
consequently been obliged to give from fifty-two to sixty pages a month . The result of this , combined with the apathy of the general body of the Craft , has been , that we have suffered a very considerable pecuniary loss , which it is clear to us we should only be increasing ,
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The Editor Of The Masonic Mirror To The Craft.
THE EDITOR OF THE MASONIC MIRROR TO THE CEAFT .
Fourteen months since we laid before the Craft our first number , with the determination of providing—what we then believed to be its great want—a Journal published at reasonable intervals , which should be the reflex of the proceedings of the various Lodges , and the
position of our Charities . Prior to that time , the Craft had possessed no organ excepting the Freemasons ^ Quarterly Magazine , the dates of which publication were felt to be too distant for a Journal professing to give a record of passing events , and the management of which for some time appeared to want that vigour essential to secure the
interest and co-operation of the great body of the class to whom it was especially addressed . Since that period matters have essentially changed—the Quarterly Magazine has been converted into a Monthly , and its management has passed into other hands ; and the question came to be considered , whether the Craft could support two
publications— -or whether it would not be for the best interests of the Order that , bearing in mind the motto of " Unity is strength , " we should combine our forces , and merge our power in one journal . "We think that a body so strong , so wealthy , and so influential as the
Freemasons , ought to be able to support two publications—ay , andjmany more—devoted to their interests ; but experience has proved that they will " not . From the first we have received most flattering testimonials to our exertions ; but we are compelled to add , that they have not been accompanied by that solid support which would justify us
in any longer continuing the contest with the Monthly Magazine , it being evident to the Managers of both Journals , that the continued existence of either must be dependent on the circumstance of which has the longest purse at its back . How far we have kept the promises which we made at starting we are content to leave to the judgment of those who have honoured us with their support . "When we
put forward our Prospectus , we promised that we would give to our readers each month forty-eight pages of printed matter for Sixpence . The pressure of intelligence , however , soon proved to us that we could not adequately do justice to it in our limited space , and we have
consequently been obliged to give from fifty-two to sixty pages a month . The result of this , combined with the apathy of the general body of the Craft , has been , that we have suffered a very considerable pecuniary loss , which it is clear to us we should only be increasing ,