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Correspondence.

And now we eome to the books themselves . Our library , it is presumed , is to be one such as a club , or society of gentlemen , would desire to consult . Therefore it will have to embrace many popular series of books , cheap enough if a few numbers only are required , but costly when complete sets are indispensable .

Amongst the books for daily reference will be Peerages , Directories , and Calendars , and these must be replaced annually with the editions of the current year . Dictionaries , Lexicons , and Encyclopaedias , will comprise both English and Foreign productions , of the best editions , and such works as Du Cange ,

Facciolati , Smith's Greek aud Roman Antiquities , Dictionaries of French , German , Italian , Latin , Greek , Spanish , Portuguese , Sanskrit , Hebrew , and many other tongues and dialects will be absolute necessaries . Rees , the Penny Cyclopaedia , the Encyclopaedia Methodique , Zedler ' s Lexicon , & c , are quite

as requisite . In the series of literary journals no library is considered complete without sets of the Gentleman ' s Magazine , or Annual Register , the Edinburgh ancl Quarterly Reviews , Tait , Blackwood , Saturday Review , Westminster Review , Dublin , North British , Fraser , TTiiited Service Magazine , Revue des Deux Mondes , Journal des Savans , Arehaslogical Journals , Athenaeum , & e . In history , Hansard ' s Parliamentary Debates , Sismondi , Theirs , Michelet , Hearne , Lodge , the Harleian Miscellany , Macaulay ,

Hallam , Gibbon , Mahon , Grote , Froissart , Rymer , Tauner , Lingard , Rollin , and numerous others . In topography , Lysons ' s Magna Britannia , Knig ht ' s Land We Live In , Neale ' s Seats , aud works relating to Great Britain , Ireland , the Colonies , and the world in general . In geography , voyages , aud travels , several Atlasses and a good GazetteerPinfcertonHakluyt

, , , Bescherelle , Humboldt , Murray ' s Handbooks , & c . In classics , such a series as Yalpy ' s Delphin Classics , Lemaire , or Didot . In poetry , Dryden , Pope , Shakespeare , Calderon , Goethe , Schiller , <& c . In belles lettres , British Essayist , Hallam , Scott , Southey , Swift , JohnsonGoldsmithFranklinGuizotand many

, , , , others too numerous to mention . Iu the class of biography , Nicholls , Chalmers , Biographic TJniverselle , Bayle , Anthony Wood , and others . In architecture and the fine arts , some of the best authors . In general philosophy , the Journals of the British Association , Philosophical Transactions , works ou

Mathematics , Natural Philosophy , Astronomy , Metaphysics , Political Economy , Chemistry , Ethnology , Geology , Natural History , Botany , and amongst other authors the works of Lavater , Agassiz , Murchison , Bufion , and Cuvier . . In the department of jurisprudence , the State and TrialsViner ' s AbridgementBurns ' s

, , Justice , & c . In theology , Bibles , Prayer-books , Missals , Commentaries , Concordances , and Liturgies . In Ecclesiastical History ,- such authors as Stype , Burnet , Fuller , Collier , Fleury , Maroni , Baronius Dupin , Butler , and others .

Fearing I may have trespassed to too great a length , I will reserve what I have to say , if it meets with your approval , on the internal arrangement , catalogue , ancl general management , of such a library , until some future opportunity , And am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours truly and fraternally , MATTHEW COOKE .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

GRAND LODGE . The following is tlio official agenda of business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the 7 tli insfc . -. — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 1 st March , for confirmation . 3 . The minutes of tlie Grand Festival of tlie 20 th April , for

confirmation . 3 . The Deputy Grand Master , the Earl De Grey and Eipon , will move " An Address of Condolence to the M . W . Grand Master on the sad affliction which has befallen his lordship by the death of the Countess of Zetland . " 4 . The President of the Board of General Purposes will move

" That the London and North Western Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 616 ) , Crewe , and the South Suffolk Lodge ( No . 627 ) , Sudbury , having neglected to make the prescribed returns and payments , and having been duly summoned to show cause , be erased . " 5 . Pursuant to notice given , the M . W . Grand Master will

move " That Brother Thomas G . Dickie , late Grand Pursuivant , do take rank and wear clothing as a Past Grand Pursuivant . 6 . Election of members for the Board of General Purposes . 7 . Election of members for the Colonial Board . 8 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . 9 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the ? last quarter .

REPOBT OE TUB BOARD OB GENERAL PURPOSES , To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and- Accepted Masons of Fngland . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — lo A complaint was preferred by tho Lodge of Benevolence against the Lodge of Faith ( No . 31-1 ) , ltadclill ' e Bridge , for

having certified to the petition of a brother , an applicant for relief , that he had been a regular contributing member , paying the stipulated subscriptions for the space of forty-three years , whereas the Grand Lodge dues had been paid for him for thirty-two years only . The lodge having been called upon for an explanation , it was stated on their part that the brother had

been very irregular iu his payments , and his lodge subscriptions had got into arreav ; that the lodge had subsequently compounded with him on his paying an agreed sum , and excused him the remainder of the debt ; but it was admitted by the lodge that they had not fully paid up Grand Lodge dues on account of tho said brother . Tho Board having considered the

circumstances of the ease , and it appearing that the lodge had too much relied on the statement of the brother , but had not given a wilfully incorrect certificate , resolved , " That the Lodge of Faith ( No . 314 ) be admonished to be more careful for the future , and be required forthwith to pay up the arrears clue to Grand Lodge in respect of the said brother , and that the

Master be required to have the decision of the Board read in open lodge and recorded in the minutes . " 2 . The Board have had their attention called to the want of sufficient safeguards whicli appears to exist in the jn-esent mode of admitting brethren to Grand Loclge at the Quarterly Communications . They have consequently directed certain

instructions to be drawn up for the guidance of the Scrutineers , and these , if properly attended to under the supervision of tho Grand Pursuivant and his assistant , will , thoy trust , answer the object intended .

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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MASONIC EVENTS DURING 1864. Article 1
CONCERNING STAINED GLASS. Article 2
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 4
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 8
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS. Article 10
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
Untitled Article 16
Obituary. Article 16
REVIEWS. Article 17
IRELAND. Article 17
THE WEEK. Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Correspondence.

And now we eome to the books themselves . Our library , it is presumed , is to be one such as a club , or society of gentlemen , would desire to consult . Therefore it will have to embrace many popular series of books , cheap enough if a few numbers only are required , but costly when complete sets are indispensable .

Amongst the books for daily reference will be Peerages , Directories , and Calendars , and these must be replaced annually with the editions of the current year . Dictionaries , Lexicons , and Encyclopaedias , will comprise both English and Foreign productions , of the best editions , and such works as Du Cange ,

Facciolati , Smith's Greek aud Roman Antiquities , Dictionaries of French , German , Italian , Latin , Greek , Spanish , Portuguese , Sanskrit , Hebrew , and many other tongues and dialects will be absolute necessaries . Rees , the Penny Cyclopaedia , the Encyclopaedia Methodique , Zedler ' s Lexicon , & c , are quite

as requisite . In the series of literary journals no library is considered complete without sets of the Gentleman ' s Magazine , or Annual Register , the Edinburgh ancl Quarterly Reviews , Tait , Blackwood , Saturday Review , Westminster Review , Dublin , North British , Fraser , TTiiited Service Magazine , Revue des Deux Mondes , Journal des Savans , Arehaslogical Journals , Athenaeum , & e . In history , Hansard ' s Parliamentary Debates , Sismondi , Theirs , Michelet , Hearne , Lodge , the Harleian Miscellany , Macaulay ,

Hallam , Gibbon , Mahon , Grote , Froissart , Rymer , Tauner , Lingard , Rollin , and numerous others . In topography , Lysons ' s Magna Britannia , Knig ht ' s Land We Live In , Neale ' s Seats , aud works relating to Great Britain , Ireland , the Colonies , and the world in general . In geography , voyages , aud travels , several Atlasses and a good GazetteerPinfcertonHakluyt

, , , Bescherelle , Humboldt , Murray ' s Handbooks , & c . In classics , such a series as Yalpy ' s Delphin Classics , Lemaire , or Didot . In poetry , Dryden , Pope , Shakespeare , Calderon , Goethe , Schiller , <& c . In belles lettres , British Essayist , Hallam , Scott , Southey , Swift , JohnsonGoldsmithFranklinGuizotand many

, , , , others too numerous to mention . Iu the class of biography , Nicholls , Chalmers , Biographic TJniverselle , Bayle , Anthony Wood , and others . In architecture and the fine arts , some of the best authors . In general philosophy , the Journals of the British Association , Philosophical Transactions , works ou

Mathematics , Natural Philosophy , Astronomy , Metaphysics , Political Economy , Chemistry , Ethnology , Geology , Natural History , Botany , and amongst other authors the works of Lavater , Agassiz , Murchison , Bufion , and Cuvier . . In the department of jurisprudence , the State and TrialsViner ' s AbridgementBurns ' s

, , Justice , & c . In theology , Bibles , Prayer-books , Missals , Commentaries , Concordances , and Liturgies . In Ecclesiastical History ,- such authors as Stype , Burnet , Fuller , Collier , Fleury , Maroni , Baronius Dupin , Butler , and others .

Fearing I may have trespassed to too great a length , I will reserve what I have to say , if it meets with your approval , on the internal arrangement , catalogue , ancl general management , of such a library , until some future opportunity , And am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours truly and fraternally , MATTHEW COOKE .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

GRAND LODGE . The following is tlio official agenda of business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the 7 tli insfc . -. — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 1 st March , for confirmation . 3 . The minutes of tlie Grand Festival of tlie 20 th April , for

confirmation . 3 . The Deputy Grand Master , the Earl De Grey and Eipon , will move " An Address of Condolence to the M . W . Grand Master on the sad affliction which has befallen his lordship by the death of the Countess of Zetland . " 4 . The President of the Board of General Purposes will move

" That the London and North Western Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 616 ) , Crewe , and the South Suffolk Lodge ( No . 627 ) , Sudbury , having neglected to make the prescribed returns and payments , and having been duly summoned to show cause , be erased . " 5 . Pursuant to notice given , the M . W . Grand Master will

move " That Brother Thomas G . Dickie , late Grand Pursuivant , do take rank and wear clothing as a Past Grand Pursuivant . 6 . Election of members for the Board of General Purposes . 7 . Election of members for the Colonial Board . 8 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . 9 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the ? last quarter .

REPOBT OE TUB BOARD OB GENERAL PURPOSES , To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and- Accepted Masons of Fngland . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — lo A complaint was preferred by tho Lodge of Benevolence against the Lodge of Faith ( No . 31-1 ) , ltadclill ' e Bridge , for

having certified to the petition of a brother , an applicant for relief , that he had been a regular contributing member , paying the stipulated subscriptions for the space of forty-three years , whereas the Grand Lodge dues had been paid for him for thirty-two years only . The lodge having been called upon for an explanation , it was stated on their part that the brother had

been very irregular iu his payments , and his lodge subscriptions had got into arreav ; that the lodge had subsequently compounded with him on his paying an agreed sum , and excused him the remainder of the debt ; but it was admitted by the lodge that they had not fully paid up Grand Lodge dues on account of tho said brother . Tho Board having considered the

circumstances of the ease , and it appearing that the lodge had too much relied on the statement of the brother , but had not given a wilfully incorrect certificate , resolved , " That the Lodge of Faith ( No . 314 ) be admonished to be more careful for the future , and be required forthwith to pay up the arrears clue to Grand Lodge in respect of the said brother , and that the

Master be required to have the decision of the Board read in open lodge and recorded in the minutes . " 2 . The Board have had their attention called to the want of sufficient safeguards whicli appears to exist in the jn-esent mode of admitting brethren to Grand Loclge at the Quarterly Communications . They have consequently directed certain

instructions to be drawn up for the guidance of the Scrutineers , and these , if properly attended to under the supervision of tho Grand Pursuivant and his assistant , will , thoy trust , answer the object intended .

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