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Princi ples and Practices of Masonry , 1768 . The other two Works mentioned b y Bro . Findel are Hutchinson ' s Spirit of Masonry , and Preston ' s Illustrations ; and these he notices at length , but Calcott ' s Principles he has overlooked .

It has never come in my way , and I am unable to supply the information respecting it which an esteemed correspondent desires .

THE MYTHICAL—THE HISTORICAL . The preservation , and not the destruction of the Mythical , is commonly the desire of the Mason who possesses the knowledge and critical skill enabling him to distinguish the M y thical from the Historical .

DESIRE 01 ? IMMORTALITY . Brother—this desire is natural to man . It came with our reason . * THE STUDY OP FREEMASONRY . " Masonry , as a science , has been but little studied . The brethren have been but too

generally content with the ceremonial , without regard to the philosophy of the ritual ; and thus following the shadow Avithout venturing to seek for the substance . "—SALEM TOWN .

THE OLD AND PECULIAR TOASTS OP THE FREEMASONS . ; Preston states that it was at the Feast of the 24 th June , 1719 , that the old regular and peculiar toasts or healths of the Freemasons were introduced .

PRINCIPAL MASONIC BODIES IN EUROPE . A Brother will find a good summary of the Principal Masonic Bodies in Europe , " Freemasons' Magazine , " August , 1869 . FREEMASONRY .

Freemasonry is the most perfect representation of that inward wrestling for the reunion of the scattered sparks of divine li ght , for the reconciliation between God and His creatures , between man and his fellow-man . —FINDEL .

LEWIS . —This word is French \_ Louvetreau . ~] It means the son of a Mason . It likewise is the name of an instrument or apparatus used to raise large stones ; and in the ritual of English Masonry it is found upon the tracing board of the E . A . P ., and is an emblem of strength . —Landmark .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

TIIE MASONIC BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE DR . KLOSS . About ten years ago the ensuing was copied from one of the numbers of" The Freemasons' Magazine : " " The famous collection of Masonic books and manuscripts brought together bthe late Doctor

y Kloss , of Frankfort , and which was bought some years ago by his Eoyal Highness , Prince Frederick of the Netherlands , Grand Master of the Order in that country , has been put in complete order by Bro . Noordziek , Grand Eegistrar , and fill two large rooms in a small house near the Prince ' s PalaceAvhich was

, designed by his Royal Highness for this purpose . The collection is , without doubt , the richest and most complete in the world . It contains not less than 3 , 000 volumes , and 2 , 000 manuscripts—a great part of the books bearing valuable annotations by the deceased ' s own hand . —CHAELES PUETON COOPEE .

MINUTES OF LODGE MEETINGS—CORRECTION . A Correspondent will not find that the Minutes of Lodge Meetings favour the 1717 Theorists . Reliance may be placed upon what our brother , " A Masonic Student " says on this subject . See the Jotting , " Minutes of Lodges , " " Freemasons' Magazine , " vol . xxiv ., page 468 : and line 2 , after the date , October , 1869 , insert the word " quoted . " —CHAEIES PUETON COOPEE .

BRO . WOODFOKD'S COMMUNICATION . A Correspondent has forwarded to me the ensuing note of one of Bro . Woodford ' s communications to The "Freemasons' Magazine , " April , 1868 : — " 1 st . The author of " Multa Paucis , " writing about 1764 , ives even then the old title of " Grand Assembly "

g to every Grand Lodge of the Eevival up to that date ; which name is also found in all the " Constitutions . " 2 nd . The author of "Multa Paucis " clearly was of opinion that the Eevival in 1717 was but the Eevival of the old Grand Assembly ; that the Grand Masters , subsequent to 1717 were but the successors of the

, Grand Masters previous to 1717 . 3 rd . The Grand Assembly had apparentl y laid dormant from 1689 to 1717 , though mention is made of a large muster of Freemasons in 1710 . -4 th . In the Harleian Manuscript there ia mention made of the * ' New Articles " which Dr . Oliver asserts were made in 1663 . Sth . In

these new Articles we have the first regular authority for admitting Speculative Masonry . 6 th . The custom of admitting Speculative Masons was clearly in use about 1640 , and , if Dr . Plot is to be relied on , long before . 7 th . The Grand Lodge of 1717 was , then , nothing but the revived successor of the Grand Assembly of 1689 . —CHAELES PuaToif COOPEE .

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FREEMASONS BY W . J . HUGHAN ( LONDON , SPENCER ; TRURO , LAKE , 1869 ) . A Correspondent will find notices of this book , " Freemasons' Magazine , " vol . xxi ., pages 238 , 258 , 297 . —CHAEIES PUETON COOPEE .