Masons' Marks.

MASONS' MARKS .

-TO THE EDITOH OT THE MEEMASOXS' MAGAZINE A STD 3 USOXIC 5 IIEE 0 JI . Dear Sir and Brother , —I observe in the Magazine of the 11 th January , under the head of " Masonic Notes and Queries , " a paragraph relating to Masons ' marks , by Bro . John Yarker , jun ., stating that very little that is reliable seems to have been written on

this interesting subject . The Eev . Mr . Woodford , Swillington , Leeds , published a collection of marks in the Ereemasons'' Magazine of 1862 . I am sure my old ' friend and Brother and coadjutor in Masonic researches , the Eev . A . F . A . Woodford , j P . G . C . will ive this misstatement of Bro . Yarker a

, g positive contradiction , for hoth Brother the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford and yourself well know that I contributed a number of authenticated Masonic facts and Masons marks to the Freemasons" Magazine in 1862 . If Bro . Yarker will exercise a little patience he

will find in a few months a volume published entitled "Historical Masonry , illustrated with Masons ' Marks , " by E . W . S ., and dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Earl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . Master of England and P . G . Master of West Yorkshire .

This volume will contain upwards of 5 , 000 marks from the Pyramids , Holy Land , Mesopotamia , Lycia , India , and every country in Europe except Russia ;

also Chinese emblems , Hiram Abift's tomb , diagrams of the Pyramids , of English , Scotch , and continental cathedrals , drawn on a scale of 100 feet to one inch ; mediasval tombs , coins , & c . ; also copies of drawings ofthe Saxon period , from the Cottonian collection in the British Museum ; Roman marks and other

drawings , also extracts from the mediaeval rolls in York Minster , Westminster Abbey , Exeter , and other cathedrals , castles , aud buildings . The work will also give an historical account of the manners , customs , regulations , ordinances of our mediaeval brethrenandin the absence of lanswhich were

; , p , never made on paper or parchment , the geometrical principles on which they were constructed will be explained by diagrams . All the facts given in this volume will be authenticated .

After paying the costs of publication , and expenses of collection , a considerable sum will be devoted to our Masonic charities . I send herewith symbolical marks , runes , and the Monk's Alphabet , for publication , and to give some notion to my brethren of tke nature of the volume

about to be published by the author . Yours fraternally , EDW . W . SHAW , P . E . C . of Knight Templars . Lune Villa , Earn worth , near Warrington ,

Symbolical.

SYMBOLICAL .

RUNES .

THE MONK'S ALPHABET .