Masonic Notes And Queries.

there are many Masonic tombstones dispersed throughout the country . Any notes on these are acceptable , as they record the names of ancient , brethren . The Americans have many Masonic tombs . I'lII BETA KAPPA . The Phi Beta Kappa Society was originally an American collegiate fraternitybut is reputed to have been extended and become a secret society .

, AVe should like some better information on this . GItAND SECRETARY FOR IRELAND . Iii 1741 Edwstf-cl Spratt was Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Irish brethren may take note of him . BUCKS .

Are any meetings of the mock-masonic society of Bucks still held ? In the last century they had attained to the dignity of having a separate song book . There was a work published in 1770 , at London , called " A Candid Inquiry into the Princi ples and Practices of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks , " for such was the title they assumed .

NEAV YORK . In 1808 there was a Trinity Lodge at New York , of which Bro . William Burrill was a member , aud wherein he delivered an address on thc 11 th of January of that year . MASONRY IN BIDEFORD . There is now a Lodge at Bideford called the Lodge of Benevolence , 719 It meets in in that town

No . . a private room , and was founded in 1843 . Masonry was , hoivever , more ancient in Bideford , for ive find that in 1792 Bro . Dr . AVatldns published in London , a charge to the Lodge of Masons at Bideford . Queries for Bideford brethren—What was the name ofthe Lodge ? What is known about it ? Arc there any Masonic tombs in the graveyards ? AVho was Bro . Dr . AVatkins ? Some old inhabitants should be asked , so that some particulars as to a worthy brother may be preserved .

MOPSES . A catchpenny work was published at Amsterdam , in 1771 , with thc title of "Le Secret des Mopses revele . " [ This title is , perhaps , not quite accurate . ] It is duodecimo , with folding plates and songs set to music , but has some Masonic information . This , however , is only a reproduction of another Amsterdam work printed for sale in Holland , Flanders , France , and Germanycalled " Les Secrets de la Socicte des Mopses devoiles

Mon-, , par sieur P . " This is as early as 1745 , and there may be an earlier edition . Female imitative Freemasonry then attracted great attention , for in 1754 , a parody on Poinsinet's poem of the " Amazones" was published at Paris , under thc name of Les Francs-Maconnes . Query—Franches Maconnes .

- SPANISH BOOKS . Alirious revelationary books have been published in the United States as a speculation for sale among the Spanish Americans , in which the usual trumpery as to the Order is supplied in a Spanish garb . There is one as old as 1828 , which was published at New York , under the title of " Guiii de las Franc Mazones , " professing to be useful for the instruction of members , and for the knowledge of those wishing to inform themselves of the principles of the Order . It is duodecimo , with plates .