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tioe of the most extensive humanity , benevolence , and charity , seem to promise a continuation till the final consummation of all things . " A list of Grand Stewards from 1728 to 1753 is appended , as also the " Letter from the learned

Mr . John Locke , " which was published some three years earlier in the " Gentlemen's Magazine . " The following prayer concludes the able " apology for the Free and Accepted Masons , occasioned by their persecution in the Canton of Berne , " & c :

— " That the Great Architect of the universe , the All-knowing , Almighty and Eternal God , who hath made us Masons , would , through His grace and mercy to mankind , pardon and forgive our enemies , and bring them to a sense of their errors ,

and take from them those fatal prejudices with which they bar their breasts against the force of truth , and fortify themselves in darkness , ignorance and falsehood , to the end that the workers in the great work , in whatsoever part of the earth they

may be scattered may not only magnify thy great and glorious name , 0 , Jehovah ! but may be saved from all troubles and persecutions , that the glorious

structure may arrive at the height of heavenly perfection . " The next series of " Pocket Companions " was published at Edinburgh , A . D . 1761 ( 214 pages , 32 mo ., No . 142 , Dr . Kloss Bibliog ) . 2 nd

edition—Alexander Donaldson , Edinburg , 1763 ( VI . 274 , small 8 vo . ); and the 3 rd—Auld and Smellie , Edinburgh , 1765 ( small 8 vo ., viii . 279 ) . There was an edition published by Thomson , London , A . D . 1764 . The first part of each edition

is mainly a copy of the first series of Companions , published 1754-9-64 . The Act concerning the " Associate Synod" is not inserted in the first edition of 1761 , although Dr . Kloss mentions it

is , but only in the subsequent issues of the work . An exceedingly interesting account is giveu of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , A . D . 1736 , with the roll of lodges " who appeared by themselves or proxies at St . Mary's Chapel ,

Nov . 30 th , " when the resignation ofthe office of Grand Master by William St . Clair , of Roslin was accepted , and his election as Grand Master was unanimously adopted , and , by " an unanimous voice , " William St . Clair , of Roslin , Esq ., was

was proclaimed Grand Master of all Scotland , and being placed in the chair was installed , saluted , homaged , and acknowledged as such . " A list of the regular lodges under the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland is appended to each edition ,

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and renders them of value to the Craft . The two last editions contain "An address delivered by Martin Clarke , M . A ., Junior Grand Warden , December 11 th , 1735 . " ( This name is inserted in error , as it was Martin Clare who was appointed

to that office , April 17 th , 1735 ) . " A vindication of Masonry , by Charles Leslie , delivered at the consecration of the Vernon Kilwinning , on May 15 th , 1741 . " A general charge to Masons by Rev . Charles Brisckwell , M . A ., His Majesty ' s

Chaplain , at Boston , in New England , December 27 th , 1749 . " The Light and Truth of Masonry explained , " being the substance of a charge delivered at Plymouth , in April , 1757 ( by the wellknown Mason , Thomas Dunckerley ) , aud a charge

by Isaac Head , a noted Cornish Mason , dated April 21 st , 1752 . "A collection of Freemason ' s songs" graces each edition . The last Freemason's Pocket Companion we have in our Masonic library to notice is the one published at London by Henry Washbourne , and

is edited by a brother of the Apollo Lodge , 711 , Oxford ( No . 661 , Dr . Kloss ) . A brief but admirable sketch of Masonry , and a chronology of interesting events , are the chief features of this little volume ( vii ., 116 , 32 mo . ) We should state that

a list of lodges under the Grand Lodge of England is copied from the "Freemason ' s Calender , " and inserted at the end of the work , and so acknowledged by the editor . These handy publications were much needed

some time since , but their place of late has been most efficiently filled by the " Annual Grand Lodge Calendars , " and especially by the "British , Irish , ancl Colonial Masonic Calendar , " published at Glasgow . We have found them of great use

in tracing the dates and numbers of lodges , and as a record of Masonry up to the date of issue their information may be generally relied upon . We hope to furnish a sketch of Preston's " Illustrations " soon , but are waiting to procure one or two editions we are out of .

The Blue Blanket.

THE BLUE BLANKET .

" The Craftsmen think Ave should be content with their Avork how had soever it maybe ; and , if in anything they be controlled , « p goes tlie Blue Blanket !"— "Basilicon Doron , " by King James VI . The interesting sketch by Bro . Hughan appearing in the MAGAZINE of August 15 th , anent the rare work by Pennycuick , justifies some reference