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Curious Books.
penter s address , dedicated to him , is printed in that year , nor in 1658 ; but he mentions it , however , in 1659 , as well as the Antiquaries Feast , July 2 nd , that year . Ashmole does not mention the Astrologers' Feast again until July 13 th , 1682 , when it was " restored by Mr . Moxon . " It was that year that he attended the meeting of
the " Fellowship of Freemasons , " March 10 th , at Masons' Hall . On the 29 fch January , 1683 , he tells us the Astrologers' Feast was at the Three Cranes , in Chancery Lane . Mr . Edward Denny and the Town Clerk of London were stewards . This is the last time he mentions it .
I have thought it well to remind my readers of this fact , though Bro . Rylands has previously alluded to the subject in his exhaustive articles on Ashmole , as the connexion of Ashmole with Freemasonry and Astrology at the same time is a very remarkable coincidence .
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The Ruined Cities In Central America.
THE RUINED CITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA .
BY T . C . EASTWOOD . riHHERE is , in the minds of men , a desire to become acquainted - * - with the history of their ancestors in times when civilisation was
in its infancy , and the arts and sciences were known only to a few , or were still in an embyro state . In taking a retrospect of such times we feel it to be difficult to realise that among the few names that have been handed down to us , there were the many who , working out the plans laid down or schemes propounded , brought them to a successful
issue , and so rendered the names of the planners and schemers worthy of a place in the roll of history ? At the same time a feeling of sadness steals over us as we read of nations and dynasties , whose names alone serve to show they once had a place in human affairs , and of cities , whose sites are at this time disputed , where learnin g flourished , and
whose scholars and warriors left their treasures and their conquests a legacy to the generations yet unborn ? The question arises : Shall we , too , pass away ; and the places we occupy become obliterated , or so crusted with age as to become dim and obscure to the scholar who shall in his turn attempt to decipher our history ? Everything in this
world is subject to decay , and we feel we are not exempt from this unalterable law . In the history of the Old World we read of cities with whose name and teaching classic learning hath made us familiar ,
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Curious Books.
penter s address , dedicated to him , is printed in that year , nor in 1658 ; but he mentions it , however , in 1659 , as well as the Antiquaries Feast , July 2 nd , that year . Ashmole does not mention the Astrologers' Feast again until July 13 th , 1682 , when it was " restored by Mr . Moxon . " It was that year that he attended the meeting of
the " Fellowship of Freemasons , " March 10 th , at Masons' Hall . On the 29 fch January , 1683 , he tells us the Astrologers' Feast was at the Three Cranes , in Chancery Lane . Mr . Edward Denny and the Town Clerk of London were stewards . This is the last time he mentions it .
I have thought it well to remind my readers of this fact , though Bro . Rylands has previously alluded to the subject in his exhaustive articles on Ashmole , as the connexion of Ashmole with Freemasonry and Astrology at the same time is a very remarkable coincidence .
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The Ruined Cities In Central America.
THE RUINED CITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA .
BY T . C . EASTWOOD . riHHERE is , in the minds of men , a desire to become acquainted - * - with the history of their ancestors in times when civilisation was
in its infancy , and the arts and sciences were known only to a few , or were still in an embyro state . In taking a retrospect of such times we feel it to be difficult to realise that among the few names that have been handed down to us , there were the many who , working out the plans laid down or schemes propounded , brought them to a successful
issue , and so rendered the names of the planners and schemers worthy of a place in the roll of history ? At the same time a feeling of sadness steals over us as we read of nations and dynasties , whose names alone serve to show they once had a place in human affairs , and of cities , whose sites are at this time disputed , where learnin g flourished , and
whose scholars and warriors left their treasures and their conquests a legacy to the generations yet unborn ? The question arises : Shall we , too , pass away ; and the places we occupy become obliterated , or so crusted with age as to become dim and obscure to the scholar who shall in his turn attempt to decipher our history ? Everything in this
world is subject to decay , and we feel we are not exempt from this unalterable law . In the history of the Old World we read of cities with whose name and teaching classic learning hath made us familiar ,