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REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Heview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 07 Barbican , E . C . Truths about Whisky . London : Printed by SUTTON , SHARI'E & Co . 145 Queeu Victoria-street , E . C . 187 S . Wnxx Sir Wilfred Lawson aud his fellow-advocates of total
abstineuce from hqnors shall have succeeded in converting their countrymen to their views , tho necessity for tho publication of a work of this description will have passed away . But tho time when the British public are likely to bo influenced by the eloquent voice of the Lawsonian charmer is still remote , and it may be doubted if it ever will arrive , though the world should last for another thousand or so of
centuries . Till , then , wo aro all converted to teetotalism , it is unquestionably to tho interest of thopnblic that tho liquors we imbibo should bo of tho purest and most unsophisticated character . If whisky happens tobe our particular vanity—aud there aro not a fow who are prepared to swear by it as tho vanity of all vanities—it is desirable wo should have it as pure as possible . Whisky-drinkers , therefore ,
both North and South of the Tweed , as woll as on tho other side of St . George ' s Channel , will welcome this publication most heartily . It has been written at the instance of the four well-known firms of Whisky Distillers , Messrs . John Jameson and Son , Wm . Jameson and Co ., John Power aud Son , and George Roe and Co ., who for the last two years have been using their utmost exortions to check tho practice of thoso fraudulent traders by whom silent spirit , variously
disguised and flavoured , is sold under the name ot Whisky ; and they consider their efforts are likely to be moro successful , in tho first place , if their own position in tho trade is known ; and in tho next , if what constitutes truo Whisky is thoroughly and generally understood by the British pnblic . To this end , they stato in Chapter I . their position ns Whisk y Distillers , and having done this they goon lo speak of the qnalities and popularity of genuine Dublin Whisky , tho peculiarities of the Dublin manufacture—nil the four linns hail from tho
capital of Erin—the question of patent stills aud silent spirit , the growth of silent spirit , into sham AVhisky , the relative wholesomeness of the two , the action of the oilicial and parliamentary authorities , " Racking in Bond — the Grogging Question " and " Whisky Frauds outsido the Bonded Warehouses . " Wo must not be understood as possessing more than a general knowledge of
the subject , and it is on this ground only that we can venture npon the opinion that the contents of this book will prove valuable to the reader . However , the reader will doubtless ask himself this very pertinent question—who can speak with greater authority on the subject of Whisky than the firms who have had this book published . They aro engaged iu the business of
distilling , and are interested , therefore , in having their Whisky as pure and unadulterated as possible . They suffer from tho action of tho fraudulent tradesmen who sell what is Whisky in name only , and they are fully justified , therefore , in doing all they can to guard the public against buying adulterated liquor . Thus the pnblic is deeply indebted to the Jamesons and their co-adiutors in this work for tho pains
they have taken to enable it to distinguish the pure from the impure , the good from the bad or the indifferent . Four illustrations accom . pany the work and will give the reader some idea of tho extent of the business transacted by each of the four firms which share among themselves the honours and responsibilities of the authorship of these "Truths about . Whisky . "
Poverty of India . BY DADAMIAI NAOIIOJI . London : Printed by Vincent Brook , Day and Son , Gate-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields 1878 .
THE title of this little pamphlet is somewhat startling , the general pnblic being under the impression that India is a mine of wealth . We know that it has a verv large revenue , that its manufactures are numerous and considerable , and that its mineral and agricultural resources are enormous . At tre same time it is undeniable that in so densely populated a country there must necessarilv be a large
iimonnt of poverty , especially if we bear in mind tho character of its climate . We have had a recent and most terrible illustration of this in the shape of the famine which raged in so many districts , and caused Bo terrible a sacrifice of life . What makes it still worse is tho fact that theso lamentable visitations occur at comparatively frequent intervals , and though , as the railway system is more largely
developed , we may look forward to the day when tho effects of these famines will be far less severely felt , still there is no doubt that great misery and distress , the inevitable result of much and widespread poverty , docs and will for some time to come prevail in our Indian Empire . How to lessen this poverty is tho object Mr . Naoroji has had in view in writing this pamphlet , and he has certainly brought ,
•together a mass of varied and important im format ion on the subject . TMS in formation is woll and met hi dieiilly arranged . The status ical matier , which is conspicuous throughout , is eleiived from the best am most authentic sources . What is still mc -e to the p' int is , thai having sdiown how great is Turin ' s poverty , n id the cause to which i js attributable , he suggests a means bv whi . 'h it may be remedied .
Whether the moans proposed will secure the i-estred object is a quc > - •lion we caniiottakenponomselvos to affirm . 11 is . howrvt r , well worth } the consideration of all right-thinking men . The book , though on a painful subject , is highly interesting , and the reader will gather froir it much information which is not easily accessible to the general public . Wo thank Mr . Naoroji for his courtesy iu forwarding us a cop } of this pamphlet .
bif . YKSi'FHK AT St'HOOn . —So onr chestnut-hnird , fair , brown-eyed rosy-cheekt boy went to school , and waited on his father and mothe and their guests . Was he like Sfager ' s nn del lad , or Jnqnes'i " whining school . hoy , with his satchel "no shining miming fact creeping Mke a sn il unwilFngly to school " ? ( As You Li !; c It , II . vi 1-45-7 . PU h . 8 never , unlike " the blessed sun of heaven , prove a
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I micher [ truant ] , and eat blackberries ? . . . a question to be askt " ( 1 Henry IV ., II . iv . 419 ) . Did he not play " niue-men ' s morris " ? ( Midsununer-liight's Dream , II . ii . 39 ) . and " more sacks to the mill , " "hidea- d seek , " ( Lore ' s Labours Lost , IV . iii . 78 ) , and other games like hockey , foot-ball , iSrc , that Strutt names , and that wo playd at school too ? Undoubtedly ho did ; aud b ' rds-nested too , 1
dare say , and joind in May-day , Christmas , and New Year ' s games : helpt make hay , went to harvest . homes and sheep-shearings ( Winter ' s Tale , IV . iii . ) , fisht [ Much Ado , III . i . 20-8 ) , ran out with the harriers ( Venus and Adonis , st . 113-118 ) , and loved a dog and horse ( Venus and Adrrniti , st . 41-52 ; Midsummer-Night's Dream , IV . i . 119 ; Shrew , Ind . i . 18-31 , 11 . 45 ; Richard IL , V . v . 78-86 ; 1 Henry IV ., II . i . 7 ,
& c ) , as dearly as ever boy in Eugland did . It is good to think of tho bright young soul ' s boy-life . What did Shakspero learn at school ? Latin , of course ; and notwithstanding bragging Ben Jonson ' s sneer of Shakspere's owning " little Latin and less Greek , " it is clear that he must have beon well grounded in Latin at least ( see Capel ou Dr . Farmer ' s essay on " The
Learning of Shakspere , 1 / 07 ) . On this subject , Mr . Lupton , the editor of Colet , the best authority I know , says : — " I think you would be safo in concluding that at such a school as Stratford , about 1570 , there would bo taught— ( 1 ) an ' A B C book , ' for which a pupil teacher , or ' A-B-C-darius' is sometimes mentioned as having a salary ; ( 2 ) a Catechism in English and Latin , probably Nowell ' s ;
( 3 ) tho authorised Latin grammar , i . e ., Lilly ' s put out with a proclamation adapted to each king's reign ( I havo editions of 1529 , 1532 , ] (> S 5 , & c . ) ; ( 4 ) some easy Latin constrning-book , such as Erasmus ' s Colloquies , Corderins ' s Colloquies , or Baptista Mantuanus , and tho familiar ' Cato , ' or Disticha de Moribus , which is often prescribed in Statutes ( a copy I have is dated 155 S ) . Tho Greek grammar , if any
in uso at Stratford , would most likely be Clenard s , i . e . ' Institutiones nbsolutissimaj in Grajcam lingnam' . . . Nicolao Cleuardo auctoro ( my copy is dated 1513 ) . " Tho treatment of boys at school was sharp , and Shakspere , no doubt , got whacks on tho bands and back with a cane—to say nothing of being bircht over a desk , or hoisted on another boy ' s back—for making mistakes , like tho rest of us in later time . English , wo may bo nretty sure , ho was not taught ; it
is now only gradually finding its way into schools . Of some of tho university subject , tho trivials—grammar , " logike , rhetoriko , —and tho quadriuials . . I meane arethmetike , mnsike , geometrie , and astrouomie" ( Harrison , 1577-1587 , book ii ., p 78 , of my edition ) , I suppose some smattering was given in the grammar-school , but I know no authority on the point . —From Mr . J . Furnivull ' s Introduction to " The Leopold Shakspere " for October .
Return Of The Pilgrims.
RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS .
ST . GEORGE'S HALL , Philadelphia , was a scene of unsurpassed brilliancy on Thursday evening , 3 rd October , the occasion be'ng the reception banquet to tho -members of Mavy Commandery , K . T ., No . 30 , and their friends who accompanied them ou their recent pilgrimage to Europe . Long before the hour announced for the supper , the spacious waiting rooms were filled with lovely women and gallant Sirs , to the number of four hundred and fifty , anxiously
awaiting the signal for their pilgrimago to the haunts of Epicurus . Promptly at eight o ' clock the long line , headed by the officers of the Commandery , passed up into the beautiful banqueting hall above , and after a blessing by the Rev . Joseph Welsh , were soon seated . Evei'y effort was made by the committee to make the affair home-like and agreeable , and certainly the presence of the ladies considerabl y
heightened the pleasure , and added not a little to the elegant scene . The room was appropriately decorated with flags , banners , ensigns bearing the symbols of the Older , while the tables were profusel y ornamented with beautiful pyramids of fragrant flowers . Five lonotables extended the length of the hall—and also one across the room ,
all of which were abundantly laden with every desirable edible . At the latter table were seated the officers of the Commandery , the guests and thoir ladies . After doing full justice to the bountiful repast , E . Sir James S . Barber introduced the presiding officer of the evening , Sir Andrew Robeno , P . E . C ., who made a lengthy and touching address of welcome , in which he thanked the ladies for th « -ir
presence , and said , although he was not accustomed to seeing the fairer sex at Masonic dinners , yet he was forced to admit that their attendance this evening had greatly intensified the pleasure of all . Referring to the absence of wines and other intoxicating drinks , the speaker said that intemperance and Christian chivalry should never go baud in hand , and Mary Command ry was determined they should
not on this occasion . The president then introduced Sir James S . Barber , E . C , who spoko of the parting scenes of the Pilgrims , and described the routes taken b y them , and after bidding them a hearty welcome he proposed , " Onr brethren of the old world , " which was responded to by Sir Charles E . Meyer , P . E . C ., in which he gave a glowing description of the hospitable manner in which thev were
treated dining their piigtimnge . He thought it a happy coincidence that after sin-h a gr . ind reception which they received in old En" , ' nnd , they should return heme and bo sn cordiall y received and ••nthusi-. ist ' callv welcomed under the roof of St . George ' s Ka'l , the homo of the Englishmen of Philadelphia . Sir Harry R . Coulomb , Generalissimo , in a short but pleasing address introduced Sir Daniel
Slitter , P . K . C ., who gave a lengthy and pleasing account of their ¦ ravels through Park :, Brussels , Antwerp , & e . Sir Americus R . Uiiderdovvn , Captain General , was then called upon , who , in a Humorous nnd happy vein , proposed a sentiment to Switzerland , . vhich was rep'ied to by Sir Charles Matthews jun ., in an exhaustive description of their tour through that beautiful country . Other
•Mieeches were made by Sir Joseph Zmc , Sir M . Rielwrds Mnckle , P . E C , and others . The speeches were interspersed bv vocal and instrumental music , which was rendered in excellent style . The ¦ ommittee of arrangements , o which P . E . C . Sir William H . Heck wa 3 hi . irmnn , deserve nTqna'ifii d praise for the management of this , one if the grandest affairs ever held in Philadel phia . — Philadelphia Evening iS'tcir ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Heview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 07 Barbican , E . C . Truths about Whisky . London : Printed by SUTTON , SHARI'E & Co . 145 Queeu Victoria-street , E . C . 187 S . Wnxx Sir Wilfred Lawson aud his fellow-advocates of total
abstineuce from hqnors shall have succeeded in converting their countrymen to their views , tho necessity for tho publication of a work of this description will have passed away . But tho time when the British public are likely to bo influenced by the eloquent voice of the Lawsonian charmer is still remote , and it may be doubted if it ever will arrive , though the world should last for another thousand or so of
centuries . Till , then , wo aro all converted to teetotalism , it is unquestionably to tho interest of thopnblic that tho liquors we imbibo should bo of tho purest and most unsophisticated character . If whisky happens tobe our particular vanity—aud there aro not a fow who are prepared to swear by it as tho vanity of all vanities—it is desirable wo should have it as pure as possible . Whisky-drinkers , therefore ,
both North and South of the Tweed , as woll as on tho other side of St . George ' s Channel , will welcome this publication most heartily . It has been written at the instance of the four well-known firms of Whisky Distillers , Messrs . John Jameson and Son , Wm . Jameson and Co ., John Power aud Son , and George Roe and Co ., who for the last two years have been using their utmost exortions to check tho practice of thoso fraudulent traders by whom silent spirit , variously
disguised and flavoured , is sold under the name ot Whisky ; and they consider their efforts are likely to be moro successful , in tho first place , if their own position in tho trade is known ; and in tho next , if what constitutes truo Whisky is thoroughly and generally understood by the British pnblic . To this end , they stato in Chapter I . their position ns Whisk y Distillers , and having done this they goon lo speak of the qnalities and popularity of genuine Dublin Whisky , tho peculiarities of the Dublin manufacture—nil the four linns hail from tho
capital of Erin—the question of patent stills aud silent spirit , the growth of silent spirit , into sham AVhisky , the relative wholesomeness of the two , the action of the oilicial and parliamentary authorities , " Racking in Bond — the Grogging Question " and " Whisky Frauds outsido the Bonded Warehouses . " Wo must not be understood as possessing more than a general knowledge of
the subject , and it is on this ground only that we can venture npon the opinion that the contents of this book will prove valuable to the reader . However , the reader will doubtless ask himself this very pertinent question—who can speak with greater authority on the subject of Whisky than the firms who have had this book published . They aro engaged iu the business of
distilling , and are interested , therefore , in having their Whisky as pure and unadulterated as possible . They suffer from tho action of tho fraudulent tradesmen who sell what is Whisky in name only , and they are fully justified , therefore , in doing all they can to guard the public against buying adulterated liquor . Thus the pnblic is deeply indebted to the Jamesons and their co-adiutors in this work for tho pains
they have taken to enable it to distinguish the pure from the impure , the good from the bad or the indifferent . Four illustrations accom . pany the work and will give the reader some idea of tho extent of the business transacted by each of the four firms which share among themselves the honours and responsibilities of the authorship of these "Truths about . Whisky . "
Poverty of India . BY DADAMIAI NAOIIOJI . London : Printed by Vincent Brook , Day and Son , Gate-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields 1878 .
THE title of this little pamphlet is somewhat startling , the general pnblic being under the impression that India is a mine of wealth . We know that it has a verv large revenue , that its manufactures are numerous and considerable , and that its mineral and agricultural resources are enormous . At tre same time it is undeniable that in so densely populated a country there must necessarilv be a large
iimonnt of poverty , especially if we bear in mind tho character of its climate . We have had a recent and most terrible illustration of this in the shape of the famine which raged in so many districts , and caused Bo terrible a sacrifice of life . What makes it still worse is tho fact that theso lamentable visitations occur at comparatively frequent intervals , and though , as the railway system is more largely
developed , we may look forward to the day when tho effects of these famines will be far less severely felt , still there is no doubt that great misery and distress , the inevitable result of much and widespread poverty , docs and will for some time to come prevail in our Indian Empire . How to lessen this poverty is tho object Mr . Naoroji has had in view in writing this pamphlet , and he has certainly brought ,
•together a mass of varied and important im format ion on the subject . TMS in formation is woll and met hi dieiilly arranged . The status ical matier , which is conspicuous throughout , is eleiived from the best am most authentic sources . What is still mc -e to the p' int is , thai having sdiown how great is Turin ' s poverty , n id the cause to which i js attributable , he suggests a means bv whi . 'h it may be remedied .
Whether the moans proposed will secure the i-estred object is a quc > - •lion we caniiottakenponomselvos to affirm . 11 is . howrvt r , well worth } the consideration of all right-thinking men . The book , though on a painful subject , is highly interesting , and the reader will gather froir it much information which is not easily accessible to the general public . Wo thank Mr . Naoroji for his courtesy iu forwarding us a cop } of this pamphlet .
bif . YKSi'FHK AT St'HOOn . —So onr chestnut-hnird , fair , brown-eyed rosy-cheekt boy went to school , and waited on his father and mothe and their guests . Was he like Sfager ' s nn del lad , or Jnqnes'i " whining school . hoy , with his satchel "no shining miming fact creeping Mke a sn il unwilFngly to school " ? ( As You Li !; c It , II . vi 1-45-7 . PU h . 8 never , unlike " the blessed sun of heaven , prove a
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I micher [ truant ] , and eat blackberries ? . . . a question to be askt " ( 1 Henry IV ., II . iv . 419 ) . Did he not play " niue-men ' s morris " ? ( Midsununer-liight's Dream , II . ii . 39 ) . and " more sacks to the mill , " "hidea- d seek , " ( Lore ' s Labours Lost , IV . iii . 78 ) , and other games like hockey , foot-ball , iSrc , that Strutt names , and that wo playd at school too ? Undoubtedly ho did ; aud b ' rds-nested too , 1
dare say , and joind in May-day , Christmas , and New Year ' s games : helpt make hay , went to harvest . homes and sheep-shearings ( Winter ' s Tale , IV . iii . ) , fisht [ Much Ado , III . i . 20-8 ) , ran out with the harriers ( Venus and Adonis , st . 113-118 ) , and loved a dog and horse ( Venus and Adrrniti , st . 41-52 ; Midsummer-Night's Dream , IV . i . 119 ; Shrew , Ind . i . 18-31 , 11 . 45 ; Richard IL , V . v . 78-86 ; 1 Henry IV ., II . i . 7 ,
& c ) , as dearly as ever boy in Eugland did . It is good to think of tho bright young soul ' s boy-life . What did Shakspero learn at school ? Latin , of course ; and notwithstanding bragging Ben Jonson ' s sneer of Shakspere's owning " little Latin and less Greek , " it is clear that he must have beon well grounded in Latin at least ( see Capel ou Dr . Farmer ' s essay on " The
Learning of Shakspere , 1 / 07 ) . On this subject , Mr . Lupton , the editor of Colet , the best authority I know , says : — " I think you would be safo in concluding that at such a school as Stratford , about 1570 , there would bo taught— ( 1 ) an ' A B C book , ' for which a pupil teacher , or ' A-B-C-darius' is sometimes mentioned as having a salary ; ( 2 ) a Catechism in English and Latin , probably Nowell ' s ;
( 3 ) tho authorised Latin grammar , i . e ., Lilly ' s put out with a proclamation adapted to each king's reign ( I havo editions of 1529 , 1532 , ] (> S 5 , & c . ) ; ( 4 ) some easy Latin constrning-book , such as Erasmus ' s Colloquies , Corderins ' s Colloquies , or Baptista Mantuanus , and tho familiar ' Cato , ' or Disticha de Moribus , which is often prescribed in Statutes ( a copy I have is dated 155 S ) . Tho Greek grammar , if any
in uso at Stratford , would most likely be Clenard s , i . e . ' Institutiones nbsolutissimaj in Grajcam lingnam' . . . Nicolao Cleuardo auctoro ( my copy is dated 1513 ) . " Tho treatment of boys at school was sharp , and Shakspere , no doubt , got whacks on tho bands and back with a cane—to say nothing of being bircht over a desk , or hoisted on another boy ' s back—for making mistakes , like tho rest of us in later time . English , wo may bo nretty sure , ho was not taught ; it
is now only gradually finding its way into schools . Of some of tho university subject , tho trivials—grammar , " logike , rhetoriko , —and tho quadriuials . . I meane arethmetike , mnsike , geometrie , and astrouomie" ( Harrison , 1577-1587 , book ii ., p 78 , of my edition ) , I suppose some smattering was given in the grammar-school , but I know no authority on the point . —From Mr . J . Furnivull ' s Introduction to " The Leopold Shakspere " for October .
Return Of The Pilgrims.
RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS .
ST . GEORGE'S HALL , Philadelphia , was a scene of unsurpassed brilliancy on Thursday evening , 3 rd October , the occasion be'ng the reception banquet to tho -members of Mavy Commandery , K . T ., No . 30 , and their friends who accompanied them ou their recent pilgrimage to Europe . Long before the hour announced for the supper , the spacious waiting rooms were filled with lovely women and gallant Sirs , to the number of four hundred and fifty , anxiously
awaiting the signal for their pilgrimago to the haunts of Epicurus . Promptly at eight o ' clock the long line , headed by the officers of the Commandery , passed up into the beautiful banqueting hall above , and after a blessing by the Rev . Joseph Welsh , were soon seated . Evei'y effort was made by the committee to make the affair home-like and agreeable , and certainly the presence of the ladies considerabl y
heightened the pleasure , and added not a little to the elegant scene . The room was appropriately decorated with flags , banners , ensigns bearing the symbols of the Older , while the tables were profusel y ornamented with beautiful pyramids of fragrant flowers . Five lonotables extended the length of the hall—and also one across the room ,
all of which were abundantly laden with every desirable edible . At the latter table were seated the officers of the Commandery , the guests and thoir ladies . After doing full justice to the bountiful repast , E . Sir James S . Barber introduced the presiding officer of the evening , Sir Andrew Robeno , P . E . C ., who made a lengthy and touching address of welcome , in which he thanked the ladies for th « -ir
presence , and said , although he was not accustomed to seeing the fairer sex at Masonic dinners , yet he was forced to admit that their attendance this evening had greatly intensified the pleasure of all . Referring to the absence of wines and other intoxicating drinks , the speaker said that intemperance and Christian chivalry should never go baud in hand , and Mary Command ry was determined they should
not on this occasion . The president then introduced Sir James S . Barber , E . C , who spoko of the parting scenes of the Pilgrims , and described the routes taken b y them , and after bidding them a hearty welcome he proposed , " Onr brethren of the old world , " which was responded to by Sir Charles E . Meyer , P . E . C ., in which he gave a glowing description of the hospitable manner in which thev were
treated dining their piigtimnge . He thought it a happy coincidence that after sin-h a gr . ind reception which they received in old En" , ' nnd , they should return heme and bo sn cordiall y received and ••nthusi-. ist ' callv welcomed under the roof of St . George ' s Ka'l , the homo of the Englishmen of Philadelphia . Sir Harry R . Coulomb , Generalissimo , in a short but pleasing address introduced Sir Daniel
Slitter , P . K . C ., who gave a lengthy and pleasing account of their ¦ ravels through Park :, Brussels , Antwerp , & e . Sir Americus R . Uiiderdovvn , Captain General , was then called upon , who , in a Humorous nnd happy vein , proposed a sentiment to Switzerland , . vhich was rep'ied to by Sir Charles Matthews jun ., in an exhaustive description of their tour through that beautiful country . Other
•Mieeches were made by Sir Joseph Zmc , Sir M . Rielwrds Mnckle , P . E C , and others . The speeches were interspersed bv vocal and instrumental music , which was rendered in excellent style . The ¦ ommittee of arrangements , o which P . E . C . Sir William H . Heck wa 3 hi . irmnn , deserve nTqna'ifii d praise for the management of this , one if the grandest affairs ever held in Philadel phia . — Philadelphia Evening iS'tcir ,