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What Is Freemasonry ?
some thought of the sleeping Cybele , and this mother of fche Gods , betrayed by her incautious dreams , would let fall some of her secrets ; but I have never made out more than sounds , which faded away in the murmurs of night , or words as inarticulate as the babbling of rivulets .
" In the times , when in the zenith of manhood , I kept my vigils by the great deep , I have sometimes thought I was about to discover some murmur of the slumbering Ocean , and this father of all things , disturbed by the wiuds ,
in his fancied solitude , would disclose some of his mysteries ; but the sea-nymphs who weave their eternal dance before him , have covered any sound which may have escaped his half-opened lips , and thus he , in his own breast keeps
safely locked all those things which man is not permitted to learn . " The mortals , dear to the Gods for their virtues , have
received the elements for their necessities , the beauties of nature for their pleasures , and souls that they may live for ever , but from the inexorable lips of the Gods nothing . Be ye therefore content to receive that which the Gods
have given you . Seek not to penetrate the mysteries . Ye may hear the music of the spheres , but never know whence it comes . Ye may subject the elements to your use , but never create an atom . Ye may seek wisdom , but you will never find it . " ( To be continued . )
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , M " . The Freemasons' Calendar for Derbyshire . Compiled by Brother W . Naylor P . P . S . G . W ., & c .
MASONIC calendars have become so numerous of late , and they present so many features in common , that it is difficult to vary the descriptions of tbe various editions which come into onr hands . In the case , however , of the twelfth annual issue of the Freemasons ' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Derbyshire , the task is
a comparatively easy one , for in it we see what a thoroughly complete calendar ought to be . In some instances compilers find it necessary to express regret that , in consequence of laxity on the part of Worshipful Masters or Secretaries in sending tbe necessary informu . tion , their work has been retarded and the publication of the
calendars delayed . But even then we can point to some cases in which , though issued late in the year , the information supplied is by no meaus " up to date , " and in one or two of them Masters and Officers in some Lodges are given whose terms of office had expired many months before . Bro . Naylor commits no such mistakes : and
we have nothing but praise to bestow upon the admirable little handbook he has presented to tbe brethren of his Province . There are few Provinces in which Masonry is making such rapid strides , and has assumed such robust proportions , as in Derbyshire , and therefore it is not only desirable , but expedient , that the brethren
should be kept well posted as to the doings of their respective Lodges . The almanac section of the book is quite unique so far as the information it gives is concerned , a Lodge meeting being placed in due order against the days of each month , thus saving much trouble and inconvenience in turning over back pages for reference .
The usual lists of Officers of United Grand Lodge and of the Provin . cial Grand Lodge are inserted , followed by a complete list of the Lodges in the Province , the dates and places of meeting , installation , and all other details upon which it might be useful to be informed . The names of the Officers are in every case brought down to the very
latest moment before publication , so that we do not find , as we before observed , Officers who have been eighteen months out of their chairs figuring as the present wearers of the respective collars named . The same remarks apply to the Eoyal Arch Chapters and Mark Lodges in the Province . Lists are also
given of the Lodges , & c , in the adjoining Provinces of Nottingham , shire , and Leicestershire and Rutland ; and the compiler furnishes some " Masonic Notes " which are of special use and interest to the brethren of Derbyshire . The list of the various Lodges and brethren who subscribe to the three Institutions has reached such an extent
that it has beeen found necessary to print it on consecutive pages instead of ou a folded sheet as heretofore . This elongated budget of names , occupying over eighteen pages , is an eloquent testimony to the practial interest taken in Freemasonry by the brethren of Derbyshire , and is of by no means the least interesting feature of this
calender . The letterpress is in blue , most neatly arranged , and is bound in purple , with inside pages of vermillion . In every respect this work reflects the highest credit both on the compiler and the printer , whilst our Derbyshire brethreu may be congratulated upon being in possession of one of the most perfect and complete of all the Masonic calendars we bave yet seen .
May ' s British and Irish Press Guide , and Advertisers' Directory and Uandbo-ilc , 1887 . London : James Willing jun . ( F . L . May and Co . ) , 159 Piccadilly , W . IT ia within the recollection of even the youngest man who has adopted journalism as a profession that until recent years newspaper directories and advertising guides were monopolised by one or two
Reviews.
firms ; but of late they seem to have multiplied to an extent quite proportionate to the increase of newspapers themselves since the removal of the stamp duty . One of the first to enter the field of competition was "May's Guide , " as it is now familiarly called , and which occupies a place sido by side with the best books of reference
on printing , publishing , and and advertising on the shelves of every newspaper and other office connected with publications in the United Kingdom . Dnring the seventeen years of its issue many improvements have beeu made in the compilation of this useful work , thongh its exterior bears the " old familiar form" in which we
knew it at the outset of its career . Probably its convenient and compact size , together with the conciseness of its arrangements , has rendered " May's" popular amongst those who do business in the publishing and advertising world ; at auy rate it is uow regarded by professional men as one of the most reliable and handy works of
reference in their particular " lines . " The current issue has beeu revised from information supplied , as usnal , direct from the respective proprietors and publishers of the very large nnmber of publications tbe book contains . Among the contents chiefly to be noted is the steady increase in the number under eaoh of the headings
into which the periodical press is here divided . In the preface some interesting statistics on this subject are given ; and from these we learn that of newspapers and class journals this increase has now reached to 2 , 538 , of which 680 are published within a radius of six miles from Charing Cross . In English provincial towns and places
the number is 1 , 366 ; iu Wales 82 ; Scotland 213 ; in Ireland 175 j and in the British Isles 22 . Of these 25 are issued daily in London , 126 in the provinces , 6 in Wales , 21 iu Scotland , 18 in Ireland , and 1 in Jersey . Periodicals now number 1 , 119 , and annual publications 596 . The whole form a total of 4 , 253—an increase of 35 upon the
numbers included in the last edition of May s ; or , taking the 199 cessations mentioned in the book , tbe nnmber of new titles here to be found is 234 . This total is muoh in excess of that shown by any other work of its class , and that without including many foreign publications only kept on sale by Loudon
agents . The metropolitan newspapers are arranged under their respective days of publication , and this is followed by a complete list of British and Irish newspapers published daily . Tbe provincial towns in which newspapers are published are arranged under their counties ; and , after some interesting statistics of the
newspaper and periodical press , comes an exhaustive directory of representative organs and of subjects , interests , professions , trades , classes , religious denominations , sciences , & c , represented in the British and Irish newspapers and periodical press . These are all alphabetically arranged , with conspicuous headings , so that
the finger may be placed at once upon any class of publication upon which information is desired . Classified lists are also given of directories , almanacks , calendars , & c , aud of meuopolitnu class and trade organs , commercial and mercantile journals , prices currents , mail summaries , literary , critical und social reviews , & c ,
together with the London addresses of provincial tiewsfnp is . These latter and periodical publications aro a ' phub . tied y arranged under tho towns iu which they are published , together with the publishers' names and addresses , t *> e price and politics of each , and ihe days on which they are issued ;
and a useful addition to these lists is au index to provincial newspapers which bave not the name of a town as the leading word of the title . The advantage of this is obvious to every newspaper man . Space is devoted to existing nevvspapei ^ s of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , arranged chronologically , with interesting
notes on the subject , from rt-seaicbes in the British Museum and elsewhere ; old newspaper hinds will study with interest the titular amalgamations that have taken place in journalistic history . All necessary information is given respecting Kuglisb newspapers published in the Colonies , British India , the chief towns and cities
of the United States , and on the Continent ; public societies , associations , & c , with their representative organs , and a vast amonnt of other useful information to the trade . The increase in the number of advertisements throughout the work is an index of tbe advancing popularity of " May's , " which is ou all hands admirably
compiled , complete , and exhaustive iu all its details , and one of the best works of reference of its class extant . It ia indispensible to every man whose business brings him in contact with the newspaper and advertising world , and Bro . James Willing jun . ( F . L . May and Co . ) is to be congratulated upon the great success which baa attended the work since its first issue , seventeen years ago .
THE LONDON HOUSE SHOW , AT THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HALL , KENSINGTON . —The Horse Show , to be held at Olympia from the 14 th to 20 th May , promises to be one of the events of the London season . The prizes offered are upon a most liberal scale , amounting to £ 1 , 200 , £ 415 being set apart for hunters , and £ 180 for hacks .
One of the popular features of the show will also be the four-m-hand and tandem classes . Jumping competitions will take place daily , many of the animals being ridden by lady riders . The great building , four acres in extent , ia absolutely perfect for a horse show , it adjoins the important junction of Addison Boad , Kensington , whero
there is direct railway communication , without changing , with all parts of the country , horses will thus be ablo t . i sup out of thoir boxes within a few > ards of their destination . Many of our principal breeders will probably embrace th-: opportunity afforded them for disposing of high-class animals by entering them at this show with
the view to their being sold at tho sale which will take place ou tho last day , conducted by Messrs . Tattersalls . Intending purchasers will also have the advantage of seeing hunters over fences aud hacks and harness horses nnder saddle or harness any day during the show before 11 o ' clock .
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£ 20 i —TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING . — An illustrated gu'de , rc . ircl . ( 13 ( 5 pp ) , " Huvv to Open Respectably from £ 20 to £ W > 0 . " 3 dcamps . H . MYERS & Co ., Ci ^ ar and Tobacco Morutiaats , 107 to 111 Knstou Road . London , Wholesale only , Telephone No . 7541 . General Shopfltters . Estimates free .
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What Is Freemasonry ?
some thought of the sleeping Cybele , and this mother of fche Gods , betrayed by her incautious dreams , would let fall some of her secrets ; but I have never made out more than sounds , which faded away in the murmurs of night , or words as inarticulate as the babbling of rivulets .
" In the times , when in the zenith of manhood , I kept my vigils by the great deep , I have sometimes thought I was about to discover some murmur of the slumbering Ocean , and this father of all things , disturbed by the wiuds ,
in his fancied solitude , would disclose some of his mysteries ; but the sea-nymphs who weave their eternal dance before him , have covered any sound which may have escaped his half-opened lips , and thus he , in his own breast keeps
safely locked all those things which man is not permitted to learn . " The mortals , dear to the Gods for their virtues , have
received the elements for their necessities , the beauties of nature for their pleasures , and souls that they may live for ever , but from the inexorable lips of the Gods nothing . Be ye therefore content to receive that which the Gods
have given you . Seek not to penetrate the mysteries . Ye may hear the music of the spheres , but never know whence it comes . Ye may subject the elements to your use , but never create an atom . Ye may seek wisdom , but you will never find it . " ( To be continued . )
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , M " . The Freemasons' Calendar for Derbyshire . Compiled by Brother W . Naylor P . P . S . G . W ., & c .
MASONIC calendars have become so numerous of late , and they present so many features in common , that it is difficult to vary the descriptions of tbe various editions which come into onr hands . In the case , however , of the twelfth annual issue of the Freemasons ' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Derbyshire , the task is
a comparatively easy one , for in it we see what a thoroughly complete calendar ought to be . In some instances compilers find it necessary to express regret that , in consequence of laxity on the part of Worshipful Masters or Secretaries in sending tbe necessary informu . tion , their work has been retarded and the publication of the
calendars delayed . But even then we can point to some cases in which , though issued late in the year , the information supplied is by no meaus " up to date , " and in one or two of them Masters and Officers in some Lodges are given whose terms of office had expired many months before . Bro . Naylor commits no such mistakes : and
we have nothing but praise to bestow upon the admirable little handbook he has presented to tbe brethren of his Province . There are few Provinces in which Masonry is making such rapid strides , and has assumed such robust proportions , as in Derbyshire , and therefore it is not only desirable , but expedient , that the brethren
should be kept well posted as to the doings of their respective Lodges . The almanac section of the book is quite unique so far as the information it gives is concerned , a Lodge meeting being placed in due order against the days of each month , thus saving much trouble and inconvenience in turning over back pages for reference .
The usual lists of Officers of United Grand Lodge and of the Provin . cial Grand Lodge are inserted , followed by a complete list of the Lodges in the Province , the dates and places of meeting , installation , and all other details upon which it might be useful to be informed . The names of the Officers are in every case brought down to the very
latest moment before publication , so that we do not find , as we before observed , Officers who have been eighteen months out of their chairs figuring as the present wearers of the respective collars named . The same remarks apply to the Eoyal Arch Chapters and Mark Lodges in the Province . Lists are also
given of the Lodges , & c , in the adjoining Provinces of Nottingham , shire , and Leicestershire and Rutland ; and the compiler furnishes some " Masonic Notes " which are of special use and interest to the brethren of Derbyshire . The list of the various Lodges and brethren who subscribe to the three Institutions has reached such an extent
that it has beeen found necessary to print it on consecutive pages instead of ou a folded sheet as heretofore . This elongated budget of names , occupying over eighteen pages , is an eloquent testimony to the practial interest taken in Freemasonry by the brethren of Derbyshire , and is of by no means the least interesting feature of this
calender . The letterpress is in blue , most neatly arranged , and is bound in purple , with inside pages of vermillion . In every respect this work reflects the highest credit both on the compiler and the printer , whilst our Derbyshire brethreu may be congratulated upon being in possession of one of the most perfect and complete of all the Masonic calendars we bave yet seen .
May ' s British and Irish Press Guide , and Advertisers' Directory and Uandbo-ilc , 1887 . London : James Willing jun . ( F . L . May and Co . ) , 159 Piccadilly , W . IT ia within the recollection of even the youngest man who has adopted journalism as a profession that until recent years newspaper directories and advertising guides were monopolised by one or two
Reviews.
firms ; but of late they seem to have multiplied to an extent quite proportionate to the increase of newspapers themselves since the removal of the stamp duty . One of the first to enter the field of competition was "May's Guide , " as it is now familiarly called , and which occupies a place sido by side with the best books of reference
on printing , publishing , and and advertising on the shelves of every newspaper and other office connected with publications in the United Kingdom . Dnring the seventeen years of its issue many improvements have beeu made in the compilation of this useful work , thongh its exterior bears the " old familiar form" in which we
knew it at the outset of its career . Probably its convenient and compact size , together with the conciseness of its arrangements , has rendered " May's" popular amongst those who do business in the publishing and advertising world ; at auy rate it is uow regarded by professional men as one of the most reliable and handy works of
reference in their particular " lines . " The current issue has beeu revised from information supplied , as usnal , direct from the respective proprietors and publishers of the very large nnmber of publications tbe book contains . Among the contents chiefly to be noted is the steady increase in the number under eaoh of the headings
into which the periodical press is here divided . In the preface some interesting statistics on this subject are given ; and from these we learn that of newspapers and class journals this increase has now reached to 2 , 538 , of which 680 are published within a radius of six miles from Charing Cross . In English provincial towns and places
the number is 1 , 366 ; iu Wales 82 ; Scotland 213 ; in Ireland 175 j and in the British Isles 22 . Of these 25 are issued daily in London , 126 in the provinces , 6 in Wales , 21 iu Scotland , 18 in Ireland , and 1 in Jersey . Periodicals now number 1 , 119 , and annual publications 596 . The whole form a total of 4 , 253—an increase of 35 upon the
numbers included in the last edition of May s ; or , taking the 199 cessations mentioned in the book , tbe nnmber of new titles here to be found is 234 . This total is muoh in excess of that shown by any other work of its class , and that without including many foreign publications only kept on sale by Loudon
agents . The metropolitan newspapers are arranged under their respective days of publication , and this is followed by a complete list of British and Irish newspapers published daily . Tbe provincial towns in which newspapers are published are arranged under their counties ; and , after some interesting statistics of the
newspaper and periodical press , comes an exhaustive directory of representative organs and of subjects , interests , professions , trades , classes , religious denominations , sciences , & c , represented in the British and Irish newspapers and periodical press . These are all alphabetically arranged , with conspicuous headings , so that
the finger may be placed at once upon any class of publication upon which information is desired . Classified lists are also given of directories , almanacks , calendars , & c , aud of meuopolitnu class and trade organs , commercial and mercantile journals , prices currents , mail summaries , literary , critical und social reviews , & c ,
together with the London addresses of provincial tiewsfnp is . These latter and periodical publications aro a ' phub . tied y arranged under tho towns iu which they are published , together with the publishers' names and addresses , t *> e price and politics of each , and ihe days on which they are issued ;
and a useful addition to these lists is au index to provincial newspapers which bave not the name of a town as the leading word of the title . The advantage of this is obvious to every newspaper man . Space is devoted to existing nevvspapei ^ s of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , arranged chronologically , with interesting
notes on the subject , from rt-seaicbes in the British Museum and elsewhere ; old newspaper hinds will study with interest the titular amalgamations that have taken place in journalistic history . All necessary information is given respecting Kuglisb newspapers published in the Colonies , British India , the chief towns and cities
of the United States , and on the Continent ; public societies , associations , & c , with their representative organs , and a vast amonnt of other useful information to the trade . The increase in the number of advertisements throughout the work is an index of tbe advancing popularity of " May's , " which is ou all hands admirably
compiled , complete , and exhaustive iu all its details , and one of the best works of reference of its class extant . It ia indispensible to every man whose business brings him in contact with the newspaper and advertising world , and Bro . James Willing jun . ( F . L . May and Co . ) is to be congratulated upon the great success which baa attended the work since its first issue , seventeen years ago .
THE LONDON HOUSE SHOW , AT THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HALL , KENSINGTON . —The Horse Show , to be held at Olympia from the 14 th to 20 th May , promises to be one of the events of the London season . The prizes offered are upon a most liberal scale , amounting to £ 1 , 200 , £ 415 being set apart for hunters , and £ 180 for hacks .
One of the popular features of the show will also be the four-m-hand and tandem classes . Jumping competitions will take place daily , many of the animals being ridden by lady riders . The great building , four acres in extent , ia absolutely perfect for a horse show , it adjoins the important junction of Addison Boad , Kensington , whero
there is direct railway communication , without changing , with all parts of the country , horses will thus be ablo t . i sup out of thoir boxes within a few > ards of their destination . Many of our principal breeders will probably embrace th-: opportunity afforded them for disposing of high-class animals by entering them at this show with
the view to their being sold at tho sale which will take place ou tho last day , conducted by Messrs . Tattersalls . Intending purchasers will also have the advantage of seeing hunters over fences aud hacks and harness horses nnder saddle or harness any day during the show before 11 o ' clock .
Ar00503
£ 20 i —TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING . — An illustrated gu'de , rc . ircl . ( 13 ( 5 pp ) , " Huvv to Open Respectably from £ 20 to £ W > 0 . " 3 dcamps . H . MYERS & Co ., Ci ^ ar and Tobacco Morutiaats , 107 to 111 Knstou Road . London , Wholesale only , Telephone No . 7541 . General Shopfltters . Estimates free .