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REVIEWS .

A . 11 Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 23 Great Queen Street , W . C . Fireside Eeadings for Happy Homes . Written and Selected by H . L . Hastings , Editor of " The Christian , " and "The Little Christian " ( American ) . London : S . Bagster and Sons , 15 Paternoster . row . Boston , U . S . A .: H . L . Hastings , 47 Cornhill . 1882 .

WE have great pleasure in bearing our testimony to tho excellence of the matter contained in these pages . There is much in it , of course , which will not find favour in the eyes of all our readers , as may readily be imagined from the above description . But there is vastly more which will . prove most attractive reading ; and , indeed , it contains nothing which may not with advantage be read by peoplo of all

creeds . The " Eeadings" have this especial advantage , that they are short and to the point , being as concisely as they are ably written . We commend the work to those of our friends who accept the doctrines of Christianity , while , with the view of confirming our statement , already made , that it may bo read with profit by men of all faiths , we give the following ; extract from a paper headed " That

Voice . " It is told by a Miss Dix , " well known for her philanthropic journey ings and visitations among the prisoners and the distressed , " and reads thus : — "I had hired a carriage and diiver to convey mo some distance throug h an uninhabited portion of tho country . In starting , I discovered the driver , a young lad , had a pair of pistols with him .

Inquiring what he was doing with arms , he said he carried them to protect us , as he had heard that robberies had been committed on our road . I said to him , give mo the pistols—I will take care of them . ' He did so reluctantly . " In pursuing our journey through a dismal-looking forest , a man rushed into the road , caught the horse by the bridle , and demanded

my purse . I said to him with as much self-possession as I could command , ' Are you not ashamed to rob a woman ? I have but little money , and that I want to defray my expenses in visiting prisons and poor-houses , and occasionally in giving to objects of charity . If you have been unfortunate , are in distress , and in want of monei ' , I will give you some . ' While thus speaking to him , I discovered his

countenance changing ! and he became deathly pale , ' My God ! ' he exclaimed , ' that voice ! ' and immediately told me he had been in the Philadelphia Penitentiary , and had heard me lecturing some of the prisoners in adjoining cells , and that he now recognised my voice . He then desired me to pass on , and expressed deep sorrow at the

outrage be had committed . But I drew out my purse , and said to him , ' I will give yon something to support you until you can get into honest employment . * He declined at first taking anything , until I insisted on his doing so , for fear he might be tempted to rob some one else , before he could get into honest employment . "

The Boole of Revelation . Translated from the Ancient Greek Text . By S . P . Trecelles , LL . D . Third Edition . London : Samuel Bagster and Sons , 15 Paternoster-row ; Warehouse for Bibles , New Testaments . Prayer Books , Lexicons , Grammars , Concordances , and Psalters , in Ancient and Modern Languages . 1881 .

As we have remarked in the case of " Fireside Eeadings for Happy Homes , " this is a publication which will not find favour with the whole of our readers . Yet we do not feel precluded on that ground from paying a just tribute of praise to the translator , whose work

appears to be well done , and in a scholarly fashion . The fact of its having reached a third edition is of itself sufficient testimony in fayonr of its merits , and if we add that the book is admirably printed and neatly bound , we think we have said all it is in our power to say .

Consumption of the Lungs and its Successful Treatment . Chronic Bronchitis , Asthma , & c . By George Thomas Congreve , Coombe Lodge , Peckham . London : Elliot Stock , 62 Paternoster-row . to bygone days , before the march of scientific enquiry had proceeded with such giant strides as we find it in our own times , the condition of the sick and afflicted was a hapless one indeed . The pallid cheek

with its pink flush , the alternate lassitude and cheerfulness , the ~ ° P . > * ° . ke revived one day , only to be chilled to-morrow , told of the insidious worm which was gnawing at life ' s vitality , giving rise to false hopes , only to be superseded by gloom , and helplessness and despair . The blighted one must bid farewell to aspirations which were once the most cherished of life ; the blue skies , the light

"J neaven , the breathing landscape with its trees and flowers and nelds , the countenances of friends near and dear , the poetic beauties M nature and art , and all that combined to make the vista of life beauteous and full of glowing tints . But once the canker worm of consumption takes possession of the fragile frame , farewell to life , owl hope and happiness . The impulses which stirred the ambition

"no tde talent of men , the trustfulness and the lovo of maidenhood , ^ P & Ued b y the instinctive fear of impending danger ; the mothpr atches the development of those germs of growing disease which Mertnine the constitution , and give to apparently healthy frames ne sentence of death . Bnt with the progress of scientific research .

j « ia the application of it to the various ills to which human flesh is Work b VaSt a - chaD £ e has been wrought . The author of the little stn 1 ? us * s one ° f those who by a long course of professional that - if 8 onght a Palliation for the most priceless gifts of health oft , j , , ' have been forfeited or impaired . Scorning the artifices ose who puff their nostrums as a universal cure for all diseases , the w " C f ' eVe . gives uathe results of plain and honest study , with oat feasible means of remedy , based upou scientific

investigation and experience iu the treatment of this special ailment . In his little book , which has rnn through wo hardly know how many edi . tions , ho has added from time to time the results of his hard and unwearying studies , and all the stories told by grateful patients are authenticated by tho real names of those who have received benefits at his hands . There are hundreds who havo grasped his hand as a

benefactor and a friend in times of real despondency , and there are thousands more who will hail his plain and genuine counsel as set forth in this little volume . Heaven only knows how vast is tho audience of poor afflicted beings to whom the restoration of vital energies would bo tho renewal of hope , if not the raising of life , and to those we heartily commend a thoughtful perusal of tho simple little work the

author has laid so long before tho reading public . Mr . Congreve does not wish us to accept his mode of treatment , as some would do , as a panacea for all the ilia of life . He has devoted a life-long stud y to the one subject of which he treats , and to our mind he has mastered it as much as human skill can do . Tho best proof after all is in results , and we have on record such names of ministers , and

friends of humanity whom wo all know , as would not attest to tho efficacy of any method unless thoy had somo excellent ground on which to base their testimony . We suppose there are no persons in society who are so ultimately associated with the frailties of life , so near the sick couch , " as ministers of religion ; and these are found to bear out in the most frank and expressive terms their approval of Mr .

Congreve ' s mode of treatment in this fatal complaint . We are not among those who would help to foist upon an unsuspecting public the recommendation of any untried theory in medicine or science ; but we are assured , by the independent testimony of many witnesses , of tha many cases in which Mr . Congreve ' s success has been achieved , to the grateful acknowledgment of hundreds of patients , who , having

almost given up hope , have been restored to comparative , if not perfeet , health . It would be superfluous to say more to commend a book of such general interest to the roading public , nor shall we do justice to tho author to give more in outline of the teudeucy of hia treatise than is already shadowed forth in this necessaril y brief sketch of a work which should be in everybody ' s hands .

Prince Leopold Dnke of Albany , K . G ., P . G . J . W . England , who was married in St . George ' s Chapel , "Windsor , on Thursday , is , as onr readers are aware , a most distinguished and very active member of our Fraternity . He is a Past Master of the Apollo University Lodge , No . 857 ,

Oxford , having filled the office of W . M . in 1876 , and Master of Antiquity , No . 2 . He was installed Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire in 1876 , and received his patent of Prov . Graud Superintendent of Oxfordshire last year , thotigh he has not as yet been formally installed in

office . Early this year , m the Iriends in Council Chapter , No . 1383 , he was installed M . E . Z . of the Apollo University Chapter . He is also a Past Grand Master of the Mark Grand Lodge , an honorary member 33 ° of the Supreme

Council A . and A . Scottish Rite , and Constable of the Grand Priory of the Temple of England and Wales . In fine , His Royal Highness bids fair to emulate the Masonic virtues of his late illustrious Grand uncle the Duke of Sussex M . W . G . M . 1813-1843 .

Allied Degrees.

ALLIED DEGREES .

Ebor Council ( T . I . )—A meeting of this Council was held at York , on Thursday , 20 fch inst ., when a Lodge of St . Lawrence was opened by Bro . C . G . Padel W . M ., the following members being also present-. —Bros . M . Millington S . W ., G . Simpson P . M . as J . W ., T . B . Whytphead P . M . Treasurer and Secretary , T . Humphries S . D ., B . J . de Salis J . D ., W . B . Dyson as I . G ., J . W . Woodall , and P . Pearson Tyler . The accounts were audited and showed a balance in hand of

over £ 2 . A Council of Knights of Constantinople , a Chapter of Grand High Priests , and a Conclave of Knights of the Bed Cross of Babylon were then successively opened by Bro . T . B . Whytehead , and Bros . C . G . Padel , J . W . Woodall and T . Humphries were succes . sively introduced into these degrees , Bro . E . J . de Salis acting aa conductor . After the close of the Council , the members met at an excellent supper , under the presidency of Bro . Padel , and a social evening was pleasantly spent .

A Grand Masonic Ball will take place in tho Crown Boom , Freemasons' Tavern , Gt . Queen-street , W . C , ou Monday , 1 st May 1882 , when the Sir Knights of tho Rose of Sharon Rose Croix Chapter , No . G ( Ancient and Primitive ) will eutertaiu their friends . An

influential Committee Las been appointed , of which Brother J . H . Southwood 33 ° P . M . and P . Z . 1260 , Grand Treasurer General , is the Chairman , and Brother H . Meyer the Hon . Treasurer . Further particulars can be had of Brother James Hill Hon . Secretary , 91 Clarence-road , Clapton , E .

The Ceremonies of Consecration and Installation will be rehearsed in tho Upton Lodge of Instruction , at the Swan Tavern , Bethnal Groon-road , Shoreclitch , E ., by W . Bro . James Terry P . M . 228 , 1278 , 1360 , P . Prov . Grand J . W . Herts , Prov . Grand S . W . Norths and Hunts , on Thursday , the 11 th May next . The attendance of brethren is most respectfully solicited . The proceedings will be commenced at seven o ' clock precisely .

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Reviews.

REVIEWS .

A . 11 Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 23 Great Queen Street , W . C . Fireside Eeadings for Happy Homes . Written and Selected by H . L . Hastings , Editor of " The Christian , " and "The Little Christian " ( American ) . London : S . Bagster and Sons , 15 Paternoster . row . Boston , U . S . A .: H . L . Hastings , 47 Cornhill . 1882 .

WE have great pleasure in bearing our testimony to tho excellence of the matter contained in these pages . There is much in it , of course , which will not find favour in the eyes of all our readers , as may readily be imagined from the above description . But there is vastly more which will . prove most attractive reading ; and , indeed , it contains nothing which may not with advantage be read by peoplo of all

creeds . The " Eeadings" have this especial advantage , that they are short and to the point , being as concisely as they are ably written . We commend the work to those of our friends who accept the doctrines of Christianity , while , with the view of confirming our statement , already made , that it may bo read with profit by men of all faiths , we give the following ; extract from a paper headed " That

Voice . " It is told by a Miss Dix , " well known for her philanthropic journey ings and visitations among the prisoners and the distressed , " and reads thus : — "I had hired a carriage and diiver to convey mo some distance throug h an uninhabited portion of tho country . In starting , I discovered the driver , a young lad , had a pair of pistols with him .

Inquiring what he was doing with arms , he said he carried them to protect us , as he had heard that robberies had been committed on our road . I said to him , give mo the pistols—I will take care of them . ' He did so reluctantly . " In pursuing our journey through a dismal-looking forest , a man rushed into the road , caught the horse by the bridle , and demanded

my purse . I said to him with as much self-possession as I could command , ' Are you not ashamed to rob a woman ? I have but little money , and that I want to defray my expenses in visiting prisons and poor-houses , and occasionally in giving to objects of charity . If you have been unfortunate , are in distress , and in want of monei ' , I will give you some . ' While thus speaking to him , I discovered his

countenance changing ! and he became deathly pale , ' My God ! ' he exclaimed , ' that voice ! ' and immediately told me he had been in the Philadelphia Penitentiary , and had heard me lecturing some of the prisoners in adjoining cells , and that he now recognised my voice . He then desired me to pass on , and expressed deep sorrow at the

outrage be had committed . But I drew out my purse , and said to him , ' I will give yon something to support you until you can get into honest employment . * He declined at first taking anything , until I insisted on his doing so , for fear he might be tempted to rob some one else , before he could get into honest employment . "

The Boole of Revelation . Translated from the Ancient Greek Text . By S . P . Trecelles , LL . D . Third Edition . London : Samuel Bagster and Sons , 15 Paternoster-row ; Warehouse for Bibles , New Testaments . Prayer Books , Lexicons , Grammars , Concordances , and Psalters , in Ancient and Modern Languages . 1881 .

As we have remarked in the case of " Fireside Eeadings for Happy Homes , " this is a publication which will not find favour with the whole of our readers . Yet we do not feel precluded on that ground from paying a just tribute of praise to the translator , whose work

appears to be well done , and in a scholarly fashion . The fact of its having reached a third edition is of itself sufficient testimony in fayonr of its merits , and if we add that the book is admirably printed and neatly bound , we think we have said all it is in our power to say .

Consumption of the Lungs and its Successful Treatment . Chronic Bronchitis , Asthma , & c . By George Thomas Congreve , Coombe Lodge , Peckham . London : Elliot Stock , 62 Paternoster-row . to bygone days , before the march of scientific enquiry had proceeded with such giant strides as we find it in our own times , the condition of the sick and afflicted was a hapless one indeed . The pallid cheek

with its pink flush , the alternate lassitude and cheerfulness , the ~ ° P . > * ° . ke revived one day , only to be chilled to-morrow , told of the insidious worm which was gnawing at life ' s vitality , giving rise to false hopes , only to be superseded by gloom , and helplessness and despair . The blighted one must bid farewell to aspirations which were once the most cherished of life ; the blue skies , the light

"J neaven , the breathing landscape with its trees and flowers and nelds , the countenances of friends near and dear , the poetic beauties M nature and art , and all that combined to make the vista of life beauteous and full of glowing tints . But once the canker worm of consumption takes possession of the fragile frame , farewell to life , owl hope and happiness . The impulses which stirred the ambition

"no tde talent of men , the trustfulness and the lovo of maidenhood , ^ P & Ued b y the instinctive fear of impending danger ; the mothpr atches the development of those germs of growing disease which Mertnine the constitution , and give to apparently healthy frames ne sentence of death . Bnt with the progress of scientific research .

j « ia the application of it to the various ills to which human flesh is Work b VaSt a - chaD £ e has been wrought . The author of the little stn 1 ? us * s one ° f those who by a long course of professional that - if 8 onght a Palliation for the most priceless gifts of health oft , j , , ' have been forfeited or impaired . Scorning the artifices ose who puff their nostrums as a universal cure for all diseases , the w " C f ' eVe . gives uathe results of plain and honest study , with oat feasible means of remedy , based upou scientific

investigation and experience iu the treatment of this special ailment . In his little book , which has rnn through wo hardly know how many edi . tions , ho has added from time to time the results of his hard and unwearying studies , and all the stories told by grateful patients are authenticated by tho real names of those who have received benefits at his hands . There are hundreds who havo grasped his hand as a

benefactor and a friend in times of real despondency , and there are thousands more who will hail his plain and genuine counsel as set forth in this little volume . Heaven only knows how vast is tho audience of poor afflicted beings to whom the restoration of vital energies would bo tho renewal of hope , if not the raising of life , and to those we heartily commend a thoughtful perusal of tho simple little work the

author has laid so long before tho reading public . Mr . Congreve does not wish us to accept his mode of treatment , as some would do , as a panacea for all the ilia of life . He has devoted a life-long stud y to the one subject of which he treats , and to our mind he has mastered it as much as human skill can do . Tho best proof after all is in results , and we have on record such names of ministers , and

friends of humanity whom wo all know , as would not attest to tho efficacy of any method unless thoy had somo excellent ground on which to base their testimony . We suppose there are no persons in society who are so ultimately associated with the frailties of life , so near the sick couch , " as ministers of religion ; and these are found to bear out in the most frank and expressive terms their approval of Mr .

Congreve ' s mode of treatment in this fatal complaint . We are not among those who would help to foist upon an unsuspecting public the recommendation of any untried theory in medicine or science ; but we are assured , by the independent testimony of many witnesses , of tha many cases in which Mr . Congreve ' s success has been achieved , to the grateful acknowledgment of hundreds of patients , who , having

almost given up hope , have been restored to comparative , if not perfeet , health . It would be superfluous to say more to commend a book of such general interest to the roading public , nor shall we do justice to tho author to give more in outline of the teudeucy of hia treatise than is already shadowed forth in this necessaril y brief sketch of a work which should be in everybody ' s hands .

Prince Leopold Dnke of Albany , K . G ., P . G . J . W . England , who was married in St . George ' s Chapel , "Windsor , on Thursday , is , as onr readers are aware , a most distinguished and very active member of our Fraternity . He is a Past Master of the Apollo University Lodge , No . 857 ,

Oxford , having filled the office of W . M . in 1876 , and Master of Antiquity , No . 2 . He was installed Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire in 1876 , and received his patent of Prov . Graud Superintendent of Oxfordshire last year , thotigh he has not as yet been formally installed in

office . Early this year , m the Iriends in Council Chapter , No . 1383 , he was installed M . E . Z . of the Apollo University Chapter . He is also a Past Grand Master of the Mark Grand Lodge , an honorary member 33 ° of the Supreme

Council A . and A . Scottish Rite , and Constable of the Grand Priory of the Temple of England and Wales . In fine , His Royal Highness bids fair to emulate the Masonic virtues of his late illustrious Grand uncle the Duke of Sussex M . W . G . M . 1813-1843 .

Allied Degrees.

ALLIED DEGREES .

Ebor Council ( T . I . )—A meeting of this Council was held at York , on Thursday , 20 fch inst ., when a Lodge of St . Lawrence was opened by Bro . C . G . Padel W . M ., the following members being also present-. —Bros . M . Millington S . W ., G . Simpson P . M . as J . W ., T . B . Whytphead P . M . Treasurer and Secretary , T . Humphries S . D ., B . J . de Salis J . D ., W . B . Dyson as I . G ., J . W . Woodall , and P . Pearson Tyler . The accounts were audited and showed a balance in hand of

over £ 2 . A Council of Knights of Constantinople , a Chapter of Grand High Priests , and a Conclave of Knights of the Bed Cross of Babylon were then successively opened by Bro . T . B . Whytehead , and Bros . C . G . Padel , J . W . Woodall and T . Humphries were succes . sively introduced into these degrees , Bro . E . J . de Salis acting aa conductor . After the close of the Council , the members met at an excellent supper , under the presidency of Bro . Padel , and a social evening was pleasantly spent .

A Grand Masonic Ball will take place in tho Crown Boom , Freemasons' Tavern , Gt . Queen-street , W . C , ou Monday , 1 st May 1882 , when the Sir Knights of tho Rose of Sharon Rose Croix Chapter , No . G ( Ancient and Primitive ) will eutertaiu their friends . An

influential Committee Las been appointed , of which Brother J . H . Southwood 33 ° P . M . and P . Z . 1260 , Grand Treasurer General , is the Chairman , and Brother H . Meyer the Hon . Treasurer . Further particulars can be had of Brother James Hill Hon . Secretary , 91 Clarence-road , Clapton , E .

The Ceremonies of Consecration and Installation will be rehearsed in tho Upton Lodge of Instruction , at the Swan Tavern , Bethnal Groon-road , Shoreclitch , E ., by W . Bro . James Terry P . M . 228 , 1278 , 1360 , P . Prov . Grand J . W . Herts , Prov . Grand S . W . Norths and Hunts , on Thursday , the 11 th May next . The attendance of brethren is most respectfully solicited . The proceedings will be commenced at seven o ' clock precisely .

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