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Review Of Literature, The Drama, &C.
with their patronage afford a sufficient guarantee that , to say the least of it , it has no objectionable tendency , and might be an encouragement powerful enough to persuade me to solicit your signature , even if I sought it solely for my own sake ; but when to this I add , that my motive in publishing it is to contribute my mite , in that which appears to me the best and most effectual way , to the intended ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON ; and thai it is my intention to devote
the profits arising from the work to that Institution , and that it is therefore my desire to make them as large as possible , and to dispose of them in a manner so suitable to the character , and so gratifying to the heart of a Mason , I hope and think that I shall not ask in vain . It would be presumption in me to attempt to expatiate upon the beneficial and unexceptionable nature of the charity for which I may be considered as now pleading ; youwho are a Brotherknow all that I could say
, , upon the subject , and , I am persuaded , feel more than I couid possibly express . In behalf , therefore , of that charity , I solicit earnestly the addition of your name to my subscription-list , with a strong hope that you will oblige me by your assent . Great rivers flow from small sources , and this little effort of ours may induce others , whose assistance may be
more valuable , though their zeal cannot be greater , to engage in the same good cause . A copy will be presented to each of the pupils in the Freemasons' Schools ; and , in order to stimulate others to lend their kind aid to similar exertions , a list of the Subscribers will be given with the work . Such being my motive for publishing , and my plea for applying to you for the honour of your sanction ; to that motive I look for success ,
and from it I hope for your compliance with my request . It will save you trouble , and will sufficiently inform me of your intention , if you will be so good as to return this note , by post or otherwise , at as early a date as may be convenient , with your name inserted below . I remain , Dear Sir , yours faithfully , No . 3 ij , Stamford Street . F . RIBBANS . As it is desirable to obtain as many Subscribers as possible , I hope you will see no impropriety in applying for names , not only to your friends who are , but also to those who are not , Freemasons .
Conditions : —The Price to Subscribers will be Seven Shillings and Sixpence . The work will form One thick volume , and will be neatly bound . No money is to be paid till the book is delivered . The Freemason ' s Calendar for 1775 and 1837 . —The revolution of time , in which no less than sixty-two years have passed away , will show pretty clearly , that however Freemasonry has advanced its high behests in the estimation of the worldthe Calendarwhich until these three
, , last years has been its onl y accredited organ , has dwindled into comparative insignificance , and that but for the comparison which our library shelves affords us , we should have lost an excellent opportunity of proving that " sixty years since" there existed a something which did more than merely profess to give information to the Craft . We have ventured to dip into , and with our reader ' s permission will review , the Calendar of old .
It commences with an abridgement of the History of Freemasonry , which if not strictly orthodox , is at least amusing . It touches in its progress upon many subjects of import to the Craft , both regarding their VOL . in . 4 c
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Review Of Literature, The Drama, &C.
with their patronage afford a sufficient guarantee that , to say the least of it , it has no objectionable tendency , and might be an encouragement powerful enough to persuade me to solicit your signature , even if I sought it solely for my own sake ; but when to this I add , that my motive in publishing it is to contribute my mite , in that which appears to me the best and most effectual way , to the intended ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON ; and thai it is my intention to devote
the profits arising from the work to that Institution , and that it is therefore my desire to make them as large as possible , and to dispose of them in a manner so suitable to the character , and so gratifying to the heart of a Mason , I hope and think that I shall not ask in vain . It would be presumption in me to attempt to expatiate upon the beneficial and unexceptionable nature of the charity for which I may be considered as now pleading ; youwho are a Brotherknow all that I could say
, , upon the subject , and , I am persuaded , feel more than I couid possibly express . In behalf , therefore , of that charity , I solicit earnestly the addition of your name to my subscription-list , with a strong hope that you will oblige me by your assent . Great rivers flow from small sources , and this little effort of ours may induce others , whose assistance may be
more valuable , though their zeal cannot be greater , to engage in the same good cause . A copy will be presented to each of the pupils in the Freemasons' Schools ; and , in order to stimulate others to lend their kind aid to similar exertions , a list of the Subscribers will be given with the work . Such being my motive for publishing , and my plea for applying to you for the honour of your sanction ; to that motive I look for success ,
and from it I hope for your compliance with my request . It will save you trouble , and will sufficiently inform me of your intention , if you will be so good as to return this note , by post or otherwise , at as early a date as may be convenient , with your name inserted below . I remain , Dear Sir , yours faithfully , No . 3 ij , Stamford Street . F . RIBBANS . As it is desirable to obtain as many Subscribers as possible , I hope you will see no impropriety in applying for names , not only to your friends who are , but also to those who are not , Freemasons .
Conditions : —The Price to Subscribers will be Seven Shillings and Sixpence . The work will form One thick volume , and will be neatly bound . No money is to be paid till the book is delivered . The Freemason ' s Calendar for 1775 and 1837 . —The revolution of time , in which no less than sixty-two years have passed away , will show pretty clearly , that however Freemasonry has advanced its high behests in the estimation of the worldthe Calendarwhich until these three
, , last years has been its onl y accredited organ , has dwindled into comparative insignificance , and that but for the comparison which our library shelves affords us , we should have lost an excellent opportunity of proving that " sixty years since" there existed a something which did more than merely profess to give information to the Craft . We have ventured to dip into , and with our reader ' s permission will review , the Calendar of old .
It commences with an abridgement of the History of Freemasonry , which if not strictly orthodox , is at least amusing . It touches in its progress upon many subjects of import to the Craft , both regarding their VOL . in . 4 c