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Review Of Literature, &C.
printed ; but these were then declared to be unnecessary and improper , yet now they are inserted without the slightest acknowledgment of the source of their suggestion ? How Brother Norris must have laughed in his sleeve when lie directed these amendments to be set up I Facts are facts . A little spice of coquetry is sprinkled over the Calendar ; e . g ., there are very numerous Lodges of Instruction held in London , hut only three are noticed !
Has the G . S . really forgotten the Master Masons' Lodge of Improvement , which meets at Freemasons' Tavern , ancl of ivhich he is a member ? or has he consented to forget to remember that Peter Gilkes ever existed , merely that he may gratify some silly vanities ? We ask him , if he does not know that the Antiquity , the Percy , the Temperance , the Athelstan , aye , and perhaps a dozen other Lodges , hold their meetings regularly ? and yet , forsooth , it is trumpeted forth that London has—what ? three
Lodges of Instruction I—We may revert to this subject . The Idler in Italy . By the Countess of Blessington . Vol . III . Colburn . —We have before spoken of the predecessors of the present volume , and somewhat favourably ; but of this , the third , we have to speak in terms of general commendation . There is less chit-chat , but far more important matter . Italy itself is represented , and not the English in Italy . Cities in their fair proportionsancl the wondrous characters of
, times long past , rise before us , as we read with admiration ; and we are proud to find that a noble English woman has emulated her gifted countryman Byron , and made us familiarly acquainted with subjects that have immortalized Petrarch and Shakspeare . She has done her work right well , imparting to it a generosity of sentiment , and a liberality in taste , that prove her in manner as truly well-bred as in mind she is well informed .
Laying down the Law . 311 , Exhibition , Royal Academy , 1840 . Edwin Lantlseer . Whether the talented painter who has so happily delineated the countenance " canine" be or be not a Freemason we know not ; but the appearance of this splendid picture was so singularly coincident with recent circumstances , that if an engraving be taken ( ancl it deserves every publicity ) , we should advise that such engraving be dedicated to a certain " General Board , " each individual of whom might
say to the other , " mutato nomine de tefabula narraiur . " The delivery of the letter to the chairman is exquisite . Lawrie ' s History of Freemasonry . —We hear ivith much pleasure that a new edition of this work is about to appear , and that it will be edited by the present Grand Secretary for Scotland , son of the late Brother Lawrie . Should he carry the incidents down to the present day , he will have the honour of distinguishing himself as a contemporary
historian with Dr . Oliver . It is also rumoured that a Grand Officer , high in the favour of the Grand Master of England , contemplates publishing some interesting particulars of Freemasonry , in which some controversial arguments will be refuted , and many doubtful inferences made clear . These are most desirable points ; and we hear that in all of them the Brother relies for his proofs on the volume of the Sacred Law .
__ Spirited Engraving from a Portrait of the much lamented Earl of Durham , hy Brother R . Dalziel , who has faithfully executed an admirable picture , representing his Lordship in Masonic clothing , & c , is now being executed by the celebrated C E . Wagstaff , in the finest
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Review Of Literature, &C.
printed ; but these were then declared to be unnecessary and improper , yet now they are inserted without the slightest acknowledgment of the source of their suggestion ? How Brother Norris must have laughed in his sleeve when lie directed these amendments to be set up I Facts are facts . A little spice of coquetry is sprinkled over the Calendar ; e . g ., there are very numerous Lodges of Instruction held in London , hut only three are noticed !
Has the G . S . really forgotten the Master Masons' Lodge of Improvement , which meets at Freemasons' Tavern , ancl of ivhich he is a member ? or has he consented to forget to remember that Peter Gilkes ever existed , merely that he may gratify some silly vanities ? We ask him , if he does not know that the Antiquity , the Percy , the Temperance , the Athelstan , aye , and perhaps a dozen other Lodges , hold their meetings regularly ? and yet , forsooth , it is trumpeted forth that London has—what ? three
Lodges of Instruction I—We may revert to this subject . The Idler in Italy . By the Countess of Blessington . Vol . III . Colburn . —We have before spoken of the predecessors of the present volume , and somewhat favourably ; but of this , the third , we have to speak in terms of general commendation . There is less chit-chat , but far more important matter . Italy itself is represented , and not the English in Italy . Cities in their fair proportionsancl the wondrous characters of
, times long past , rise before us , as we read with admiration ; and we are proud to find that a noble English woman has emulated her gifted countryman Byron , and made us familiarly acquainted with subjects that have immortalized Petrarch and Shakspeare . She has done her work right well , imparting to it a generosity of sentiment , and a liberality in taste , that prove her in manner as truly well-bred as in mind she is well informed .
Laying down the Law . 311 , Exhibition , Royal Academy , 1840 . Edwin Lantlseer . Whether the talented painter who has so happily delineated the countenance " canine" be or be not a Freemason we know not ; but the appearance of this splendid picture was so singularly coincident with recent circumstances , that if an engraving be taken ( ancl it deserves every publicity ) , we should advise that such engraving be dedicated to a certain " General Board , " each individual of whom might
say to the other , " mutato nomine de tefabula narraiur . " The delivery of the letter to the chairman is exquisite . Lawrie ' s History of Freemasonry . —We hear ivith much pleasure that a new edition of this work is about to appear , and that it will be edited by the present Grand Secretary for Scotland , son of the late Brother Lawrie . Should he carry the incidents down to the present day , he will have the honour of distinguishing himself as a contemporary
historian with Dr . Oliver . It is also rumoured that a Grand Officer , high in the favour of the Grand Master of England , contemplates publishing some interesting particulars of Freemasonry , in which some controversial arguments will be refuted , and many doubtful inferences made clear . These are most desirable points ; and we hear that in all of them the Brother relies for his proofs on the volume of the Sacred Law .
__ Spirited Engraving from a Portrait of the much lamented Earl of Durham , hy Brother R . Dalziel , who has faithfully executed an admirable picture , representing his Lordship in Masonic clothing , & c , is now being executed by the celebrated C E . Wagstaff , in the finest