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BRO . PROFESSOR PRAG . Quite a gloom has been thrown over many Jewish and Christian households in Liverpool hy thc news of the death of Bro . Professor Prajr , Chaplain of thc Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , Liverpool , for many years the chief minister of thc Old Hebrew Congregation , Liverpool , who was well known and highly respected by all classes of the city . He was presented a few months ago with a handsome

testimonial in recognition of his twenty-five years of earnest service . Horn at Dantzig , in Prussia , he came to England to fill thc post in the Old Hebrew Congregation , which he held until the day of his death . Although not an Englishman he had a considerable knowledge of English , and could always express himself in grammatical and graceful language . He acted as teacher of Hebrew at the Jewish

Schools , Hope-place , for some years , and he also filled the chair of Professor ot Hebrew at Oneen's College . He was well known among Rabbinical scholars for his profountl knowledge of the Talmud . Indeed , he may be said to have stood in thc first rank of Tahnudical scholars in this country . He has left no works bearing his name ; but it is no secret to those who knew him well that his knowledge

furnished the materials for more than tine important work on Hebrew literature . He will be greatly missed by the poor , to whom he was always a staunch friend . He was for many years a member of thc Literary and Philosophical Society , and served upon its council . He has left an extensive Hebrew library , which comprises some very rare works . Ihc . Prag may be said to have died in harness ,

for it is only a few weeks since he outdated in his synagogue . His health has been failing throughout the summer , in spite of his having obtained rhange of air . A short time since he went to Brighton , but growing rapidly worse he was removed to London , where he expiree ! on the j ; th ult ., surrounded by his wife , children , and sons-in-law ( among whom was Mr . \ V . Aronsherg . J . P ., Manchester ) .

On Sunday , the 3 ist ult ., the remains of lira , Prag were interred in the Jewish Cemetery , Deane-road , Liverpool , amid marks of the most profound respect from a very large gathering . The body of the deceased had been removed to his late resilience in I ' pper Warwick-street , for interment in Liverpool . At the Prince ' s-road synagogue on Saturday reference was maele hy the Rev . Morris Joseph to the

bereavement which Ihe congregation had sustained . A special service was helel in the Synagogue , which was largely atlended by all elates of the Hebrew community . The congregation included many Freemasons . On the conclusion of an address by the Rev . Morris Jo'epli the coliin was borne into the synagogue on a bier by four sonsin-law of the deceased , and placed in from of the pulpit ,

the chief mourners and the exitutivc ol the synagogue following , and standing near lhe coffin while the remainder of the service' proceeded . On its coniTiisiiin the coliin was taken out anil placed in a hearse , and a procession , was formed , consisting of about 125 mourning coaches and i . rivatc carriages , containing the male relatives an > l the members of the congregation who

had signified their desire tei attend at the cemetery . On arriving at the cum tery thc body was removed to the mortuary-house , where the iirst part of the burial service was read , ami Hro . lhe Rev . Dr . Stern , Asst , Chap . 150 . ' , delivered an address . The body was afterwards taken to th grave , and the concluding portion of the service was read in the presence of a large number

of people . The Rev . J . Polack suhsoepiently addressed the mourners in the mortuary-house . There were twentylive mourning roaches , containing 100 gentlemen , principally members of lhe deceased ' s congregation . Among those present were Messrs , Julius anil Joseph Prag ( the sons nl the deceased ) , William Aronsherg , liros . Slam ice Aronsherg , J . Frank , and I ! . W . Wohlgi ninth ( son-in-law

of the deceased ) , Messrs . G . Prag , E . Prag , Abraham Aronsherg , and Aaron Aronsherg ( nephews ) , C , Aronsherg , K . AronslnTg , S . Aronsherg , and | . Aronsherg ( grandsons ) , the Revs . Munis | oscph | . Polack , and liros . II . M . Silver , Dr . W . Stern , H . \) . Marks , Kisch , E . S . Lewis ,

Wood , II . A . T ' obia =, A . S . Levy , A . S . irpii . B .-rthold Striem , 1 . Jacobs , S . 1 . Henochsberg , I . Woolf , II . Gahrirl , P . Harneii , Barnard Lew . S . lacohs . S . Schonstadt , Edwards , Maurice Hart , | . W . Ballard , R . II . Isaac , 1 . de I ' reere , II . de T ' reece , I . linebe-rg , T . Phillips , D . Gabrielion , and a large number of other gentlemen .

HRO . REV . DAVID . SHABOE , M . A ., P . M ., & c . We have the s . ael duty of announcing the decease nf llro . the Rev . David Shaboe , M . A ., P . M ., and P . P . G . Officer , which occurred nn the 31 st ult ., at the lodge . Tower Hamlets Cemetery , Bow , !• * ., of which our late brother has been manager for the last 27 years . The funeral took place on Friday , the Oth inst ., at tho above named cemetery ; the

coliin was conveyed from the lodge lo the chapel by eight bearers , and the burial service was impressively read by the Rev . Mr . Brennan , who was assisted in this and the subseejuent services by six or seven reverend gentlemen . The corpse was followed by the whole of the employes of the

cemetery , nnd many influential friends and " brethren , amongst whom we noticed Bros . J . ( . Berry , P . M . 554 ; C . 1 ' Spright , 2 y ; Wynne , 551 ; C . Lacey , I . | JI ; ~ B . Cunoick , i . | ji ; Anderson , 554 ; G . IT . Stephens , and numerous others . 'The funeral arrangements were in lhe hands of Messrs . Fox and Sons , 1 , 2 , Cable-street , St . George ' s-in-the-Hast , and were most efficiently performed .

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STANDARD WORKSON FREEMASONRY Svo , cloth , Third edition , revised and enlarged , 154 . THE EARLY HISTORY AND AN-1 TJOUITTES OF FREEMASONRY . Asconnected with the Nors Guilds , the Oriental and Mcdiaival building Fraternity . By GEOUGE F . FORT . EXTRACT rliOM AUTHOR ' S PREFACE . The Work is the result of years of labour , whose original and persistent desi _ tn"iias uniformly been to arrive at truth . In no instance are traditions resting on unsubstantial ground adeh-. ceel as corroborative testimony of the line of research which , after careful examination of facts , he has adopted . Mere legends or guild !* tales elo not appear in this book , unless produced in lhat poition oi the tre-atise abandoned expressly to the traditional history of the Fraternity . In a word , the constant ami invariabletenelency of the author in the ensuing pages is to bring thc history and ant ' npiities oi the Craft down to an undisputed historical basis ; and , in the pursuance of . his subject , he was frequently compelled to abandon the usual track followeel liy writers on this subject , and to rely upon authorities uheise testimony—found noted in the margin—will be accepted without suspicion of intemperate or uncritical zeal . The immediate argument and scope of the treatise may be brieily stated is follows : To commence wilh a narrative of the slate of tine arts it the decline of the Roman Empire , and also of the propagation of architecture and its kindred sciences h , ' bodies of builders , who developed into lhe Mieldie-Age l'rceinasons , whose history is carried down to lhe forma ! extinction of the society as an operative brotherhood in the \ ear 1717 . Amon >; the several appendices will be found a contribution to the History of the Lost Word , together with olher •aluable documentary evidence , which is added to make lhe raine .. lore vcrptahle to the public and Fraternity at large . ~

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Hand . v . mely printed in antique type , large . jto , cloth , 7 s . Cd KENNING'S - ARCH / EOLOG 1 CAL I . IBRARV . Edited by Rev . A . F . A . U ' oeniFeiKii , Pasl Grand Chaplain . Vol . I . contains Anderson ' s Const ! - utions of I ? .:. ? , being the first complete reprint in England if that memorable book . It is admirably printed ane llustrated as it was iirst issued , and will be funnel a work ol he greatest interest to all Masons , and especially to those •ho like still to pore over the ancient recoiels of thc Craft lhe WiLem M . i . Constitutions , vhieh forms the Sev . md •' ait of Vol . I ., is also of much value to anliipiaiians and he Craft . It is Iirst mentioned in the manifesto e . f the ' Lodge of Atitiiiuity " in 177 S , and the story of its diseivery by the editor lias ben told in thc pages of lhc freemason . It is hoped that this will lead to the discovery . f missing MSS ., and the future volumes of the " Archa ; oogie al Library " will lead Masonic students to a clearer one eptiiui of the real histoiy e . f Freemasonry and the tiua 1 . suing of its wry curious and ancient MSS .

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4 to , clolh , etc ., 12 s . fid . jSTUMERICAL AND NUMISIN MATTCAL UEC . LSTER OF LODGES ONIIKR Tim i . ' . N'inui GUANO LtiotiK OF ENGLAND . Compiled bj . VILLIAM J AMTS HUGHAN , Author of ' * History of Free , nasomy at Ve . rk , " " Memorials of the Masonic Union ol i . Sij , " "Old Charges of tlie British Freemasons , " etc . ! t contains a sketch of Freemasonry in England , thi 'Articles of Union nf IIJIJ , " lists of all special and cento . iary medals , with full descriptions , rolls of Loelges dis . inguh . hed with special and centenary warrants , regulation ! if the Crane ] Lodge respecting Masonic jewels , particulars is to Masonic mcd . ils and tokens , list of existing lodges vhich formed the Grand l-odge of F . njjland , Dec , 1 S 1 V villi lheir numbers before ami as altered in 1 S 14 , I . SIJ , and is . ' . t , lheir names and places of meeting in | S ; S , their years if ceiiisiitiilion , either hy the Grand Lodge of England 'nioelern ) or by Ihe Gram ! Lodge of England according to ' . he old institutions ( ancient ); also a list of extinct Union ' . oilges , wilh their numbers , & c . 'The illustrations comjrise lllhii'raplis in colours of most of the medals ahovr efeiredto . Dc . liratcd to R . W . llro . Sir Albert Willian ' iVoods , Carter P . G . W ., G . D . C . v .

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Impeiial Svo , cloth , 31 s . fid . HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH , MARY ' S CIIAIMI . ( NO . I ) iUIIIKACINO AN ACCOUNT OK THR RlSR AND PltOGHRSS JK EKKTMASONI'V IN SCOTLAND . BV D . MIJUUAY LYON , Granel . Si-cretary Grand Loelge of Scotland , P . Piny . S . G . W . of Ayrshire , & c . This history is based on tlit jldeat Lodge records extant , and other manusciipts ol ineiuestieinahle authenticity , ll treats of the ancient laws . mil usage's of the Operative Fraternity , and traces the development of that association into one of T heoretical Masons . It has been got up at great expense , and contain ; ' . wenty-six beautifully-executed facsimiles , embracing the Masonic Statutes of 15 . /! , the History and charges ol Masonry useel by the Scotch Lodges two hundied ycar > igo , the St . Clair Charters of i <" . oo and iG . Sj , Mason Marks , Seals , etc . s also Authentic Portraits and Autographs of eminent Craftsmen of the past and present time , & e .

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. S 00 pages , Svo , with Index , clota gilt , ios , del . THE HISTORY of FREEMASONRV from its Orgiti to the Present Day . By Hro . J . G . KIN Ult L . Drawn from the best sources and the mo . t recent investigations . Second edition , revised and preface written by Bro . D . Muiuew l . vus , KAV . Grand Secretary of thi Urand Lodge of Scotland . OI'IMOSS OF THE TRESS . Hro . Fill . lei , who has evntten a sober , earnest , an . l clat . rir . itt history of freemasonry in all epiarters of the \ wir . d , does not j ; o tn sr remote a pcond fur the origin ol lUe fraternity . We elniieil h \ ippe > s , e that such , 1 mass e . f material fur a history of the Craft u . t . s eve . tjathcied to , ; ilheras may he fniiinl in this volume , in which Dn author seems lo have fairly exhausted the subject . —Thr ,-ltht uirum . Ilerr Findel has brought together a lan ; c nuitihcr of f . iets ; hi * book ia a valuable addition tei the titerateue of 1 ' reeiii . i-ieitiiy . — Ih Buil . Ur .

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Svo . cloth . >; s . THE LIFE OF CONSTANTINE . Written in Greek , by EUSKIIIUS PAMI'UII . US ( Bishop of C-esarca . in Palestine ) . 'Translatedinto English from that edition , set forth by M . M . I-SIUS , and printed in Paris in the year 1 O 59 . Preface by Bros . R . WleNlwoiUT LITTLK , T ' reas . Gen ., and the Rev . A . F . A . WUODFOUD , P . G . C . With Engravings of Constantine the Great ; Lord Rancliffe of Ireland , ( jrand Commander of the Orders of Constantine and Philipi ; H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , K . G ., Grand Sovereign from iStfi to 18 . 15 ; the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Grand Sovereign iSOGto 1 S 74 ; Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart ., M . P ., Grand Viceroy 1 , SCO to 187 . ) , Grand Sovereign iS ;| . ind 1 S 75 ; Colonel Francis Burdett , Grand Viceroy 1 S 74 and 1875 ; Robert Wentworth Little , Grand Recorder 1 SO 5 to 1 S 72 , Grand Treasurer , 1 S 7 J-4-5 ; The K « ghts ol CooiUntine and the Vision of the Cross , etc .

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STANDARD WORKS ( W FREEMASONRY Paper covers . 1 ^ s . THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED "SCOTTISH RITE . " By Bro . J . T . LOTH , Ph . Dr ., 30 , Representative of thc Grand Orient of France at thc Grand Lodge of Smlland . P . M . Lodge St . Andrew , No . 4 S , P . H . /& C . With beautiful Illustrations of the Emblems of the Thirty-lhree Degrees and . 1 short description of each , as worked under thc Supreme Council of Scotland .

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Crown Svo , cloth , with numerous Diagrams . 7 s . Cd . THE DISCREPANCIES OF FREEMASONRV . Examined during a Week ' s Gossip wilh the late celebialcd Bro . Gilkes-, and other Eminent Masons , en Sundry Obscure and Dillicult Passages in the Ordinary Lodge Lecluris , which , although Open Questions in Grand Lodge , constitute a Source of Doubt and Perplexity in the Craft . A Posthumous Work , by Rtv . Dr . G . OLIVER .

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Five Shillings . HISTORY OF THE AIREDALE LODGE , Xo . . ; . « ; , of the Free and Accepted Masons of l- ' nglaiul . being ( with numerous additions ) an Address to the Mi mbcis . deliver ! dc . n thc sOlh Anniversary of the Lodge , by Br ... | . KAMSDEN RII . EV , P . M ., t * tc .

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Crown Svo , cloth , with Diagrams , fe . THE PYTHAGOREAN TRIANGLE OR THE SCIENCE OF NCMP . ERS . Treating of all the varied peculiarities of Masonic Numbers . A Posthumous Worlr , hy Re v . Dr . G . OLIVER . Demy , v . > , ; . j 2 pages , half morocco , Roxburgh stjle , gilt THE ROYAL MASONIC CYCLOP . KIHA Or 1 IISTORV , RITTS , SVMBOl . ISM , AND BIOGRAPHY . Edited bv Ki . VNEIII R . II . MAC - KI-NZIK , ij " . ^ ( " Ci-jpli'iijinoiis . ' ' ) Containing upwards ol . I' -co subjects , togi'lhi r with ntiinciius critiinnl aiticlcs on tophs never belore tie ale el in . mv Hmilar Wink .

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Crown Svo , clolh . >; s . A LEXICON OF FREEMASONRY . ( . Villaining a 1 \ linilie . n ef all ils Communicable lerins , Notices ol ils Hii-fory , Ti adit ions , and Antii ] iiilies , . nil nn account of all lhe " Riles and Mvslerics of the Ancient World . Bv AI . III-T . T G . MAIKA ' , M . D ., late ¦ ' CIclary-General of ' lhe Council of the I ' . S ., Sic .

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Re-issue . Demy i . 'mo . "js . MASONIC GATHERINGS . Edited . hy Bro . GKOI . I ; .. TAVI . HU , P . M . Containing Historical Records of I ' uein . isoniy from lhc earliest lo lhe present lime , i \ . Y .

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Svo , clolh . ? s . 0 , 1 . THE MYSTERY OF THE BIBLE DATES SOLVED BV THK GREAT PVRAMID . By W . R . uvr . e . noM .

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; : ¦ . - ... rloih . _ - 'd . THE NEW MORALITY . A POEM . By MiNi . in . Reprinted from the " Masonic Magazine" by pennisiion .

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Five Shillings . SCRIPTURAL EXTRACTS FOR THE I'SK OF ROVAL ARCH MASONS AND CHAPTERS .

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'Two Miil'ii . f . and Sixpence . OLOA . NE MANUSCRIPT . No . 3320 , w British M 11-cum . By Bro . A . F . A . Woonionn , P . G . C . ' '

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Clou ll Svo , cle . lh .

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T ' cnlh edition . Clolh . ios . Oil . WASHINGTON AND HIS MASONIC COMPEERS . Illusiiated wilh a reipy of a Masonic Portrait , if Washington , painted from Life . With numerous olher Engravings .

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Clolh . . | s . od . THE MORAL DESIGN OF FREEMASONRV . Deduced from the Old Charges of a-Freemason . I ! VSA . „ I IL LAV , iti-xci ' , D . G . M . To which is added "The ' Vision of Ai . hiiied , " a Masonic Allegorical Poem , by lhe same aiilhe . r .

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Svo . CTuth , Ss . del . LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF FREEMASONRV . Consislir . fr of Masonic Talcs , Songs , and Sketches , never before published . By ROOT . T . Moituis , K . T .

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Clolh . . | s . Od . MANUAL OF THE ORDER OF 'THE EASTERN STAR . Containiningthe Symbols , Scripture Illustrations , Lectures , & c , adapted to the system of adoptive Freemasonry . Arranged hy ROBERT MACOY .

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Svo . Cloth , 7 s . Od . REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE . By Rev . Dr . G . Oi . tvru .

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Cloth , ios . od . T'HEOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY OF 1 FREEMASONRY , in Twelve Lectures on its Specitlativc , Operative , and Spurious Branches . By the Rev . GIIOHOI ; Oi . iviiii , D . D . * LONDON ; G . KENNING , 16 , GREAT QUEEN STREET . ( OPPOSITE FRFEMASONS' HALL ) .