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The History Of Freemasonry.

THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY .

FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY . Drawn from the best sources and the most recent investigations . BY J . G . FINDEL , Second Edition , Revised , and Preface written by Bro . D . MURRAY LYON . One ; ol ., 800 pages 8 vc , with an Index . Clotli gilt . Price , ios . Gd . " Tills book is a strictly historical one , from which al ] is excluded that is not based upon ascertained or probable fact . "—Buildtr . " Of its value to Fieemasons , as a detailed history of their Brotherhood , it is not possible to speak too hig hly . " —

Public Opinion . " The author seems to have fairly exhausted the sub-; ect . "—The Athenaeum . "The edition we are now considering is a second English edition , which had the gieat advantage of Bro . D . M . Lyon ' s able superintendence and editorship in its English dress . There can be no doubt but , that so far , Bro .

Findel ' s work is the most complete work on Freemasonry which has yet appeared , and that he deserves thc greatest credit for his careful and accurate treatment of all evidence on the subject , and for his honest desire after truth . Bro . Findel gives up in the view he lias so clearly and con sistently put forth our early Masonic history , the older theory of the Roman Colleges , etc ., and limits the origin

of Freemasonry to about the twelfth century , and as then arising from the operative Masons , and specially the " Steinmcitzen" and " Bauhutten" of Germany . Bro Findel gives us a good deal of evidence on this head , and one thing is clear fiom his work , that the German Freemasons were , at a very early period , organized into lodges with a Master over them , and with outward regulations anil

inner ceremonies peculiar to the Craft . Bro . Findel rejects all the views which have been from time to time put forward of a Templar or a Rosicrncian origin . Whether or no Bro , Findel ' s theory of the date of the rise of Freemasonry be correct , matters very little : we do not ourselves profess to accept it ; but this wecan fairly say of Bro Findel ' s work , it is marked from first to last by the most remarkable

token of industry , ability , and care , of patient research , and of skilful criticism . We know of no work which so clearly sets before us our amount of knowledge up to the present time on the great question of Masonic Archaeology , and there can be littledoubtthatwhat . Preston ' svvorkisto English Freemasonry , Findel ' s work is to cosmopolitan Freemasonry . Indeed no stu ; ent in Masonry can now dispense with it , and it

is a perfect storehouse both of Masonic evidence and Masonic illustrations . Wc earnestly recommend all the lodges in this country to obtain a copy for the lodge library before thc work is bought up for America ; and we believe that no Mason will rise from the perusal of its pages without a higher idea both of thc historical truth and intrinsic value of Freemasonry , and of fraternal regard and recognition to

t he latest nnd not the least well-informed or effective of our Masonic historians . The present century has produced no such equal , in authority and usefulness , to the great work of our Bro . Findel , and we wish him and it , in all of fraternal sympathy and kindly intent , many earnest

readers , and mote grateful students . "—77 ie Masonic Magazine . "This volume is the history of Masonry par excellence Every interested person may regard it , therefore , as the present text-book on the subject . "—Manchester Guardian London : GEORGE KENNING , 10 S , Fleet Street .

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Answers To Correspondents.

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Freemasonry In Austria.

FREEMASONRY IN AUSTRIA .

There seems to be some little doubt , from two paragraphs we published in our last issue , containing exactly opposite information , whether Freemasonry has as yet obtained a

legal status in the Austrian Empire . We are inclined to think and to hope that no question has been raised at all , as we had understood that , as " non-political societies , " and so

registered , according to thc Austrian laws , the Masonic lodges , especially the " Humanitas , " and others , are proceeding peacefully and prosperously in their good work , and on their

friendly mission . Whatever may be the exact state of the law , one way or the other , we feel as we have always felt , that , while we may regret that any objection may exist to

Freemasonryespecially when characterized by the develop , ment of its true principles , yet that we have no right to seem to dictate to lawfull y constituted authority , nor even to complain if sometimes

Freemasonry and Freemasons are looked upon with some little distrust by foreign governments For though we in England are a pre-eminently loyal body , and are never likely to make " cabals , "

or give trouble to the State , in full accordance with our oldest regulations and constitutions , yet the vagaries and professions of Freemasonry

abroad , have sometimes startled the sober , and alarmed the dubious . Believing as we do , that even in this , there is much of exaggeration and

Freemasonry In Austria.

misunderstanding , purposely fostered by certain writers , and religious schools , we yet cannot shut our eyes to the fact , that a good deal of the foreign system and teaching of Freemasonry , is

such as would not even be tolerated for one moment in our Masonic Order in England . No one can take up foreign Masonic literature , or read the addresses of their orators , without

seeing how many topics they handle , which are wisely excluded from Freemasonry here , altogether , and how that it is just possible , that many a foreign government , animated with the

best intentions as regards liberty of speech and action , may hesitate to allow headway to societies whose open avowals of aims and ends are tinged with so much of political colouring ,

and marked even by revolutionary aspirations . We have always insisted , and we insist still , on the duty incumbent on English Freemasons to obey the laws of that country , which

for the time may be their residence , or afford them its protection , and we should not ourselves ever associate with surreptitious meetings of Freemasons , contrary to , and in defiance

of , the laws of their country . But while we feel that we have no ri ght to complain of , or question the decision of any government which , in the exercise of its proper responsibility ,

declines to allow or to give a legal recognition to the working of Masonic Lodges , we yet feel bound to add that , in our humble opinion , no state need fear anything from the true principles

of Freemasonry . For Freemasonry , as we profess it in England , inculcates most strongly , ever loyalty to the state and obedience to the laws , cheerful submission to rulers , and due respect

for all lawfully constituted authorities , while at the same time it advocates everywhere peace and order , the rights of individual freedom , and the independence of national organization . It

unceasingly urges a due observance of general and municipal regulations , the sanctity of family life , the blessings of social order , and the firm maintenance of all those institutions by which

our human society is alike compacted and welded together in harmony and patriotism , by which national life is best able truly to prosper and by which the moral well-being and

happiness of all peaceful and industrious citizens is the best secured . Revolution and anarch y , local discord , and agitating disturbances have no stronger enemy than Freemasonry , which seeks

for tranquility , and proclaims brotherly love , and whose great motto , amid all the changes of the world , is " Glory to God , and good-will to man ! " The genuine axioms of Freemasonry

are such as we have laid them down , and when we add to these its unaltered advocacy of philanthropy , toleration , benevolence , and relief , we surely have given the outline of

principles the most conducive to the safe and quiet progress of the world and the moral and general happiness of our race . Any other avowed principles than these are not the true

principles of Freemasonry , and wherever Freemasons mix up either politics , or religion , or Utopian schemes , or philosophical reveries , with

their profession of Freemasonry , they may be anything else , but they are not and never can be true Freemasons . We trust before long then to hear whatever may be the tem-