Freemasonry In 1900.

this being the first attempt made to compile any such list since lhe publication of Spratfs work . The value of this catalogue may be judged from thc fact that no name has been admitted into it " except on documentary evidence , derived at first hand from contemporaneous public or private sources . " Indeed , the

work is of such a character that it is barely possible to estimate the extent to which the whole Craft , but more especially in Ireland , is under obligation to the author for what he has accomplished—at the cost of what labour it is easier to imagine than to describe . Another work that has seen the

lig ht during the present year is the " 1 ercentenary Edition " of lhe "History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary's Chapel ) , No . i , " compiled by Bro . D . Murray Lyn , G . Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The earlier edition was published in 1 S 73 , and by way of commemorating the tercentenary in the

summer of 18 99 of the earliest extant minutes of this venerable lodge , Bro . Lyon , at the request of the members , has continued his historv to the present time , strictly following on the lines of

the original work by introducing all such particulars as were calculated to throw additional light on the history of -Masonry throughout the whole of Scotland . Wc have so recently reviewed the book that wc need not do more here than

repeat our congratulations to Scottish brethren generally on thc publication of so valuable a record of their doings , and to Bro . Lyon himself on his ability to carry out successfully so laborious a work at his advanced age ancl in the midst of all the exacting duties and responsibilities of his oflice . There is also another

work on the issue of which during the year we may justly congratulate ourselves . Wc allude to " French Prisoners' Lodges , " from the pen of Bro . John T . Thorp , P . Prov . G . W . of Leicestershire and Rutland , the able Secretary of that rising literary lodge—the " Lodge of Research , " No . 2429 , Leicester . The

hook contains what its author modestly describes as " A Brie * f Account of Twenty-six Lodges and Chapters of Freemasons , established and conducted by French Prisoners of War in England and elsewhere between 1756 and 1814 , '' and is illustrated by a number of plates , giving facsimile reproductions of

certificates ancl other documents , lodge : seals , ccc , & c , & c . Thc subject is not entirely new , but Bro . Thorp by the fulness wilh which he has gone into it ancl the amount of authentic information he has unearthed may be said to have made it almost entirely his own . At all events , hc can have compiled it only

after much patience and labour , and has shown great ability and care in thc arrangement of his material . We * have also , quite recently , received Vol . IX . of "Quatuor Coronatorum Autigrapha , " lie-ing " The Book of the Fundamental Constitutions and Orders of the Philo Music . x * e * -l Archilee * tur ; e Societas , London ,

1725-1727 "—a most valuable Reprint , with Introduction auel Note's hy Bro . XV . Harry Rylands , F . S . A ., P . A . G . D . C . ; illustrated with Plate's and Facsimiles ; and edited by Bro . G . W . Speth , P . A . G . D . C . As Bros . Thorp and Rylands are Englsh Masons

•ind Iiros . Dr . Crawley and Murray Lyon belong to the Irish and Scottish' Grand Lodges respectively , the * three ' Masonic jurisdictions into which the United Kingdom is parcelled out have each of them a share , and an appreciable share , in thc literary honours of the year .

As regards our serial publications , the principal are , a . heretofore for some few years , " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , or the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , " •mil the Proceedings of the " Lodge of Research , " No . 2429 , Leicester , the former being still as ably edited as ever by its Secretary , Bro . G . XV , Speth , P . A . G . D . C , and containiiug papers

of as great literary merit , while thc task of editing the latter remains in charge of Bro . Thorp , who not only discharges his duty with thc same ability and courtesy as in the past , but also finds time to compile such interesting books as the " French Prisoners' Lodges , " to which reference has been made above ,

ancl other historical books . As for the Freemason , we can say no more than that we value most highly the kindly consideration we have received during thc year from the ever-increasing

number of our friends , and supporters , ancl that we shall spare no effort to deserve in the future a continuance of that generous encouragement which they have uniformly extended towards us in the past .

OBITUARY . The roll of deaths is , we are glad to say , not excessivel y long , but among those who have passed away are many who held high rank in thc Craft , and who had rendered valuable services . Two Provincial Grand Masters claim our first attention—the Earl of Radnor , who was appointed Provincial Grand

Master and Grand Superintendent of Wiltshire in 18 91 , in succession to the late Lord Methuen , and who was also head of the Mark Degree in the same province ; and Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., who had presided over Craft and Royal Arch Masonry in Durham for about 15 years , having been appointed

successor to the lata Marquis of Londonderry in 18 S 5 . We also have to regret the loss of the Earl of Londesborough , who served as Senior Grand Warden in i 860 , and had always taken a deep interest in Freemasonry , not only in his Province of North and East Yorkshire , of which he was a Past Prov . S . G . Warden ,

and London , where he helped to found and presided as first W . M . over the well-known Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , but also in United States Masonry , one of his latest and most thoughtful acts in connection with which was his sending a memorial wreath to be placed on thc monument of General

Washington in celebration of the centenary of that distinguished brother ' s death on the 14 th December of last year . And there are yet two others of equal rank—the late Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., on whom , in 1 SS 7 , the M . W . G . Master was pleased to confer the position of Past Grand Warden , and who

for many years had held the important office of Deputy Prov . ( irand Master of Wiltshire ; the Earl of Portarlingfon , S . G . Warden in 1897 , and a leading Dorsetshire Mason ; and the Earl of Donoughmore , S . G . Warden in 18 7 6 . In Januarv llmre occurred the death of Bro . the Rev . R . J . Simpson , M . A .,

who served as ( irand Chaplain in the years 186 7 and 1868 , and who took an active part in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , while earl )* in July , Bro . Richard live , who was elected Grand Treasurer in 188 7 , but will be best remembered by his signal services as Chairman , from the dale of its formation till his death ,

of the Board of Management ol the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Among other Past Grand Oflicers whose loss we haveto deplore are Bros . Sir A . 11 . Bevan , late Sheriff of London , who was elected G . Treasurer in 1 S 99 ; A . Stewart Brown , F . R . C . S ., Past . G . Deacon , who sacrificed his life in the heroic attempt to

to save that of a man whe ) tell into the sea at Boulogne ; Sir F . (] . M . Boileau , Bart ., P . G . D . and G . Superintendent , Norfolk ; C . II . Driver , Past G . Supt . of Works ; John Lane , who died on the 30 II 1 December , 181 ) 9 , and , therefore , subsequentl y to the

publication of our last Christmas annual , who was made Past A . G . D . C . of England in 18 95 and presented with the clothing of his rank in recognition of his valuable services to Masonic literature bv the compilation of his " Masonic Records , " and the presentation of

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