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Morehead , with illustrations , and to which attention has been called both in the Freemason and Literary Advertr / . er . We think it well to add here Dr . Moon ' s own account of his good work for 1876

;—"A Brief Account of the Progress and Success of Dr . Moon ' s Reading for the Blind during the year 1876 . " With grateful thanks to the Giver of all good , Dr . Moon presents the following summary to the kind friends who have so

liberally , for many years , supported him iu his work of preparing Embossed Books for the Blind . "During the past year 5 , 869 volumes have been circulated , making a total of more than 103000 volumes issued since

, the commencement of the work . Of those sent out last year , 2 , 234 were books of Scripture , and 3 , 635 were upon Religious , Biographical , Educational , and other subjects . " The circulation of the books has not

been confined to Great Britain and Ireland , large numbers having been sent abroad to America , Australia , India , Russia , Sweden , Germany , France , Italy , Portugal , Syria , & c . Copies of the Lord ' s Prayer , and other small portions of Scripture , have been sent as specimens to

LaplandIce-, land , Greenland , to Labrador ( for the Esquimaux ) , the Fiji Islands , and Japan . " In addition to the large orders now on hand for the Blind of our own country , large supplies are in preparation for AustraliaAmericaSyriaSweden & c .

, , , , "It is an encouraging fact that pressing applications are being received from the readers generally , for a still greater variety of books , manifesting that the Blind greatly appreciate the boon they possess in being able to read for

themselves by the aid of this type . " Dr . Moon has adapted his alphabet to 121 languages , many of which have been successfully employed by Missionaries and others , in distant lands ; and it is to be hopedthat during the present

, year ( 1877 ) , opportunities may be afforded for sending specimens in several of the other languages to the Blind of Foreign lands . "Dr . Moon is desirous of embracing all opportunities of circulating these specimens in new countries , by the kind

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assistance of Missionaries and others , who may be going abroad . " At the conclusion of one of the meetings which Dr . Moon addressed in Manchester , during his travels last autumn , a person thanked him for the blessing and comfort which the reading of the books

had afforded her cousin who had died about three months previously . From childhood she had been blind , deaf , and dumb , and ' it would be impossible , ' said her cousin , ' to describe the pleasure and comfort the books had afforded .- For hours

at a time she would sit and read portions of the Bible , and constantly a smile of delight might be seen to pass over her face . '

" Reference might be made to numerous other instances illustrating the appreciation which the Blind manifest , and the comfort afforded them in the embossed reading , and Dr . Moon trusts that the friends who have so liberally aided him hitherto in his

labours , will kindly continue to assist him in meeting the increased demands for the books . " We will only say one word more—contributions may be addressed to Dr . William Moon , 104 , Queen ' s Road , Brighton—and that no better humanitarian work can be su ] jported by the sympathetic and the benevolent .

Tom Hood.

TOM HOOD .

"He sang the Song of the Shirt . " By Bro ' . EMKA HOLMES , Author of Lectures on "Public Speaking ; what it is , and what it might be "; " Charles Dickens "; and " Odds and Ends of Wit and Humour . " Delivered at Ipswich , Colchester , and

Saxmmdham , and rewritten for the MASONIC MAGAZINE . CONJOINTLY with Mr . Reynolds , he wrote and published anonymously , " Odes and Addresses to Great People . " This had a great sale , and occasioned no little wonder and speculation as to the author . S . T . Coleridge writes to Lamb , accusing him of writing the Odes . He says , " No ,