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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

Messrs . Jarrold and Sons , of Norwich and Paternoster Buildings , have just issued a neatly got up volume , to inculcate humanity to animals , from the pen of Miss Anna Seive ' lCdaughter of the Avell knoAvn poetess , Mrs . Sewell . The book deseri'es a very Avide circulation , as I hope to Shoiv by a fciv extracts in another Note . It is entitled Blade Beauty , his Grooms and Companions ; the Autobiograph y of a Horse . As no novel is more eutertainiugits fine humanity ought to recommend it to parents and teachers ,

, and also to all who have to do with the training , riding , or driving of horses . Where Miss Sewell has picked up all her information about horses I know not ; but I have read her book with immense pleasure , aud as a friend of the poor brute creation , I thank her for writing it ; hoping to do it fuller justice at a future time . Rose Cottage , Stolcesley .

She Would Be A Mason.*

SHE WOULD BE A MASON . *

THE funniest story that ever I heard , The funniest thing that ever occurred , Is the story of Mrs . Mehitahle Byrde , Who wanted to be a Mason . Her husband , Tom Byrde , is a Mason

true—As good a Mason as any of you ; He is Tiler of Lodge Cerulean Blue , And tiles and delivers the summons due ; And she wanted to be a Mason , too , This ridiculous Mrs . Byrde . She followed him round , this inquisitive wife ,

And nagged him and teased him half out of his life ; So , to terminate this unhallowed strife , He consented at last to admit her .

And first to disguise her from bonnet and sboon , This ridiculous lady resolved to put on His breech—ah ! forgive me , I mean pantaloon , And miraculously did it fit her ! The Lodge was at work in the Master ' s degree ;

The li ght Avas ablaze on the letter G ; High soared the pillars J and B ; The officers sat like Solomon , wise , The brimstone burned amid horrid cries ; The goat roamed wildly through the room ; The candidate begged ' em to let him go home , And the Devil himself stood up in the East , As proud as an alderman at a feast , When in came Mrs . Byrde .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
SKETCH OF AN OLD LODGE AT FALMOUTH.* Article 2
ANTI-MASONRY.* Article 3
BEATRICE. Article 6
ART-JOTTINGS IN ART-STUDIOS. Article 8
A DREAM. Article 11
WHAT OF THE DAY? Article 11
A MEMORABLE DAY IN JERSEY. Article 12
A MASONIC ADDRESS. Article 14
AMABEL VAUGHAN.* Article 16
IN MEMORIAM. Article 19
GOD'S WAYS. Article 22
LOST AND SAVED; OR, NELLIE POWERS, THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 23
WHAT IS TRUTH?* Article 25
AN HERMETIC WORK. Article 29
A REVIEW. Article 34
FREEMASONRY.* Article 36
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 39
SHE WOULD BE A MASON.* Article 42
AT THE LAST. Article 44
THE CONDITION OF ARTINTHIS COUNTRY. Article 45
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 46
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

Messrs . Jarrold and Sons , of Norwich and Paternoster Buildings , have just issued a neatly got up volume , to inculcate humanity to animals , from the pen of Miss Anna Seive ' lCdaughter of the Avell knoAvn poetess , Mrs . Sewell . The book deseri'es a very Avide circulation , as I hope to Shoiv by a fciv extracts in another Note . It is entitled Blade Beauty , his Grooms and Companions ; the Autobiograph y of a Horse . As no novel is more eutertainiugits fine humanity ought to recommend it to parents and teachers ,

, and also to all who have to do with the training , riding , or driving of horses . Where Miss Sewell has picked up all her information about horses I know not ; but I have read her book with immense pleasure , aud as a friend of the poor brute creation , I thank her for writing it ; hoping to do it fuller justice at a future time . Rose Cottage , Stolcesley .

She Would Be A Mason.*

SHE WOULD BE A MASON . *

THE funniest story that ever I heard , The funniest thing that ever occurred , Is the story of Mrs . Mehitahle Byrde , Who wanted to be a Mason . Her husband , Tom Byrde , is a Mason

true—As good a Mason as any of you ; He is Tiler of Lodge Cerulean Blue , And tiles and delivers the summons due ; And she wanted to be a Mason , too , This ridiculous Mrs . Byrde . She followed him round , this inquisitive wife ,

And nagged him and teased him half out of his life ; So , to terminate this unhallowed strife , He consented at last to admit her .

And first to disguise her from bonnet and sboon , This ridiculous lady resolved to put on His breech—ah ! forgive me , I mean pantaloon , And miraculously did it fit her ! The Lodge was at work in the Master ' s degree ;

The li ght Avas ablaze on the letter G ; High soared the pillars J and B ; The officers sat like Solomon , wise , The brimstone burned amid horrid cries ; The goat roamed wildly through the room ; The candidate begged ' em to let him go home , And the Devil himself stood up in the East , As proud as an alderman at a feast , When in came Mrs . Byrde .

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