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tion ; meanwhije no person should omit to peruse its pages , who desires to have his intellectual powers expanded and moral aspirations ennobled by this talented exposition of Nature ' s mysteries ., calculated to improve both .
The Constitutions of the Freemasons , containing the History , Charges > Sfc , of that Most Ancient and Bight Worshipful Fraternity * London , 1753 : republished ( fac-simile ) by J . W . Leonard & Co ., 383 , Broadway , New York , 1855 ( commonly called " Anderson ' s Constitutions " ) . —This is a capital reprint , with all the distinctive peculiarities of old type , Ac ,-of the Constitutions of our Order , and is
dedicated to Bro . M . W , W . Lewis , M . D ., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . It is an elegant volume as well as a very important work , and contains much valuable intelligence as to the records and traditions of our noble Fraternitye Considerable and sound learning is displayed in connecting Masonry witb the most ancient triumphs of art , and tke whole history of its progress
is interestingly displayed , from the earliest period down to that at which this book was written ; viz ., the epoch of the M . W . Grand Master John Duke of Montague , to whom the original book was dedicated by that ever-to-be-honoured Mason , J . T . Desaguliers , Deputy Grand Master . Moreover we have the charges of a Freemason derived from the ancient records of ultramarine and home
Lodges , treating of topics instructive to all , under the several heads of—1 . God and Eeligion ; 2 . Supreme and subordinate Magistrates ; 3 . Lodges ; 4 . Masters , Officers , and Members ; 5 . Craft Working ; 6 . Behaviour , besides general regulations . Should any Brother
desire a copy of this instructive work , we have no doubt Bro . Spencer , of Holborn , can obtain him one ; but the volume itself bears no London printer ' s name of modern date , and was forwarded to us by our respected American Bro . Leonard , of New York , through the courtesy of our Bro . Spencer .
The Preaching of Christ . By James Augustus St . Joror . London : Chapman and Hall . —Few writers have aided literature in its several branches more than the well-known author of this work , and the talented members of his family . His " Philosophy at the Foot of the Cross" is too famed to need farther recommendation ; and we confess that his new work wins upon us as much by its simple yet
deep enunciation of truth , as by its masterly recognition and portraiture of the Saviours all-surpassing excellencies . The book should be found in the closets of the prayerful , on the reading-table of the doubter , and the shelves of the inquirer into metaphysical subtleties ; for the intellectual goes hand in hand with the moral power , and the observations of a sagacious and deep-thinking mind are tempered with the sound knowledge and counsels of the Christian .
A Popular History of Birds . By Adam "White . Lovell Reeve . — -This beautiful little book ( royal IGmo . ) belongs to an admirable popular series of works on natural history , which Mr . Eeeve has for
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tion ; meanwhije no person should omit to peruse its pages , who desires to have his intellectual powers expanded and moral aspirations ennobled by this talented exposition of Nature ' s mysteries ., calculated to improve both .
The Constitutions of the Freemasons , containing the History , Charges > Sfc , of that Most Ancient and Bight Worshipful Fraternity * London , 1753 : republished ( fac-simile ) by J . W . Leonard & Co ., 383 , Broadway , New York , 1855 ( commonly called " Anderson ' s Constitutions " ) . —This is a capital reprint , with all the distinctive peculiarities of old type , Ac ,-of the Constitutions of our Order , and is
dedicated to Bro . M . W , W . Lewis , M . D ., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . It is an elegant volume as well as a very important work , and contains much valuable intelligence as to the records and traditions of our noble Fraternitye Considerable and sound learning is displayed in connecting Masonry witb the most ancient triumphs of art , and tke whole history of its progress
is interestingly displayed , from the earliest period down to that at which this book was written ; viz ., the epoch of the M . W . Grand Master John Duke of Montague , to whom the original book was dedicated by that ever-to-be-honoured Mason , J . T . Desaguliers , Deputy Grand Master . Moreover we have the charges of a Freemason derived from the ancient records of ultramarine and home
Lodges , treating of topics instructive to all , under the several heads of—1 . God and Eeligion ; 2 . Supreme and subordinate Magistrates ; 3 . Lodges ; 4 . Masters , Officers , and Members ; 5 . Craft Working ; 6 . Behaviour , besides general regulations . Should any Brother
desire a copy of this instructive work , we have no doubt Bro . Spencer , of Holborn , can obtain him one ; but the volume itself bears no London printer ' s name of modern date , and was forwarded to us by our respected American Bro . Leonard , of New York , through the courtesy of our Bro . Spencer .
The Preaching of Christ . By James Augustus St . Joror . London : Chapman and Hall . —Few writers have aided literature in its several branches more than the well-known author of this work , and the talented members of his family . His " Philosophy at the Foot of the Cross" is too famed to need farther recommendation ; and we confess that his new work wins upon us as much by its simple yet
deep enunciation of truth , as by its masterly recognition and portraiture of the Saviours all-surpassing excellencies . The book should be found in the closets of the prayerful , on the reading-table of the doubter , and the shelves of the inquirer into metaphysical subtleties ; for the intellectual goes hand in hand with the moral power , and the observations of a sagacious and deep-thinking mind are tempered with the sound knowledge and counsels of the Christian .
A Popular History of Birds . By Adam "White . Lovell Reeve . — -This beautiful little book ( royal IGmo . ) belongs to an admirable popular series of works on natural history , which Mr . Eeeve has for