Reviews Of New Books.

The next department in the history is the jurisprudence of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky , in the form of a comment and explanatory notes upon the constitutional regulations , rules and by-laws of the Grand Lodge . The volume closes with a catalogue of the " membership . of the Lodges in . Kentucky , arranged alphabetically , each name marked with its proper Lodge . This table , comprising nearly eleven thousand names , was preb

pared y the Hon . 11 . T . Monsarrat , P . Prov . G . M ., ancl is a monument of labour . Though the work must excite greater interest in the locality , and the other States ofthe Union than in England , no brother can take it up without deriving a great amount of information from its pages , which will render it a necessary adjunct to every Masonic library . How universall y Freemasonry is spread over the American continent is shown by the factthat the latest returns from thirty-four Grand Lodges ( given at

, page 431 of this history ) shows the number of registered Lodges to be -1 , 055 , possessing , exclusive of 813 Lodges making no returns , 178 , 1 ( 57 members , ancl initiating in the year 23 , 1-13 persons . The revenue for the year of the Loclges making the returns ivas 169 , 001 dollars , or about £ 33 , 800 . In Kentucky alone the ratio of Masons to the population , which in 1 , 800 ivas as 1 in 150 was last year 1 in 83 , a very satisfactory progress . AVe cordiallrecommend the work to the perusal of all our readers . With

y men like Rob Morris to prepare it , the history of Masonry iu the various sections of the world presents a wide field for the student to produce works of world-wide interest ancl usefulness , ivithout going into the realms of fancy to fill Masonic libraries .

The Prudence Book of Freemasonry for 1859 . By Bro . Ron . Mourns . — AVe have before us the first part of this work , comprising a catalogue from the latest official data of the Grand Loclges , subordinate Loclges , ancl individual Masons , members of the Loclges in the United States ancl British provinces , with the seal of each Grand Lodge , published , as wc arc informed , to afford a " means of recognition , and a test to try impostors . " In his preface , Bro . Morris says , "There are hordes of men going about from

Lodge to Lodge , putting up pitiful appeals of poverty ancl destitution , drawing out the hard-earned earnings of the fraternity by their lying assertions , and bringing the whole society into discredit ; " and it is to check this the Prudence Book is published , as when a visitor presents himself at a Lodge , it will become a matter of course to look for his name in the Prudence Book , and if not there , without a satisfactory explanation , lie will not be admitted . AVe can readily imagine that such a book may prove of

great value in a country in which Masonry is placed under some forty or fifty jurisdictions , and there are consequently such a ' variety of certificates ; as even in our own country , with only one governing body , we are too often exposed to imposition , though it must be admitted that the impostors very rarely bear English certificates . Could we obtain a list of all " travellers " relieved at the various Loclges , we might by tracing their course from town to town do much to put a stop to such impositions . Perhaps our country brethren will take our hint into consideration .

Things not Generally Known Popularly Explained . By -ionx Turns , F . S . A . Second series . Kent ancl Co . ( late Bogue ) , Fleet-street . —There is no educational writer of the day who so well hits the taste of his readers as Mr . Timbs ; ancl there is no work published by him which can be taken up without affording both amusement and instruction . The first series of his "Things not generally known" met with the most extraordinary success , upwards of twenty-three thousand having been sold , notwithstaud-