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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-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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-