Contents.

CONTENTS .

PACK ANOTHER YEAR { with a Portrait ) Si ROUND AND AUOUT . I ! V"THE DRUID" { with a Portrait ) ... 82 MASONIC MEMS .. S 4 EMINENT MASONS AT HOME : No . 6 . — MR . AUGUSTUS HARRIS , AT THE EI . MS , REGENTS PARK { with a Portrait ) SS

PAGE THE TREASURER 90 GRAND LODGE OK ENGLAND ... 91 GRAND LODGE OE SCOTLAND ... 91 GRAND MARK LODGE 91 AMONG THE BOHEMIANS . liv " KING MOD" 92 COLONIAL AND FOREIGN ... 93 GATHERED CHIPS 94 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 94

Another Year.

ANOTHER YEAR .

ANOTHER of the milestones of life which divide our puny existences , so that our minds may run riot over those that have been left behind , is upon us , and will in its season be written off as a thing past and gone . If there is an ) ' season of the year which makes men universally give some thought to things not quite

earthly , it is Christmas , with its general rejoicings , its family meetings , and its friendly associations . It is a season for " making up " the petty frictions of the past year , a season when men may take their fellows by the hand and connect the current of friendship which for a period has been broken . The fall of tlie year has no special

call upon Freemasonry beyond that which appeals to the heart of an ordinary Christian , but Freemasonry , like all other Institutions , may take its bearings from these milestones of life . A survey of tlie past twelve months will reveal many events of the Craft , events , perhaps , demanding more than a thought . Above them and beyond them all stands the extraordinary affairs of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . We trace the budding discord among the

subscribers in the latter part of iSSS . We trace also that unfortunate report of tlie Enquiry Committee , a report which has done more injury to the Institution and the charitable propensity of the Craft than will ever be known , tlie voluntary resignation of Dr . Morris and Mr . Binckes , and the great opposition expressed by a very large section of the subscribers to tlie proposed pension to the latter

gentleman , together with the minor details of the afl ' air which of necessity intervene . We have previously expressed , more or less strongly , our views of the matter , and we can but wish for a satisfactory settlement of the case before the year is actually gone . Of Lodges and Chapters there have been several consecrations of

importance , chief of which , perhaps , are tlie Viator Lodge ( 230 S ) , The Scots Lodge ( 2319 ) , and the La France Chapter ; but of much more lasting benefit to the Order is the large number of Masonic Halls which have been finished or commenced during the year . As education is to the elevation of the working classes , so are properly-constructed Temples to the elevation of Masonry .

Of the losses our old friend death has made among our ranks that of Canon Portal is instantly remembered , but there are many others , including two Provincial Grand Masters , Sir Charles Lanyon , of Antrim , and Sir Daniel Gooch , of Berks and Bucks , and one Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Mr . Gerard Ford , of Sussex ,

whose sad death , the result of an accident , occurred during the enforced absence of his chief , Prince Arthur of Connaught , in India . The resultant appointment and installation of the Marquis of Hertford to the Province of Antrim must be chronicled among the

Another Year.

events of the year , as also that successful meeting at Easton Lodge , when Lord Brooke demonstrated the usefulness of a Provincial Grand Master in conducting so successfully the affairs of a province . That Edward Terry defeated George Everett for the post of Grand Treasurer was somewhat of a surprise to the Craft , but that

the well-known actor-Brother has honored the obligations of the position is unanimously admitted . Of Masonic literature the historical atmosphere of Torquay has given us several volumes from the pens of Bros . W . H . Hughan and John Jane , two of which arc mentioned on another page ; but perhaps the most ambitious is

Mr . Whyinper ' s exquisite little book , the fac-simile of the early poem on Freemasonry , from the original manuscript in the British Museum .

LORD ISROOKE , M . P . * Next to these things the birth of the MASONIC REVIEW , of which this is the sixth number published , ma ) ' claim some consideration . These six numbers have given us the opportunity of proving many things upon which we were without information , and preparing for

that fast-approaching moment when the journal will contain all the features our original conception had formed . We , therefore , honor our promises , and make new ones , by commencing the series of signed articles , spoken of in our first issue , in the January number of the new year , and in February commencing the first of a

continuous series of papers dealing with a separate Masonic centre each month . Each paper will occupy about three of our pages , and will deal in a highly-interesting and descriptive manner with the local characteristics and features of interest , illustrated by hand and photographic sketches ; local brethren

will be chatted with , and portraits of local Masonic celebrities included in each of the series . These descriptive articles will come from the pen of a writer of repute , and will form