V. of the S.L., and with the analogies which the |

Instituted Mysteries of antiquity present with our | ceremonies. It is a thought-compelling book. Notably it identifies the place where the Mysteries carried on in connection with the King | Solomon’s OO were held, which is proved to | have been a “ Middle Chamber.” »
A. LEWIS, 13, PATERNOSTER Row, Lonpon, E.C.4
IMPORTANT MASONIC WORK.
Copyright. Feap. 8vo. (6¢x 4% tn.), 256 pages, 6s. net, post free.
CONCISE CYCLOPA:DIA OF FREEMASONRY; or, HANDBOOK OF | | MASONIC REFERENCE, Compiled from various sources by E. L, Hawkins, M.A. | Oxon. P.M. Nos. 357, 478, & 1842; P. Prov. S.G.W. & P, §
Prov. G. Sec. of Oxfordshire, etc. ; Author of “A History’| | of Freemasonry in Oxfordshire.” :
*,* The object of the ‘‘ Concise Cyclopzedia of Freemasonry” +f
is to furnish brief yet lucid answers to the questions which occur to the mind of the ordinary Freemason, who, as the. Author says in his Preface (see extract below), has neither | time nor inclination to embark upon a regular study of | Masonic history and antiquities,
EXTRACT FROM AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
“J do not profess to cater for Masonic students, but only | 1 for those who want an immediate answer with regard to the { ] history or antiquities of our Order on some point which has cropped up in conversation either within or without the { Lodge, and who have neither time nor inclination to investi- } } gate the matter for themselves.”
A. LEWIS, 13, PATERNOSTER Row, Lowpon, E.C.
NEW AND IMPORTANT MASONIC WORK.
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HE PERFECT ASHLAR, AND OTHER MASONIC SYMBOLS.
By the Rev. J. T. Lawrence, M.A. (Oxon), Past Assistant Grand Chaplain, Eng., ete. ; Author of ‘‘ Masonic Juris- prudence,” ‘* Sidelights on Freemasonry,'’ ‘‘ By-ways of Freemasonry,” Directories for Lodge Officers, etc. ; formerly Editor of Zhe Zndian Masonic Review.
Audi, Vide, Tace.
Illustrated by Full-page Collotype Plates of the Grand Lodge Library and its Contents (by Permission).
With a Portrait of the Rt. Hon. the EARL OF DERBY,
Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for the Eastern
Division of the County of Lancaster, to whom the book is respectfully dedicated by the Author, by permission.
CONTENTS.—I. The Rough and Perfect Ashlars.—2. The Principal Officers’ Emblems.—3. The Principal Officers’ Emblems (continwed).—4. The Subordinate Officers’ Em- blems.—5. Masonic Clothing.—6. The Gavel and the Chisel, —7. The Twenty-four-Inch Gauge.—8. The Pillars at the Porch.—9. The Lights.—1o. The Compasses.—11. The Sacred Pavement.—12. The Tracing-Board.—13. The Blazing Star.—14. Masonic Titles and Dignities.—15. The Charge.—16. The Seal of Solomon.—17. King David.— 18. The Lewis.—19. High Watermark.—20, The Skirret. —21. Moses.—22, The Banners of the Tribes.—23. The Refreshment.—24. The Material Qualifications of a Candi- date.—25. Freemasonry and the Patriarchs.—26. Grand Lodge Library.—27. The Tassels.—28. The Pencil and the Pen.—2q. The Two Scribes.
A. LEWIS, 23, PATERNOSTER Row, Lonpon, E.C.
IMPORTANT NEW MASONIC WORK.
Copyright. Feap. 8vo. (63 44 in.), 304 Zp., 68. net, post free. Y-WAYS OF FREEMASONRY. By the Rev. J. T. Lawrencz, M.A., P.A.G.C.., etc. Dedicated by permission to