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Beatrice.

Agnes Miller found a very agreeable husband in Major Taunton , R . E ., and Carruthers mai-ried the arch and merry Lisette , old Brummer settling a very handsome marriage portion on the young couple . Brummer and I are heth still unmarried , Brummer always declaring that he thinks " he prefers his liberty and his pipe . For de woman ' s ways ancl cle woman ' s temper might

interfere gith the placidity of a ' philosopher . '" Jorrocks and his wife are greatly flourishing , these numerous marriages adding a good deal to the worthy doctor ' s business . When I was last at Cayley there was a tremendous gathering for three christenings , and as Twamley remarked , the amount of caudle consumed was " positively fearful ! " Ah well , I am not so young as I was ; but I often think of gay doings ancl kindly faces , and old days , ancl of friends , and I am g lad to have introduced my readers to a few pleasant people , and above all , Beatrice , who is still my ideal of one of the " brightest and best of Earth ' s

daughters , Have I not been as good as my word , kind reader ? I have told you a little , stupid , pi-osy tale of true love , and made it all end well . Come , for once be geniall y tolerant . After all , we are sick—are we not , of dreadful scenes and awfully wicked men ancl women ? Let us rejoice to think that our heroes ancl heroines are something like the very people you and I , kind friends , have known and talked to , ancl lived with , ancl loved hugely , during these passing years of Life .

In an age of realism let us seek , at any rate , to be , real , and let us not be ashamed to confess that we disavow that " sensationalism " which exalts vice and parodies virtue , ancl renders honour and truth , loyalty and constancy , man ' s duty , ancl woman ' s faith , but the " baseless fabric of a dream . " THE END .

A Sonnet.

A SONNET .

BY JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE . UPON the threshold of another year Let me shake off the clinging mire of sin , And with a reverent feeling enter in

, Thoughtful as if my final hour were near ; And let me supplicate for light to cheer My darkling soul , that stumbles through the gloom Which shrouds the uncertain , pathway to the tomb—The end of all our strife ancl struggle here . True aspirations towards the good should clear

My grief-beclouded mind ; good thoughts should bring The power to do a good and hol y thing , Ancl make me strenuous , steadfast , and sincere ; Good deeds should help me o ' er the rugged way To a diviner realm . Let me begin to-day .

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TARSHISH; ITS MODERN REPRESENTATIVE. Article 1
THE LEGEND OF THE "QUATUOR CORONATI." Article 4
THE OLD CHARGES OF THE BRITISH FREEMASONS. Article 11
MICHAEL FARADAY. Article 16
THE OLD AND THE NEW TEAR. Article 20
THE RUINS OF PALENQUE. Article 22
THE FLOWERS UPON THE GRAVE. Article 23
THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY: Article 24
BEATRICE. Article 27
A SONNET. Article 29
LENORA. Article 30
EXTRACTS, WITH NOTES, FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE OF FRIENDSHIP, NO. 277, OLDHAM. Article 33
ACROSTIC. Article 36
A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Article 37
BENEFICIENTIA. Article 39
OUTLINE OF A MASONIC LECTURE ON MASONRY IN JAPAN IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Article 40
THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE. Article 42
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Beatrice.

Agnes Miller found a very agreeable husband in Major Taunton , R . E ., and Carruthers mai-ried the arch and merry Lisette , old Brummer settling a very handsome marriage portion on the young couple . Brummer and I are heth still unmarried , Brummer always declaring that he thinks " he prefers his liberty and his pipe . For de woman ' s ways ancl cle woman ' s temper might

interfere gith the placidity of a ' philosopher . '" Jorrocks and his wife are greatly flourishing , these numerous marriages adding a good deal to the worthy doctor ' s business . When I was last at Cayley there was a tremendous gathering for three christenings , and as Twamley remarked , the amount of caudle consumed was " positively fearful ! " Ah well , I am not so young as I was ; but I often think of gay doings ancl kindly faces , and old days , ancl of friends , and I am g lad to have introduced my readers to a few pleasant people , and above all , Beatrice , who is still my ideal of one of the " brightest and best of Earth ' s

daughters , Have I not been as good as my word , kind reader ? I have told you a little , stupid , pi-osy tale of true love , and made it all end well . Come , for once be geniall y tolerant . After all , we are sick—are we not , of dreadful scenes and awfully wicked men ancl women ? Let us rejoice to think that our heroes ancl heroines are something like the very people you and I , kind friends , have known and talked to , ancl lived with , ancl loved hugely , during these passing years of Life .

In an age of realism let us seek , at any rate , to be , real , and let us not be ashamed to confess that we disavow that " sensationalism " which exalts vice and parodies virtue , ancl renders honour and truth , loyalty and constancy , man ' s duty , ancl woman ' s faith , but the " baseless fabric of a dream . " THE END .

A Sonnet.

A SONNET .

BY JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE . UPON the threshold of another year Let me shake off the clinging mire of sin , And with a reverent feeling enter in

, Thoughtful as if my final hour were near ; And let me supplicate for light to cheer My darkling soul , that stumbles through the gloom Which shrouds the uncertain , pathway to the tomb—The end of all our strife ancl struggle here . True aspirations towards the good should clear

My grief-beclouded mind ; good thoughts should bring The power to do a good and hol y thing , Ancl make me strenuous , steadfast , and sincere ; Good deeds should help me o ' er the rugged way To a diviner realm . Let me begin to-day .

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