The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

sin Avith the daughters of Moab . The feasts of Baal Peor or Adonis were celebrated after the manner of funerals ; and the worshippers committed a thousand dissolute actions , particularly after they were told that Adonis , whom they hacl

mourned as dead , Avas alii'e again . Origen believed Baal Peor to be the idol of turpitude . " The ' symbols of Orus , under this form , are accordingly p laced in the Tracing Board borne by the holy scarab , and will form subjects of future consideration , when we come to expatiate on the references .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries , - Copenhagen ; Corresponding Member of tke Roval Historical Society , London ; Honorary Member of the Manchester Literary Club , and of the Whitby Literarv and Philosophical Society ,

IN the February number of the MASONIC MAGAZINE , I briefly noticed the death of my gifted friend , Mr . James Gregor Grant . Here is a Sonnet of his on Rydal and Wordsworth , Avhich may giA'e those unacquainted Avith his poems some slight idea of his poetic powers : —

" Shame to the Poet—to the man—AVIIO here , Wandering Avith heart ' at leisure to be good , ' Departs without a thought that he hath stood On ground to heavenmanvirtuenature ,

, , , dear ! There is a little low-roof d cottage near , Diopp'd like a nest amidst yon circling wood , The Avhich , did all hearts venerate as they should ,

The wide earth as a temple would revere . Once did I tread that spot of favour'd ground , Led e ' en by Sim , Avhom so to hear and see Was to my heart as priceless treasure found-By WORDSWORTH led . How fresh in age was he !

Hair snoAvy-Avhite , but step ofagilebound , Amidst his OAVU ' Rydalian laurels' free !'' And of poor Southey , under his mental affliction , he sang : — " A cloud hath settled o ' er his living head

No intellectual beam shall ever quell , Until the dread Archangel's trumpetswell Tear the Avide realms and regions of the dead !

Alas ! how little did I dream or dread , When he , too , welcomed me with voice that fell On ear and heart like a melodious spell , That there , e ' en there , God's shaft would soon be sped I With glance as calm ancl gentle as his - tone , And placid paleness upon brow and cheek , Where were the troubled flashes to

bespeak ' Wild Southey flying like the heron , alone V He rose—he moved—he spoke—a thing as meek As ever boAv'd before the Eternal Throne . " Such a man as Mr . GrantAvhose lectures

, ( often freely given ) and sweet poems too little known , helped so much to civilise the North of England , AVOUICI not have been allowed to pass away from us so silently hacl not money-making been absorbing our attentionas though man did " live

, by bread alone . " It is said that glass may become so hardened by cooling it in refrigerating moulds as to become an efficient substitute for the

diamond . It Avas well remarkeclby the Earl of Derby in an address at Edinburgh lately : — " Say Avhat Ave like about the lessening of social differences , there will ahvays be a gulph not easily passed over—a difference which must make itself seen and felt—between

the cultivated and the vacant intellect . The man Avho has read little and thought little , to whom history has no meaning , ancl for Avhom literature has no existence , may prosper in business , but prepares for himself a dull existence ancl a melanchol

y old age . " NOAV no rational man expects that we shall ever all live in the same sort of houses , Avear the same sort of clothes , eat exactly the same sort of food , folloAv the same employments and studies , and