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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

" And first , within the porch ancl jaws of hell , Sat deep Remorse of Conscience , all besprent With tears ; and to herself oft would she tell Her Avretchedness , ancl , cursing , never stent To sob ancl sigh , hut ever thus lament With thoughtful care ; as she that , aU in vain , Would wear ancl Avaste continually in pain :

Her eyes , unsteadfast , rolling here and there , Whirl'd on each place , as place that vengeance brought , So AA'as her mind continually in fear , Tost ancl tormented Avith the tedious thought Of those detested crimes AA'hich she had Avrought ; With dreadful cheer , and looks throAA'n to the sky , Wishing for death , ancl yet she could not die . "

Surely Spenser Avould not have been ashamed of the foregoing , ancl of the symbolical representations that folloAv of Dread , Revenge , Misery , Care , Sleep ( finely called " the cousin of Death , " ) Old Age , Malady , Famine , " pale Death , " ancl " War , in glittering arms yclad , With visage grim , stern look , ancl blackly lined : In his right hand a naked SAA'ord he had , That to the hilt Avas all Avith blood imbrued ;

Ancl in his left ( that kings and kingdoms rued ) Famine and fire he held , and thereAvithal He razed toAvns , and threAv down tOAvers and all : Cities he sacked , ancl realms ( that whilom floAvor'd In honour , glory , ancl rule aboA'e the rest ) He overAvhelin ' tl . ancl all their fame devour'd , Consumed , destroy'd , wasted , ancl never ceased ,

Till he their wealth , their name , and all oppress d : His face foreheAv'd AA'ith AVOUIICIS ; ancl by his side There hung his targe , Avith gashes deep ancl Avicle . " Such AA'as that Sir Thomas SackA'ille , one of the authors of our oldest knoAvn tragedy ( Ferrex and Porrex ) , whom Queen Elizabeth is said to have sent to York to inquire into Freemasonry , ancl AA'I IOHI Ave knoAV she sent as ambassador to France iu 1570 , and to the Netherlands in 1587 ; and though the unprinciled Leicester flung him for a

p time into prison , Avas found AA'orthy to succeed the Great Lord Burghley as Lord Treasurer of England , ancl AA'as created Earl of Dorset . The legend of his visit to York , ancl his initiation there , must for the present remain as one of the noble traditions of the Craft ; for , as the possessors of monastic ruins have rarely sought to preserve them until the elements and pilfering biulders of cottages ancl pig styes have scarcely left a feAV fragments to preserve ; so Ave modern Freemasonsafter dozing over our pipes aud grog ,

, and forging all manner of lies-to embellish tlie glorious old Craft that needed them not , waken up , ancl find the true ancient history of the noblest fraternity in the Avorld has been alloAved to be lost , Avhilst our brothers were idly " singing Old Rose ancl Burn the Bellows . " Freemasonry had either to be purified from its dross—or rather from the

expectorations cast upon it-b y its uiiAvorthy initiates—or to perish before the light ot science ; it is , thank the G . A . C ., gradually coming out to the perfect light ; and the clay is fast passing aAvay Avhen an " incompetent brother " in his cups , could sit lolling at a public tavern , Avith the saliva running out at the corners of his month , as he boasted in his maudlin manner of haA'ing beeu " three times made a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek . " The Masonic press , so much dreaded by the poor old fogies who have got slunk into the Craft ;—has helped to reform much of this but there is still good

; work for all to do , before Ave can realize our glorious ideal , ancl can feel certain that no good man Ave propose will be blackballed in the ballot , and that all mere animal men will be denied admittance to those privileges AA'hich of right belong to worthy men , and to Avorthy men alone . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
AN HERMETIC WORK. Article 2
PAPERS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. Article 5
"KICK HIM DOWN." Article 10
THE ADVENTURES OF DON PASQUALE. Article 11
THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS. Article 13
T. CH. BARON ZEDLITZ. Article 20
THE PAST. Article 20
THE PRESENT. Article 20
THE FUTURE. Article 21
STANZAS. Article 21
UNCERTAIN LIGHT. Article 21
A LOOK TOWARDS HEAVEN. Article 22
AMABEL VAUGHAN. Article 23
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S WORK. Article 27
ON SELECTING THE BEST CHARITY. Article 28
LOVE AND MASONRY. Article 31
Review. Article 35
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 39
LOST AND SAVED ; OR NELLIE POWERS THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 42
ON THE TESTING AND STRENGTH OF RAILWAY MATERIALS, &c. Article 44
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 46
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

" And first , within the porch ancl jaws of hell , Sat deep Remorse of Conscience , all besprent With tears ; and to herself oft would she tell Her Avretchedness , ancl , cursing , never stent To sob ancl sigh , hut ever thus lament With thoughtful care ; as she that , aU in vain , Would wear ancl Avaste continually in pain :

Her eyes , unsteadfast , rolling here and there , Whirl'd on each place , as place that vengeance brought , So AA'as her mind continually in fear , Tost ancl tormented Avith the tedious thought Of those detested crimes AA'hich she had Avrought ; With dreadful cheer , and looks throAA'n to the sky , Wishing for death , ancl yet she could not die . "

Surely Spenser Avould not have been ashamed of the foregoing , ancl of the symbolical representations that folloAv of Dread , Revenge , Misery , Care , Sleep ( finely called " the cousin of Death , " ) Old Age , Malady , Famine , " pale Death , " ancl " War , in glittering arms yclad , With visage grim , stern look , ancl blackly lined : In his right hand a naked SAA'ord he had , That to the hilt Avas all Avith blood imbrued ;

Ancl in his left ( that kings and kingdoms rued ) Famine and fire he held , and thereAvithal He razed toAvns , and threAv down tOAvers and all : Cities he sacked , ancl realms ( that whilom floAvor'd In honour , glory , ancl rule aboA'e the rest ) He overAvhelin ' tl . ancl all their fame devour'd , Consumed , destroy'd , wasted , ancl never ceased ,

Till he their wealth , their name , and all oppress d : His face foreheAv'd AA'ith AVOUIICIS ; ancl by his side There hung his targe , Avith gashes deep ancl Avicle . " Such AA'as that Sir Thomas SackA'ille , one of the authors of our oldest knoAvn tragedy ( Ferrex and Porrex ) , whom Queen Elizabeth is said to have sent to York to inquire into Freemasonry , ancl AA'I IOHI Ave knoAV she sent as ambassador to France iu 1570 , and to the Netherlands in 1587 ; and though the unprinciled Leicester flung him for a

p time into prison , Avas found AA'orthy to succeed the Great Lord Burghley as Lord Treasurer of England , ancl AA'as created Earl of Dorset . The legend of his visit to York , ancl his initiation there , must for the present remain as one of the noble traditions of the Craft ; for , as the possessors of monastic ruins have rarely sought to preserve them until the elements and pilfering biulders of cottages ancl pig styes have scarcely left a feAV fragments to preserve ; so Ave modern Freemasonsafter dozing over our pipes aud grog ,

, and forging all manner of lies-to embellish tlie glorious old Craft that needed them not , waken up , ancl find the true ancient history of the noblest fraternity in the Avorld has been alloAved to be lost , Avhilst our brothers were idly " singing Old Rose ancl Burn the Bellows . " Freemasonry had either to be purified from its dross—or rather from the

expectorations cast upon it-b y its uiiAvorthy initiates—or to perish before the light ot science ; it is , thank the G . A . C ., gradually coming out to the perfect light ; and the clay is fast passing aAvay Avhen an " incompetent brother " in his cups , could sit lolling at a public tavern , Avith the saliva running out at the corners of his month , as he boasted in his maudlin manner of haA'ing beeu " three times made a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek . " The Masonic press , so much dreaded by the poor old fogies who have got slunk into the Craft ;—has helped to reform much of this but there is still good

; work for all to do , before Ave can realize our glorious ideal , ancl can feel certain that no good man Ave propose will be blackballed in the ballot , and that all mere animal men will be denied admittance to those privileges AA'hich of right belong to worthy men , and to Avorthy men alone . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .

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