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Preface To The Ninth Volume.
PREFACE TO THE NINTH VOLUME .
WITH the close of the ninth volume , publisher and editor beg to tender their grateful thanks to many kind and able contributors , and many warm and steadfast friends . If the circulation of the Masonic Magazine has , not increased commensurately either , with the growth of the Craft , or the augmented a ? sthetic tastes of the hour , while the fact is in itself to be
regretted , it is not abnormal in the present condition and amid the average prospects of Masonic literature everywhere . No one realit y is more assured , or yet perhaps more explicable , than the apathy of the Masonic Order , in all lands and under all jurisdictions , for even the most intellectual . developments of the Masonic mind and pen . Amid the hundred thousands of
Freemasons in America , as in the serried ranks in Great Britain , the normal aspects and status of Masonic literature are neither striking nor ericouragin ° -, and though the " raison d ' etre" of this peculiar state of affairs may be explicable on many grounds , it is , we venture to think , much to be deplored in the interests of true Masonic progress and the dissemination of the sacred
principles of Freemasonry . Onr publisher has therefore determined to persevere in maintaining an admirable specimen of Masonic serial literature , which , despite its exclusively Masonic tendency , may compete and contrast favourably with more hi gh-priced magazines . With the commencement of a new volume we propose to inaugurate a new series .
Henceforth the magazine will be named the Masonic Monthly , a Magazine for Gentlemen in Town and Country . It will be a little smaller in outward size , but fuller in internal matter , while the paper will be better , and the typographical arrangement clearer . Having the promise of support from numerous distinguished brethren , it
is hoped that with the Jul y number the foundation may be re-laid of a successful and pleasant Masonic monthly serial , which will alike commend itself to the taste of many readers , and receive that genuine and enli ghtened support which will reward at last the many sacrifices of the publisher , render all labour with its production li ght , and all responsibilit y for editorial supervision a privilege and a pleasure . So mole it be ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Preface To The Ninth Volume.
PREFACE TO THE NINTH VOLUME .
WITH the close of the ninth volume , publisher and editor beg to tender their grateful thanks to many kind and able contributors , and many warm and steadfast friends . If the circulation of the Masonic Magazine has , not increased commensurately either , with the growth of the Craft , or the augmented a ? sthetic tastes of the hour , while the fact is in itself to be
regretted , it is not abnormal in the present condition and amid the average prospects of Masonic literature everywhere . No one realit y is more assured , or yet perhaps more explicable , than the apathy of the Masonic Order , in all lands and under all jurisdictions , for even the most intellectual . developments of the Masonic mind and pen . Amid the hundred thousands of
Freemasons in America , as in the serried ranks in Great Britain , the normal aspects and status of Masonic literature are neither striking nor ericouragin ° -, and though the " raison d ' etre" of this peculiar state of affairs may be explicable on many grounds , it is , we venture to think , much to be deplored in the interests of true Masonic progress and the dissemination of the sacred
principles of Freemasonry . Onr publisher has therefore determined to persevere in maintaining an admirable specimen of Masonic serial literature , which , despite its exclusively Masonic tendency , may compete and contrast favourably with more hi gh-priced magazines . With the commencement of a new volume we propose to inaugurate a new series .
Henceforth the magazine will be named the Masonic Monthly , a Magazine for Gentlemen in Town and Country . It will be a little smaller in outward size , but fuller in internal matter , while the paper will be better , and the typographical arrangement clearer . Having the promise of support from numerous distinguished brethren , it
is hoped that with the Jul y number the foundation may be re-laid of a successful and pleasant Masonic monthly serial , which will alike commend itself to the taste of many readers , and receive that genuine and enli ghtened support which will reward at last the many sacrifices of the publisher , render all labour with its production li ght , and all responsibilit y for editorial supervision a privilege and a pleasure . So mole it be ,