The Season.

I ve walked much with my cousin , And also with a friend , And had the most charming waltzes , Which had too soon to end ; I ' ve sat out two dances on the stale , Until my mother came To look for me in haste , —I fear I flurried the good old dame !

Well , I ' ve had a pleasant season , And memory still flings , Brightness on little scenes and words , On innumerable things ; I ' ve had a " seance" in the park , And a " canter" in the Eow , And I ' ve seen the household heroes Most agile at Polo !

But as all things must finish , So the season's nearly up , Farewell to drags and dinners , Farewell to Champagne cup ; Farewell to many a walk and ride , Farewell to many a hall , Farewell to thee , 0 faithful friend , The pleasantest of all .

What seventy-five's in store for me I really cannot say , "What another season may reveal , I can ' t foretell to-day ; But underneath the shady limes , Or in a boat upon Ihe lake , When autumn heat compels us All exertion to forsake ,

I think a friend I ' m fond of , A very nice young man , May say to me in gentle tones , All that a ' Lovier" can ; And though my father may object , And my mother gravely frown , If he does—I am determin'd To be Mrs . Henry Brown !

MORAL . 0 fair confiding Damosel , Who tell ' st thy tale to-day , So artlessly and lovingly , May no dark clouds dim thy way , But when another season comes , And the world ' s once more in town May thy friends all gladly greet thee ' As MK . Henry Brown . CiELEBS .

We scruple not to challenge our bitterest reviler to fix upon a single Mason who dare affirm that in any of our transactions , whether public or private , there is a single trait , either sentimental or practical , in all our Masonic Order which bears not even the . very enthusiasm of loyalty .

Masonic Archaeology.

MASONIC ARCHAEOLOGY .

No . IV . BY MASONIC STUDENT . In a former paper , on the present

position of Masonic History , in the Magazine , I proposed to consider the sources whence the historians of our Order may seek for their original information .

But upon second thoughts it seems to me that such a disquisition would more properly come under the head of Archeology , and I therefore have deemed it better so to treat it . I propose then to-day to deal with our MS . authorities .

At present they are not a few , and their number is still increasing , thanks to Bro . W . J . Hughan ' s researches in conjunction with my own , not forgetting of course other labourers in the same field , like Bro . Matthew Cooke , Bro . B .

Spencer , in England , and D . M . Lyon and W . P . Buclian , in Scotland , and several able brethren in America . The study of MS . authorities is one not unattended with difficulty and drawbacks of various kinds .

For it is one tiling to find out the existence of MSS ., and it is another thing to be able to treat them critically , or treat them rightly ! The study of MSS . is a special study , and cannot be taken up at once , as you

peruse a printed book , or master the first principles of some valuable science . The study of manuscripts is often with some the study of years , of a life , and though a good many people talk glibly enough about manuscripts they

have never seen , yet as all " experts " know , as a general rule their criticism amounts to nothing . There are some students of the olden MSS . so familiar with the handwriting of successive generations , that they can