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" THE FOLK LORE OF CHINA , ' By N . B . D ENNYS , Ph . D ., F . R . G . S . Triibncr & Co . 57 , 1 . uelgate Hill , London . This is one of the most interesting works we have pelused for seme time . In the first place , it deals with that most nrolificof subjects . AsiiUic Folk Lore ; in the next estimated

place , it concerns that wonderful Chinese people , by some at 400 , 000 , 000 of whom stf much is told us , but of whom , aftera' 1 , so little is reliably known . Mr . D ? nn > 3 tells us at the outset , what is one great peculiarity connected with the Chinese Folk Lore , tbat , though , with us , such traditions arc lingering , for the most part , as relics of by-gone superstiti n , popular ignorance , and that before thc advance ; of knowledge ,

" Each clear delusion dims and dies , yet that in China wc hive the " singular spectacle of an entire nation , numbering at thc least 300 , 000 , 000 and perhaps 400 , 000 , 000 of souls , whose every-day life is framed to meet the exigencies of a puerile system of superstition . " Of late years , much lig ht has been cast on that most intcrestine subject , national avid international Folk

Lore , by the labours of Max Mullcr , Banng Gould , 1 horpe , Dasent , Muir , Bleeke , the Bros . Gremm , and Henderson , - ' cum multis alii , " and no study perse , is more interesting to the ethnologist or the areha-ologist . There is for instance , a great affinity , a mighty family likeness , as between the Folk Lore , thc habits , thc customs of China and that of the East and Europe .

Mr . Dennys seems to find a counterpart in Chinese adages and traditions with some of the most cherished stories of oriental grace , ancl which are bound up with all the souvenirs of our own youth , even in duller and older Europe , whether as regards the Fables of . Esop , Arabian Nights , the old talcs which charmed our childhood , the divination of number , the " Sortes Virgilanrc " proverbial

wisdom and the like . Our reader- will see how minute and emphatic is the similarity when Mr . Dennys divides the tabulation of his chapters into the following heads . ( a . ) Superstitions as to Personal Fortune , Birth , Marriage , Death , Days and Seasons , Portents , Auguries , Dreams , Lucky Numbers , Charms , Spells , A mulcts and

Divinations . ( b . ) Superstitions as ' to various subjects . ( c . ) Superstitions involving the interference of Supernatural Powers , Ghosts , Apparitions , and Supernatural Beings , Witchcraft and Demonology , Elves Paries and Brownies , Serpents ; Dragons , Fabulous Animals and Monsters , Superstitions as regards the Powers of Nature .

( d . ) Legendary Folk Lore , Legends of Locality , 1 lousehold Tiles , & c . ( e . ) Fa \> les and Proverbial Folk Lore . It will interest nur learned and able Bro . Fort to bc told that the mystic " Svvastita , " or " Thor ' s Hammer , " called also the "Fylfot" is one of the commemest diagrams to be met with throughout China . It is said to be Buddhist in its origin , are ! to be one of the 6 5 or 108 " mystic

figures whieh are relieved to bc traceable in everyone of the famous foeitpiims of the Buddha . " And hctc there comes in this further question , whence came all this system into China ? Arc all these various developements of vagrant philosophies hut declinations from primeval wisdom and truth ? Wc recommend the work to thc careful study of Masonic Students .

"WINNIE TRAVEflS , " by ANNIE LISI . IT . Groombridgc and Sons , London . We took up this one-volume tale with hesitation and doubt ; wc put it down wilh pleasure and contentment . Granted , if you like , that the earlier part is a little spun out , cr too microscopic in its delineation of individual tendencies and personal idiosyncracies , yet the conclusion

is alike animated and forcible , agreeable and affecting . It is pleasant to turn from laics of horror and deeds of darkness , from tlie " escapades of the roue" and the emotions of thc libertine from those very fast sensations of faster ) Oung men and go-head young women of modern novelism , to a healthy moral and a human hero and heroine ! The story is

well told , well developed , and well concluded . We feel how clearly all through thc writer is aiming at the right and the true , and wc also see how well she personifies the more hateful form of selfishness , while she brings into a goodly light , the loving heart and thc contented will , the simple fruits of patience * and perseverance , thc pleasant

certainty of religious sympathy and religious lives . We recommend the work to our young readers and for thc matter of that to our older ones . We feel sure that like us , they will be pleased and glad to make the acquaintar . ee of 'Annie Lisle , " who has already written works known to mat v , and popular wilh more , " Self and Self Sacrifice , " "Quicksands , " & c .

MUSIC . "SATURDAY EVENING , " a Hymn , by MissCn . vni . orTE ELLIOTT . The music composed by W . Moon , LL . D ., and dedicated to Sir Charles Lowther , Bart .,, Lamborn , Cock , & Co ., 63 , New Bond-street . We have received and looked over this very interesting little addition to tlie " Ars Musica , " and wish to call attention to it . opccially , in the pages of thc Freemason . Thc

words are written by Mi-s Elliott and very beautiful words they are . The music , composed by Pr . Moon , ( the indefatigable pioneer of mental and reli gious improvement for the blind ) , and very effective and appropriate it appears to us . # Dr . Moon tells us that there are 3 , , 000 blind persons in the world , of whom 30 , 000 are in Great Britain . Until a few years ago little or no provision was made fcr their

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mental light , but thanks to him , and the munificent patronage of Sir Charles Lowther , Moon ' s Alphabet for the Blind is now adapted to 131 languages and dialects . We have long felt that a public recognition of Dr . Moon ' s many services to humanity would be alike desirable and

proper . . The profits of this little hymn are to be given to the good work . We commend the Hymn to all our young hiends , alike for . organand piano , as something very simple to learn and pleasant and improving to listen to .

Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

List OF LODGES IN 1735 , WITH PLACES OF MEETING . As you have recently been publishing various lists of lodges of an early date , the following list , taken from the great work of Bernard Picard , on thc religions of the world ( Vol . IV ., p . 252-3 ) , may not be unwelcome . KENNETH R . II . M ACKENZIE .

1 , Christ and Cross , Luclgate-slreet . 2 , Bull , Holborn . 3 , Horn , Westminster . 4 , Swan , Hampstead . 5 , Ship , behind the Royal Exchange ( kept by Samuel Manship , circa 1720 ) . 6 , Mr . Braund ' s Tavern , New Bond-street . 7 , Rummer , Queen-street , Cheapside ( from 1709 , opposite Bow Lane *) . 8 , Devil and St . Dunstan , ( Union Lodge ) Tavern , Temple Bar . o , Tun , Noble-street . 10 , Royal

Arms , New Bond-street . 11 , Queen ' s Head , Knaves' Acre . 12 , Castle , Drury Lane . 13 , Bedford , Covent Garden . 14 , Queen ' s , Great Queen-street . 1 ; , Bull Inn , Southwark . 16 , Bedford Court Coffee House , Covent Garden . 17 , Crown , St . Giles ' s . iS , Crown , Ludgale-hill . 19 , Mourning Bush , Aldersgate-street ( now the Lord Raglan ) , 20 , Swan ( French Lodge ) , Long Acre . 21 , Anchor ,

Chancery Lane . 22 , Swan , fish-street Hill . 23 , Lies- , cent , Cheapside . 24 , Swan and Tree . Whitecress-street . 25 , ( Device , a man with a glass ) , Liibeck Lodge , Londonstreet , Greenwich . 26 , Key and Garter ( Ilniii soit quy mal y pensr ) , Pall Mall . 27 , Forrest Coffee House , Charing Cross . 28 , Queen ' s Head , City of Bath . 29 , White Horse , Bristol , -to , Queen ' s 11 < ad , City of Norwich

31 , Whale , City of Chichester . 32 , Bull , Northgatestreet , City of Chester . 33 , Castle , Watergate-street , City of Chester . 34 , Bunch of Grapes , Carmarthen , South Wales . 35 . East India Arms , Gosport , Hampshire . 36 , Red Lion , Congleton , Cheshire . 37 , Crown , Moore Fields . 38 , Ball and Three Tuns , Cheapside . 39 , Swan anel Cup , Finch-lane . 40 , Christ Cross ,

Ludgatestreet , ( but see No . 1 ) . 41 , Apple Tree , Holborn ( The Apple Tree , Charles-street , ICovcnt Garden , was the tavern where in 171 ( 1 the four malcontent lodges assembled to elect a Grand Master , pro tem . ) 42 , Two Porters , Billingsgate . 43 , Royal Arms , Strand . 44 , Swan , Long Acre , ( but see No . 20 ) . 45 , Stag , Without Bishopsgate . 46 , Rummer and ITankard , Mount Lodge ,

Grosvenor-strcct , near Hanover Square . 47 , Three Crowns , Soke Newington . 48 , Queen ' s Head , Salford , near Manchester . 49 , Castle , Holborn . 50 , Trios Fleurs dc Lys , St . Bernard Street in Madrid . 51 , Rock , Gibraltar . 52 , Cushion , Warwick . 53 , Dragon , Leadenhallsticet . 54 , Roscand Crown , Greek street , Soho . 55 , Rummer , Henrietta street , Covent Garden . 56 , Crown and Anchor ,

Shorts' Gardens . 57 , Red Lion , Red Lion-street , Holborn , 5 8 , Crown , Corn Market , Oxford . 59 , Three Tuns , Scarborough . 60 , Three Tuns , Billingsgate . 61 , Royal Arms , Catcaton-street . 62 , George and Dragon , Northampton . 63 , Bear anel Harrow , Butcher Row ( Picket Street , Strand ) . 64 , Rose , without Temple Bar . 65 , St . Rook's Hill , near Chichester , Sussex . 66 , Red Lion ,

Canterbury . 67 , Castle , St . Giles ' s . 68 , Vine , Long Acre . 6 9 , Bacchus , Bloomsbury Market . 70 , Duke ' s Head , Lyme Regis , Norfolk . 71 , Rose , Cheapside . 72 , East India Arms , Bengal , in the East Indies . 73 , Saracen ' s Head (?) , Lincoln . 74 , University Lodge , at the Bear and Harrow , Butcher Row . 75 , Rainbow Coffee House , York Buildings . 7 6 , Angel (?) . Old Bailey . 77 , Black Lion , Jockey

Fields . 78 , Fountain , Bury St . Edmunds . 79 , Angel and Crown , Little St . Martin ' s Lane . 80 , Angel , Macclesfield . 81 , Golden Fleece , Bury £ t . Edmunds . 82 , Three Tuns , Moorgate-street . 83 , Three Tuns , Smithfield . 84 , Sun , by the Royal Exchange . 85 , ' King ' s Arms , Russell-street , Covent Garden . 86 , King ' s Arms , St . Margaret ' s Hill , Southwark . 87 , New King ' s Arms ,

Leigh , in Lancashire . 88 , Bell , Wolverhampton , in Staffoidshire . 8 9 , Horse Sht-c and Rummer , Drury Lane . 90 , Au LouistD'Argent , elans la Rue de Boucherie , a Paris , 91 , Sun , Fleet-street . 92 , City of Antwerp , Thrcadneedlestreet . 93 , Two Queens , Rosemary Lane . 94 , Bull and Bible , Ludgatc-street . 95 , King ' s Arms , Dorsett-street , Spittle Fields . 9 6 , White Horse , Ipswich . 97 , New Inn ,

Exeter . 98 , Duke of Lorraine , Suffolk-street . 99 , Leg , Fleet-street . 100 , George and Dragon , Butcher Row . 101 , Crown , Upper Moore Fields . 102 , Royal Vineyard , St . James ' s Paik . 103 , Ship , without Temple Bar . ( ffois house vvas probably the inn granted to Sir Christopher Hatton in 15 71 , together with some lands in Yorkshire and Dorsetshire and the wardship of a minor ,

It stood opposite Palsgrave Place , and is now part of the site of the New Law Courts . ) 104 , Virgin ' s Inn , Derby . 105 , A private room , Bolton le Moors , in Lancashire . 106 , White Horse , Audley-street . 107 , Dale ' s Coffee House , Warwick-street . 108 , Seven

Stars , Bury St , Edmunds . 109 , Three Lions , Salisbury . no , Ship Coffee I louse , near the Hermitage Bridge , in , Theatre Tavern , Goodman ' s Fields . 112 , King ' s Arms , Tower street , near Seven Dials . 113 , White Bear , City of Bath . 114 , Royal Oak , in the Strand . 115 , Scott ' s Masons' Lodge , Devil Tavern , Temple Bar . 116 , Master

Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masons'Lodge , Bear and Harrow , Butcher Row . 117 , Master Masons' Ledge , King ' s Arms , Strand . 118 , Red Lion , Bury , in Lancashire . 119 Talbot , Stourbridge , Worcestershire . 120 , Oates ' s Coffee House , Master Masons Lodge , Great Wilde-street . ; 2 i , Solomon ' s Coffee House , Pimlico . 122 , Forest Coffee House , Charing

Cross . 123 , Prince of Orange , St . Saviour ' s Dock , Southwark . 124 ( Without place ) , Hamburgh , in Lower Saxony . 125 , Swan , Birmingham . 126 ( Without place ) , Boston , in New England . 127 ( Without place ) , Valenciennes , in French Flanders . 128 , Duke of Monmouth , Petticoat Lane , Whitechapel . 129 , Masons' Arms , Plymouth .

Notes On Art, &C,

NOTES ON ART , & c ,

The National Portrait Gallery at South rtensington now contains 490 portraits , valued at £ 50 , 000 , in addition to an important library and a collect-on of engravings . Thc trustees of thc Gallerv now consider that

thc Gallery in their opinion is not sufficiently fire-proof for so valuable a collection , and have communicated with the Treasury on the danger of using gas in the Gallery , absolving themselves from all responsibility jn the event of accident .

THE ROYAL ACADEMY . —The exhibition at the Royal Academy of works of the old masters closes this day ( Saturday ) , Marcli 9 . A well-known French landscape painter , Charles Francois Daubigny , died last week in Paris at the age of sixty-one . River scenes were his favourite subjects

and the artist and his son spent most of thc s'immer months floating up ancl doivn the Seine an' thc Oise in a rude boat resembling those attached to the wood rafts on the Rhine . M . Daubigny contiibuted a picture of " Moonrise " to the last Salon , and one of his paintings , " Lock in the Valley d'Optevoz , " is in the Luxembourg .

PRINCE METTERNICH . —The memoirs of the late Prince Metternich will be published in English , French , and German simultaneously . The literary work connected with the eight volumes in which the German original

will be printed will be performed by Herr von Klinkwstrom . Prince Richard Metternich , it is stated , is now going over the work , and omitting such portions as are likely to prove painful to thc feelings of living personages . —All . enaum . THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN . —The

report of the Conference of Headmistresses and others engaged or interested in the higher education of women held at Cambridge has been issued . The question whether Latin should be taught generally as the basis of instruction in higher schools for girls vvas discussed and decided in the affirmative by an overwhelming majority . The

desirability of three languages being taught was almost universally acknowledged , but opinion was very much divided as to whether French or Latin should be first taught . On the question of mathematics all agreed that geometry should be taught , and most of those present that algebra should likewise . In regard to natural science there was a great divergence of opinion .

The Belgian African expedition is to continue its explorations despite the loss of its heads , M . M . Maes and Crespel , whose deaths was mentioned last week , and two fresh Belgian officers arc to go out to Zanzibar .

BETTER THAN * GOLD . —The San Francisco Chronicle , describing the equipment of a lady departing from that city on a tour , enumerates : — "Foot muffs to be used in riding in carriage ; made of seal and lined with Arctic wolf . "

SERVIAN HISTORY , —Captain Garabier , author of * - The Life of Midhat Pasha , " in a recent number of thc Nineteiuth Century , is about to publish , through Messrs . C . Kegan Paul & Co ., a small book on Servian history . I lis aim is to call attention to thc possible fate of a small and struggling nation which he holds to be destined to play a great part in the solution of the Eastern Question

and whose interests it is impossible to sever fiom those of the British Empire . —Academy . CoMMVNICATION WITH SOUTH AMERICA . The Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company announce the repair of their cable between Bahia and Rio de Janeiro and that direct telegraphic communication is restored with the latter city , Uruguay , the Argentine Republic , Chili , and Peru .

AN EPISCOPAL DEFENCE OF THEATRES . —The Bishop of Melbourne writes a long letter to the Melbourne papers defending theatrical amusements . He says -. — " It is sometimes asked , for instance , whether St . Paul would have shown himself at a theatre . No , certainly not at heathen theatres , where the performances were usually

connected with heathen worship . But if the e * uestion be whether he would have attended a well-conducted theatre in a Christian land , to witness a high-toned performance , then it might as well he asked whether St . Paul would have attended a cricket match , a chess tournament , or a spelling bee . In his circumstances it is

very unlikely that he would ; but it is equally certain that he would have called none of them unlawful . Amusement is necessary for young people and it , would be equally unreasonable to forbid our boys to play at cricket and to require grave divines either to join their sport or condemn it . " The Bishop concludes by saying that he desires " to

do something to make the drama what it should be—the handmaid of religion and morality . "—Theatre . The Zoological Gardens have been presented with a Japanese wild dog from Yokohama . An Entomological Exhibition is to be opened at the Westminster Aquarium to-day ( Saturday ) , when selections trom the chief collections of insects in the kingdom will be contributed .