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ME M O R Y . —The LOISETTIAN SCHOOL of PHYSIOLOGICAL MEMORY , the instantaneous art of nex-er forgetting , uses none of the " localities , " " keys , " " pegs , " " links , " or " associations , " of mnemonics . Prospectus post free , giving opinions from actual study of the system of Mr . RICHARD A . PROCTOR , Dr . ANDREW WILSON , and others . Anybook learned in one reading . Day and evening classes in " Never Forgetting " and for cure of" Mind-Wandering . " Taught thoroughly by post . — Professor Loisette , 37 , Nexv Oxford-street ( opposite Mudie's library ) .

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'"T" » HEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE CINDERELLA . - GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME BY E . L . BLANCHARD , XVITH ALL THE BEST FEATURES OK OLD-FASHIONED PANTOMIME AND ALL THE SPLENDOUR OF MODERN SPECTACLE .

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THESPORTSMAN'SEXHIBITION . The THIRD ANNUAL SPORTSMAN'S EXHIBITION xvill be held at the Agricultural Hall , London , March 6 , 7 , S , 10 , n , 12 , 13 , 14 , and 15 , 1884 .

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THE SPORTSMAN'S EXHIBITION . — Under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Grafton , his Grace the Duke of Beaufort , K . G ., M . F . H . ; his Grace the Duke of Rutland , K . G ., M . F . H . ; his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon , P . C . ; his Grace the Duke of Montrose , K . T" . ; his Grace the Duke of Athole , his Grace the Duke of Portland , his Grace the Duke of Manchester , K . P . ; his Grace the Duke of Sutherland , K . G . ; his Grace the Duke of Westminster , K . G . ; and many other distinguished noblemen and gentlemen .

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THE SPORTSMAN'S EXHIBITION , com . prising every requisite in connection xvith Coaching and Diiving , Hunting and Riding , Shooting , Racing , Coursing , Yachting and Aquatics , Bicycling and Tricycling , Fishing , Cricket , Athletics , Laxvn 'Tennis , Archery , Fencing , Billiards , & c . Sporting Pictures and Prints of all kinds .

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THE SPORTSMAN'S EXHIBITION opens Thursday , March Gth ; closes Saturday , March 15 th . Admission—One Shilling ; First Day , Half-a-Croxvn . Manager : J II . RAFFETY , Agricultural Hall . Secretary : HARRY ETHERINGTON , 153 , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Wc have received several letters respecting thc election of Grand Treasurer , but _ in accordance xvith our notice last xveek they cannot be inserted . N . STAMP . —Yes , if need be , " by virtue , " & c .

'The folloxving communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue oxving to xvant of space : — CRAFT LODGESUnaminity , So . St . Hildas , 240 . Loyal Welsh , 37 S . Faxvcett , 6 C 1 . Northern Bar , 1610 . NOTES AND QUERIESCount Balsamo .

HOOKS , & c , RECF . IVED . "Orient" illiul . ipcst ! , " Die llniihiitle , " " | c- » -isli Chronicle , " "Cltl / en , " "City I ' ress , " " Urnail Arrow / ' "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "in Taller , " "Hull Packet , " "l . a Kexisla Masunica , " " Kexstone , " " Court Circular , " " I . c Monitcur dc la Chance Univ ' erselle . " " Nexv York Sunday Times , " " The Trio cling Journal . "

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^^^^^^^ SATURDAY , MARCH 15 , 1884 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ xve do not hold ourselxes responsible for , or even approving of , the opinionsexprcssed hy ourcorrcspondents , but we wish In a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ¦

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . — 9 GTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It is xvith very great pleasure I have to inform you that the Right Hon . the Lord Brooke , M . P ., R . VV . Prov . G . M . of Essex , has very kindly consented to preside at the

approaching Festival of this Institution . I have also to inform you that it has been unavoidably necessary to change the date on xvhich the Festival xvill be held , from Wednesday , 14 th , to Wednesday , 21 st May . —1 am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , F . R . VV . HEDGES , Secretary . 5 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , nth March , 1 SS 4 .

PROVINCIAL GRAND SECRETARIES . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , May I crave space for a fexv xvords in ansxver to thc letters in your last issue , passing by the covert and unfratcrnal sneers of "P . P . G . D . C ? " I certainly have not been in the Prov . Grand Secretary ' s oilice , simply because ,

though I belong to a large and influential province , the Prov . Grand Secretary has no oilice , being a retired tradesman , living at some distance axvay from toxvn and at a very inconvenient place to get to ; therefore I maintainlthat there should alxvays be an office xvhere . information can be got at , and this can easiest be done by appointing an accountant to do the clerical xvork , and there are plenty of them xvho

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are M . Ms ., and xvho xvould do thc xvork for £ 30 a year . As to attendance on lodges , our Prov . Grand Secretary only visits on installation days . Noxv , xvith regard to the " monopoly of patronage , " I simply state the fact that Prov . Grand honours are not distributed according to merit . The R . W . Prov . Grand Master has iS offices to distribute annually , and some lodges have

been xvithout honours for 10 or 12 years . One lodge in particular has never had but one Prov . Grand honour since its foundation some 15 years ago , though it is xvell knoxvn throughout the province for its superior xvorking and the " good report" of its members , xvhile others , celebrated as " fourth degree " lodges only , have honours every year . Is this right ?

Pvov . Grand Officers , to my mind , should be chosen from those " xvell skilled in the noble art , exemplary in conduct , and held in high estimation by the brethren " ; but I say this is not so . It is notorious that the most able men arc not usually selected even from the lodges honoured by

an appointment . No doubt all Past Masters should have these qualifications , but many are lamentably deficient , and only oxve their position to the fact that they have been carelessly passed on as ollicers , and no one likes to "bell thc cat" by opposing a S . VV ., hoxvever deficient in qualifications for the chair . —Yours fraternally , COMPANION .

To thc Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In ansxver to a communication in your issue of the Sth inst . signed " P . P . G . D . C , " I can make his mind easy respecting " one of those xvho have lately been writing about provincial promotion , " by informing him that the letter signed "Companion " did not emanate from me ;

therefore , as far as I am concerned , there is uot any " change of front . " Respecting Provincial Grand Secretaries , I certainly say let every one be paid for his labour . I have thc pleasure of a slight acquaintance xvith our E ' rov . G . Secretary , Bro . Henry Smith , and there is not a Mason in the province xvho is more respected and more deserving of the position . The salary he gets is xvell earned , and the duties pertaining to

the position xvell and faithfully discharged . As "P . P . G . D . C" speaks of " many letters , such foolish ones as ... . 'Companion ' xvould xvrite , " let him be very earful not to draxv the foolishness on himself by his uncalled for surmises as to the author of certain anonymous communications . He may soon learn xvho lam , if he xvishes , by communicating to me through the Freemason . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , Huddersfield , March nth . JUNIOR P . M .

THE OLDEST FREEMASON IN EN GLAND . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , 1 have the honour to be VV . M . of All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , and xve claim to havc the oldest subscribing Freemason a member of our lodfje . R . VV . Bro . VVm . Eliot xvas initiated in February , 1 S 1 C 1 , in All Souls Lodge , xvas VV . M .

in 1 S 22 , and has subscribed xvithout intermission to the present date . He is P . P . G . M . and Past G . Superintendent of Dorset , and is alive and xvell , and takes thc deepest interest in all that pertains to Masonry even noxv . I may incidentall y mention that last year xvo buried VV . Bro . J . Jacob , P . P . G . J . VV ., xvho xvas initiated in 1 S 19 , and last xveek my father

xvas buried , xvho xvas initiated in 1 S 22 , and xvho xvas installed VV . M . on St . John ' s Day , 1 S 33 , exactly 50 years before my installation , St . John's Day , 1 SS 3 . My father xvas P . P . G . S . VV . and P . P . G . H . under our R . VV . and venerable Bro . VV . Eliot , xvhom may God long spare to be the oldest subscribing Mason under our English Constitutions . —Yours fraternally , ZILLWOOD MILLEDGE , W . M . 170 . The Fernery , Weymouth , March Sth .

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REVIEWS .

A LECTURE ON JEWISH WORKMEN MENTIONED IN THE TALMUD . Mr . Louis , a learned I lebrexv professor , gave at a recent meeting of thc Society of Biblical Archxology a lecture on this subject . It seems to us , in thc abstract , xve confess , fragmentary and incomplete , and our learned friend Bro . Nathan would , xve fancy , have a good deal to tell us about the Masons mentioned in Kings and Chronicles . There

seems to have been guilds of artizans and handicraftsmen among the Hebrews , and it xvill be curious if the guild , after all , is of Judaic and Oriental origin . A fexv years ago the guild system xvas hardly touched upon . It is quite clear noxv that it xvas a great "factor" in the social life of the middle ages . Wc commend heartily all such researches and communications .

GLIMPSES AND GLEAMS . By Bro . MUSGRAVE HEAPHY , P . M . 141 . Chapman and Hall , Piccadilly . The perusal of this little volume has afforded us great pleasure . Hro . Heaphy has dedicated his xvork to "An Unknown Hero , " who fought under Garibaldi , and xvho xvas killed by the author ' s side . "At that instant a shell fell in front of us and burst . On looking round , I saxv him

extended on thc ground , torn nearly in half by a fragment . Wc hastened to his aid , but he , on seeing us , partly raised himself xvith one hand , and xvith the other xvaved us to press onward and not heed him . Then a bright light came in his eyes , and an exulting smile on his face , as , collecting his breath , he sang txvo lines of a song that thrilled through all that heard , lt xvas a song to FVeeedom . At the

last word the blood , xvhich had been gurgling in his throat , poured trom his mouth , and he fell back—dead . " The obj ' ect of the xvriter in publishing the xvork is to bring matters of philosophicand scientific interest before thc public in an interesting and somexvhat novel form . The book contains a number of complete stories , xvhich are respectively named "The Piece of Limestone , " "The Uninvited Guest , "

" John , the Miner , " " Ihe Wagon , " "The Old Fiddler , " "The Red Croxvn , " and "The Blue Scarf . " Our space is far too limited to give extracts from all the tales , but the folloxving admirable specimen of word-painting taken from the first mentioned story xvill give our readers a capital idea of the author ' s finished style and depth of thought : " So the poor trembling piece of Limestone told them of how she xvas born of the sediment of the great

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ocean , and once formed part of its bed , ancl , after a time , of its shore . She told them of the beautiful fishes and sxvimming creatures that lived in the xvaters ; of the lovely corals that clothed the rocks , and xvhich resembled living lloivers xvhose petals xvere ever moving ; and she told them of the unknown lands , and the life beneath the sea . And then she spoke of the shore xvith its graceful ferns and stately palms , and iof the xvondcrfu ' l tropical forests ,

xvith the strange animals and brilliant Hying insects that inhabited them . She spoke of the lofty mountains , xvith their jagged peaks clothed xvith xvhite stone , and hoxv doxvn their sides dashed streams of molten snoxv , like torrents of glowing crimson . And she spoke of the soft , gentle breeze that sang to them of far-off places , and whose song , too , xvas of things xvhich all felt , though none knew hoxv to express . She told them of the gorgeous sunsets of purple , scarletamber

, , and gold , xvhich permeated all that beheld xvith a soft , rapturous state of wondering pleasure , and filled them xvith a sense of infinite hope . She spoke of her happy , tranquil life , and of her dear friends , and of the blue sea xvaves , xvhich xvould steal gently up to kiss her and then glide axvay , leaving her breast covered xvith xvarm xvhite foam ; and hoxv she fell asleep last evening , and xvaking up found herself in the road . " it is a thoroughly readable book both for thc young and the

old , and should greatly enhance the reputation of Bro . Heaphy , xvho among other scientific studies has made electricity a special feature . His essays and letters on the latter subj ' ect have reccix-cd favourable notices from our contemporaries , especially the Times , xvhich journal a short time since published a leader in xvhich our brother's name and his electrical researches xvere llattcringly mentioned . In conclusion xve hax-e to add that the book is xvell got up , both as regards the paper and thc type , and xve can cordially recommend " Gleams and Glimpses " to our readers .

LE FILSDE PORTHOS . Par PAUL M . XIIALIN . Trcssc , S , 9 , 10 , 11 , Palais Royal , Paris . The x * ery name of I ' orthos carries us back to old and happy days , xvhen first xve opened the pages of the " Trois Mousquetaires , " and perused confidingly the records of the " Vingt ans Aprcs . " We do not say that the xvorks of Alexandre Dumas Pore constitute the xvisest or the best of literature . Far from it , if truth be spoken as it alxvavs

should be , in the Freemason at any rate . But the books xve have mentioned form a distinct epoch in the lives of many of us , xvhen xve first xvere fascinated and excited by thc vivid fancy , thc living creations , and the gay illusions of thc great romancer . Artagnan , Athos , Aramis , and Porthos became to us distinct personalities , familar friends . That admixture of " fanfaronnade" and gallantry , of high imaginings and terrcstial aims , of deeds of " derring do , "

and subtle schemes of policy , the frank "free lances of gallant and high-souled " camaraderie , " " un pour tous , et tous pour un , " had deep attractions for many a young , many a genial , many an impulsive disposition . Alas ! Time has passed on sadly and weirdly for many of us since then , and xve arc sadder , xviscr , more solemn to-day ' . A . Dumas has this great charm , despite his obviou ; faults and blemishes , that his characters arc all real , living , talking , and leif shadoxx

acting peop ; -s , yet shadoxvs xvhich linger xvith us still , even xvhen xve arc "disillusiones , " overpassing the changes of taste and fashion , thc caprices of generations , and thc metamorphosed literary aspects and " fads " of thc hour . VVe still can realize Grimaud and Bazin , - Mousqucton , Planchct , and Blaisois , poor Constance Bonacicux , De Winter and his mother , the greater and thc lesser cardinals , Anne of Austria , the mendicant of St . Eustache , Cardinal

de Rctz , and the Comte de Rochfort . Some of us have never forgotten those light and pleasant pages which told us of striking personagesand marvcllousexploits , and therefore thc announcement of a new story concerning the " son of Porthos , " had a charm for some of us who arc not ashamed , either in the Puritanism or barbarism of these latter days , to confess their admiration for all that genius can adorn , or art achieve . When this story opens

our old friends Artagnan and Athos and Porthos all have passed axvay , and none of their faithful attendants survive except Bazm , the serx * ant of Aramis , and beadle of Notre Dame , xvho is noxv very fat , old , pursy , and dignified indeed . Aramis is still to the fore as " General of the Jesuits , " " Duke of Alameda , " "Grandee of Spain , " and " Bishop of Vanncs , " hoping to be Cardinal and Pope , and as worldly and intriguing as ever . Age , if it has increased

his suppleness and " finesse , " has taken nothing axvay from his force of character , his courtier habits , and his mundane life . He is still Aramis , thc " mousquctairc , " under hisrobes . Bazm appears a little more sanctified , but , _ likc his master , essentially unchanged . Wc xvcre introduced in the " Vingt Ans Apres " to the regency of" Anne d'Autriche , " and thc minority of Louis XlV . VVe are noxv ushered in before Louis XIV . in the midst of the splendour of his court , and

the brilliancy of his reign . Madame de Montespan , Madame de Maintenon , and numerous others come and go on thc fitful stage , and xve think xve see to-day in the lurid grandeur and hidden baseness of court life and court intrigues , signs of a coming if distant storm ; xve seem , amid all the turmoil and confusion of those active and unprincipled days , to listen to the far-off grumblings of the tornado . How Aurorc

de I remblay , thc heroine , escaped the seductions of Marly and the treachery of professed friends ; how the son of Porthos rivalled thc exploits of his father , saved Aurorc , married her , and " lived happily ever afterwards "; hoxv he achieved greatness and so proclaimed himself the true son of Porthos , xve must leave to our readers to master for themselves . The book is xvorth reading . Its touches are light and pleasant , its pictures clear and xvell coloured , and its

moral is sound . It is a somexvhat questionable policy to attempt to reproduce xvhat charmed us in years gone by , either by imitation or reconstruction . Time so pitiless takes its revenge on the fame of men , xvhether heroes or authors , xvhether amid forgotten glories , or the " nameless stone . " Thc reveries of the wise , the disquisitions of the learned , the quarrels of controversy , all

are soon forgotten in thc restless tide of generations , sxveeping on , always sceptical and often ungrateful , to that " undiscovered country" from xvhich no "traveller returns . " It is alxvays a dangerous thing to tread in the footsteps of others and attempt to revive faded laurels and forgotten writers . 'The similitude may be there in measure , but the fire of old fancy and pathos and brightness has long gone out , and a shadbiv of the past hovers over the reality of to-day . 'The master ' s hand is cold and still for aye .