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alluded , and if possible have contradicted . I quote the passage verbatim : " Here a similar line of action to that in the eastern enclosure wes taken by the clergy , even with still more marked manifestation of antipathy . They positively swarmed over the dias , and indicated by their manner that thc second stone should , after all , belaid Ecclesiastically , and not Masonically ! Again , Bro . Fenn , nothing daunted , came to the rescue , and by insisting that
if the Prince of Wales did not lav the second stone as M . W . G . M ., he ( the Prince ) with his Grand Oflicers , would there and then remove their clothing and leave the place . This "did not suit their book , " and common sense was thus permitted to prevail over bigoted hostility . " This is no surmise , it is not the statement of an impression , it is the assertion of a fae-t . Is it true or is it not ? Did Bro .
Fenn holdout the threat that "the M . W . G . M . and his Grand Officers would remove their clothing and leave the place ? " If be did he must have had full authority for doing so , and he would not have been authorised to threaten so extreme a course of action on the part of the Prince of VVales unless good and sufficient reasons existed . Bro .
Fenn is the one of all others best qualified to give an answer , and fully to explain the circumstances of the case . In the hope that his attention may be called to this communication , I remain , yours fraternally , P . P . G . R . OXON .
H . M . S . ATALANTA . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — It may interest your readers to know that Bro . G . H . Wyatt ( late oi this ship ) , a contributor to your magazine , is one of thc unfortunate men who are missing in H . M . S . Atalantaand of whose untimely end there can be
, little doubt . He exchanged from the Lord Warden to thc Atalanta in the latter part of 1 S 79 . Can an appeal be made in your columns in behalf of his widow and three children , who are now left destitute , and which will be the more severe as Mrs . Wyatt expects to be confined this week or next ? Doubtless a fund will be
established for their relief , as in thc cases of the Captain and Eurydice , but in thc meantime she is without funds tc support herself and family in her trouble . Trusting you will see your way clear to establish a small subscription list for her by an appeal to your readers , I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
WILLIAM II . HINKS , M . M . H . M . S . Lord Warden , Portsmouth Dockyard , June 8 th . Appended is the address of Mrs . Wyatt for further enquiries : 23 , Eldcn-terrace , Windmill I lill , Bedminstcr , Bristol .
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THE ORIGIN OF MASONIC RITUAL AND TRADITION . By Bro . Wm . ROWBOTTOM , Alfreton . This is a " Lecture , " based , to some extent , on articles which have already appeared in the "Masonic Magazine , " and is very ably put together , and suggests many serious considerations . The " Pyramidical School " is increasing rapidly , if we may judge by the works produced , nnd in
that school Bro . Rowbottom holds a not undistinguished p lace . To say that we agree in all his arguments and conclusions would not be justifiable , as we own that much may be said " pro and con ., " but wc do heartily commend thc clearness and ability , and evident sincerity of the writer , in propounding his views on a most interesting , almost exciting subject . We are happy to note , for
reasons patent to all who peruse the work , that it is only sold to professed Masons , that it can only be obtained from the author , that it is not to be advertized , and is not intended for the trade . Bro . Rowbottom , who deserves equal credit for his lecture nnd his Masons view of his duty in this respect , has recourse to an older habit of Masonic writers , to write "Ad Latomos" only , and not for the
public . Latterlv we have seen in this respect of publication a strange forgetfulncss of the first duties of a Freemason , but Bro . Rowbottom more wisely and Masonically publishes a lodge lecture , which is much appreciated , and proposes to communicate it only to the Craft . Had this not been so we should have felt it mir duty to make one or two
remarks , which are now entirely needless , on this subject of publication , but wc can conscientiously commend the lecture to the attention of our readers , and of Masons alone , leaving out any possible points of doubt or question . What the pyramids really were intended to be is still a " Crux " for the learned . Wchavc always held to the opinion of certain able men that they were " centres of initiation , " and
though other views are propounded we see no reason to change the op inion which was entertained by llelzoni , Caviglia , and Spineto . Let our readers obtain Bro . Rowbottom's lecture , and think and judge fur themselves . We may add that the work can only be obtained from Bro . William Rowbottom , Alfreton , or by writing to him at 198 , Fleet-street , E . C .
THE CRAFTSMAN . Canada . Is in very good form this month . THE LIBERAL FREEMASON , Boston : THE MASONIC AGE , Louisville , US . ; THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY , Kalamazoo , U . S . Are admirable monthly magazines .
A SHORT HISTORY OF ST . JOHN'S LODGE , BOLTON . By Bro . G . P . BUOCKHUKST . Bro . Morris , Oxford-street , Bolton . Like Bro . Hughan , who has written an able preface , we commend this publication of lodge histories . For we shall
only in this way be able to reach to a true "diagnosis' of the real facis of Masonic history . It is freem the realities eif lodge foundatiem , archives , and work that we shall be- able eventually to draw a consistent whole of true Masonic history . At present that is in an inchoate state only , or , rather , very fragmentary , partial , chaotic , and unverified .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF MISSOURI . This is the report of the sixty-seventh annual convention , and is interesting to Royal Arch Masons . The more we read of . American proceedings the morewe feel how much stronger Freemasonry would be in America with an American Grand
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Lodge and Grand Chapter . But we arc aware of the difficulty ; stiff , accoreling to our view , it is not insurmountable . But probably our American brethren know best what is good for themselves .
GREENHOUSE FAVOURITES . Part 11 . London : Groombridge and Sons . This elegant publication still keeps up its high character . Two magnificent illustrations arc given this month of the Tea Rose ( Perlc de Lyon ) and the Bourbon Rose ( Rev . H . Dombrain ) . Thc letterpress deals with the H ydrangea and thc Pleroma .
A CATALOGUE of RARE OLD BOOKS . Ellis and White , 2 ej , New Bond-street . Messrs Ellis and White may justly so term their catalogue , No . 45 . It is one of the most interesting we have read for a long time , and will well repay the study of the book collector , and , if you like , the "bibliomaniac . "
Indeed , whatever page you turn over you find something to arrest your attention , to excite your longings , and to affect your sympathies . For the love of books is a good thing , per se , and it opens out for us all refined tastes , elevated aspirations , and pleasant occupation . This catalogue is in itself a study .
AN EAST END CHRONICLE : ST . GEORGE'S-INTHE-EAST PARISH AND PARISH CHURCH Compiled from various sources by the Rev . R . H . HADDEN , B . A ., Curate . With introduction by the Rev . HAKRV JONES , M . A ., Rector . London : Hatchards , 1 SS 0 . Although only two names appear upon the title page of
this interesting contribution to our metropolitan topographical literature , in reality it is the work of a trinity , and it is our province as reviewers to indicate the parts played by each of the three collaboratcurs , and tei award respectively their due meed of approbation or correction , and , if needful , wholesome censure . Thc contributor whose name docs not appear upon the title page , an omission of which we are sure
he would be the last to complain , more especially as his assistance is gracefully acknowledged more than once by the reverend compiler , is Mr . T . G . Harrison , thc vestryclerk of the parish , who brings to his share of the work considerable literary ability enhanced by long experience , made available Ivy a most retentive memory . However , in point of dignity , though his name is not
placed first on the title page , we must give priority to the rector , the Rev . Harry Jones , Si . A . This energetic ecclesiastic is already favourably known in literary circles by his thoughtful work " East and West London , " which is before us as we write . His jiart in the volume now under review does not constitute any material factor in the sum of the production .
It is limited to a well written prelude , dated Ireim Palestine , where the harel worked cast-end clergyman is presumably taking a tour for recreation , which , to a man of his temperament , is more likely to entail an accession . of intellectual labour than a recuperative result of repose . The gist of the East-End Chronicle is the narration by Mr . Hadden of the history of this little known—we are afraid we mustsay
somewhat despiseel—but—we venture to assert—highly interesting , Parish of St . Gcorgc ' sin the East . Passengers up the Thames , silently after passing Wren ' s splendid pair of domes at Greenwich , will observe upon their right a conspicuous landmark in the shape eif a magnificent campanile displaying an illuminated clock face , the gift of the munificent Lady Coutts , for the convenience of the sailors
of thc Port of London . That superb pile belongs to the fine old church of St . Anne , Limeliouse . The next beild tower on the same side of thc river—a dignified group of pillars , anel turrets , and battlements—appertains to the Parish Church of St . George ' s-in-the-East . Like that of Limeliouse , it is a renowned landmark , and , perhaps , few Londoners know from how
many peiints it may be advantageously seen . The present writer , who is not ashamed to own tn affectionate associations with it , has it under view for some minutes , morning anil evening , every day of his life , from thc lofty line of the South-Eastern Railway on the opposite bank of the river . The other morning in this delicious springtime , or , rather , we should say , in the genial spring weather that seems
to have left us , he who pens these lines " stood on the bridge , " not at midnight , but , on London Bridge-, between five and six of the clock , and , looking over its eastern parapet , saw the turrets of William Rufus ' s white tower stand boldly out , black against the rudely blaze eif the rising sun , and , there , to the left , he behelel the well-remembered battlements of 1 Iawkesmore ' s ,
by no means jejune , production . St . George s-in-the-I-. ast was an outcome of the act of Parliament , passed in Queen Anne ' s reign , for providing additional parish churches in the metropolis—a piece of legislation of which it fairly might have been saiel with Horace , Pnrturitint moutcs , iinscitur ridicithts mtts , so grand was the scheme , so wholly disproportionate were thc results . Queen Anne had
been in her grave , however , fifteen years before this by no means insignificent mouse was fairly born , for it was not until 1729 that St . George's was consecrated and had a rector induct ed to it , and was duly opened for Divine service . Before this lime the district—then by act of Parliament constituted a separate and independent parish—had formed ]) art of thc extensive cure of St . Dunstan , Stepney . Now it became
thc parish of St . George , Middlesex , for years afterwards popularly known as St . George's-in-the-Fie ! ds , inasmuch as it stood then in the midst of meadows . Spice Island , so-called on the Incus a non lucendo principlefor the refuse of the ' east end of London was deposited there—and Sun Tavern Fields , to the east , Goodman ' s Fields to the west , Mile-end Fields to thc
north , and Fawdon—corrupted by the vulgar to " Farthing "—Fields to the south ; the latter skirting thc river opposite Rediiff . Now it ( the parish ) is generally known , and , we believe , has received the sanction of legal nomenclature as St . George's-in-the-East . The purely parochial history of the church and locality is very well sketched by Mr . Hidden in the work before us . We venture to assert that this gentleman has rendered really good literary
service in indicating the salient circumstances in the careers of two or three ancient parishioners of this—as we have implied—rather slighted parish . It is but the other day that that Siamese twin-like , delightful pair of authors , [ Messrs . Besant and Rice , rather inconsiderately ( impounded that no—not merely great—but even ordinarily clever , man bad ever been produced from the east-end of London . This rash theory was advanced in a novel , the
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scene of a considerable part of the tale being ' / aid in the parish , the chronicles of which are now under our notice . ( "The Seamy Side" —Time 1 SS 0 . ) Our space will not permit us , nor our inclinations disposeus , to controvert here a doctrine which we must be permitted to regard as essentially unsound ; but we are indebted to Mr . Hadden for his partial exposure of its fallacy , and , as a ready illustration , we may refer our readers
toour impression of the 15 th inst . ( page 224 ) , where , in a note from the pen of Bro . Samuel Poynter , some considerable amount of Masonic information as to a learned eastend celebrity is derived from thc very work we are now examining . Essentially complementary to Mr . Hadclen ' s record is the paper supplied by the Vestry Clerk , who narrates graphically the laudable public spirit and energy displayed by the officials of the parish ,
supported by the inhabitants , in adopting and adapting Sir Benjamin Hall ' s ( thc late Lord Llanover ' s ) Act of rS 55 , and readily accepting thc new regime of improvement in metropolitan local life then happilj' inaugurated . Mr . Harrison ' s modesty , of course , precludes him from informing his readers how much of the success of the adoption and adaptation was due to his own indefatigable exertions . This "East End Chronicle , " however , is not without its
faults . Its chief one may , jjerhaps , more properly , be designated its misfortune . It is too bald , too jejune—more might have been made of it—but we all know that the hard conditions imposed by res nugitsta apply to books as well as to homes—so let that pass . The main defect is inattention to revision . The typographical errors are . sufficiently numerous to demand a close re-reading should a second edition be called for , which , we hope , will be the
case . For instance , surely thc word " jjcnsioner ( line nine , up from the botf" --r . page 20 ) , should be " parishioner ; "the revere" I ' il learned compiler has probably misundcrsteiod an e . idinary abbreviation in thc MSS . of the vestry minute book . The quotation , loo , at page 74 is faulty . Mr . Harrison might have stated that , what he calls an " old couplet , " was from a tolerably well-known work , Dryden ' s " Absolom and Achitophel , " and the poet did not illustrate the character of the crafty Shaftesbury by the rather
halting verse : "Great wit to madness is so near allied , A hair's breadth scarce the twain divide . " But , in fact , wrote : "Great wits arc sure to madness near allied , And thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Which , we venture to assert , makes all the difference . To sum up our corrections of matter , Mr . Hadden is , in our
judgment , in error in deriving the word—the name—Limeliouse , from a place " where the limes were many" ( page 5 ) . Here there is evidently some mis-association with Fitz-Stephen ' s description of the environs of London , written so long ago as the reign of Henry the Second , wherein the author essays to describe the " vast forest" that came up almost to the walls of the splendid "Augusta . " Probabl y the derivation of Pojilar from " where the poplars grew" is
sound , but we fear that the lime was of too late an introduction to England to warrant its use as giving a nomenclature to a locality . A much more prosaic theory , which we have somewhere read , but for the moment we cannot lay our hands upon the reference , that Limeliouse owed its titfe to its being the jilacc where lime was burned for the purpose of making the necessary mortar for the building of the then rapielly i ^ rowinit ; Londem , seems to us considerably more
plausible . The reverend compiler errs too in supposing that the title of " Garrick " has only recently been applied to the small theatre in Goodman's Fields ( page 23 ) . That playhouse has borne the name , within the writer ' s certain knowledge , for fifty years , and probably for fifty years before that . Again , as a really final qualification of thc excellence of this little—all too little—work—and yet that is only apparently a qualification
which must necessarily partake of the character ot ; 1 compliment , and so the correction cannot be considered altogether ungracious—wc object to the needless self-depreciation involved in the expression on page 3 , that "this volume , such as it is , is strictly an emanation of what has been called ' the parochial mind . '" Here , it seems to us , that the phrase quoted ¦ is misapplied , because—by no means unnatural !)—misunderstood , by the reverend
gentleman who employs it . By tliU j " parochial mind " is commonly meant a narrow , selfish , mean , paltry , and—so to speak—starved , intellectual standard , by which all public matters are regarded , and thc expression is generally use : e ! in contradistinction to its antonym "an imperial mind " a large anel extended , a generous , a lofty , and comprehensive balrit of thought . Mr . Hadden must surely see that the whole tenor of this review infers
that his work comes within thc latter rather than the former classification . If wc are accused of having been strict in our few censures wc must plead in our defence the well-chosen and modest invitation placed in the front of this ably-written and useful record , in the manly words of honest old Chaucer—words that , to use the expression of a poet of our own lime , comeback to the mind "like an
odour of brine from the ocean , " anel which we may surely be excused , if not thanked , for reproducing here" Go , little book , God send thee good passage , And specially let this be thy prayere Unto them all that thee will read or hear , Where thou art wrong after their help to call Thee to correct in any part or all . "
THE EXPORTERS' DIRECTORY , 1 SS 0-81 . —Thomas Jones and Co ., office of the " Exporter , " Australian Avenue , London , E . C . If there be any amateur political economist who is inclined to think lightly of our trade with the Colonies , this bulky volume will quickly undeceive him . In its 1500 pages will be found a mass of statistics and information bearing upon the trade of Great Britain with her Colonies
and Foreign Countries , ejoo pages are filled with a review of the various Markets , Colonial , Continental , and Foreign , through which British manufactures reach buyers or consumers , for the informatiem of merchants and manufacturers alike . The work is a marvel of industrious compilation , and is indispensable to all traders who " go down to
the sea in ships . " The publishers , in their preface , have the following "warning note , " anent the position of England as a manufacturing power , which we think is worthy of serious consideration . '' The pre-eminence of Great Britain as a manufacturing power is perilously uncertain , if other countries continue to advance in the same ratio of competition evidenced in the last decade . More knowledge of facts connected with commercial geography ,
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alluded , and if possible have contradicted . I quote the passage verbatim : " Here a similar line of action to that in the eastern enclosure wes taken by the clergy , even with still more marked manifestation of antipathy . They positively swarmed over the dias , and indicated by their manner that thc second stone should , after all , belaid Ecclesiastically , and not Masonically ! Again , Bro . Fenn , nothing daunted , came to the rescue , and by insisting that
if the Prince of Wales did not lav the second stone as M . W . G . M ., he ( the Prince ) with his Grand Oflicers , would there and then remove their clothing and leave the place . This "did not suit their book , " and common sense was thus permitted to prevail over bigoted hostility . " This is no surmise , it is not the statement of an impression , it is the assertion of a fae-t . Is it true or is it not ? Did Bro .
Fenn holdout the threat that "the M . W . G . M . and his Grand Officers would remove their clothing and leave the place ? " If be did he must have had full authority for doing so , and he would not have been authorised to threaten so extreme a course of action on the part of the Prince of VVales unless good and sufficient reasons existed . Bro .
Fenn is the one of all others best qualified to give an answer , and fully to explain the circumstances of the case . In the hope that his attention may be called to this communication , I remain , yours fraternally , P . P . G . R . OXON .
H . M . S . ATALANTA . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — It may interest your readers to know that Bro . G . H . Wyatt ( late oi this ship ) , a contributor to your magazine , is one of thc unfortunate men who are missing in H . M . S . Atalantaand of whose untimely end there can be
, little doubt . He exchanged from the Lord Warden to thc Atalanta in the latter part of 1 S 79 . Can an appeal be made in your columns in behalf of his widow and three children , who are now left destitute , and which will be the more severe as Mrs . Wyatt expects to be confined this week or next ? Doubtless a fund will be
established for their relief , as in thc cases of the Captain and Eurydice , but in thc meantime she is without funds tc support herself and family in her trouble . Trusting you will see your way clear to establish a small subscription list for her by an appeal to your readers , I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
WILLIAM II . HINKS , M . M . H . M . S . Lord Warden , Portsmouth Dockyard , June 8 th . Appended is the address of Mrs . Wyatt for further enquiries : 23 , Eldcn-terrace , Windmill I lill , Bedminstcr , Bristol .
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THE ORIGIN OF MASONIC RITUAL AND TRADITION . By Bro . Wm . ROWBOTTOM , Alfreton . This is a " Lecture , " based , to some extent , on articles which have already appeared in the "Masonic Magazine , " and is very ably put together , and suggests many serious considerations . The " Pyramidical School " is increasing rapidly , if we may judge by the works produced , nnd in
that school Bro . Rowbottom holds a not undistinguished p lace . To say that we agree in all his arguments and conclusions would not be justifiable , as we own that much may be said " pro and con ., " but wc do heartily commend thc clearness and ability , and evident sincerity of the writer , in propounding his views on a most interesting , almost exciting subject . We are happy to note , for
reasons patent to all who peruse the work , that it is only sold to professed Masons , that it can only be obtained from the author , that it is not to be advertized , and is not intended for the trade . Bro . Rowbottom , who deserves equal credit for his lecture nnd his Masons view of his duty in this respect , has recourse to an older habit of Masonic writers , to write "Ad Latomos" only , and not for the
public . Latterlv we have seen in this respect of publication a strange forgetfulncss of the first duties of a Freemason , but Bro . Rowbottom more wisely and Masonically publishes a lodge lecture , which is much appreciated , and proposes to communicate it only to the Craft . Had this not been so we should have felt it mir duty to make one or two
remarks , which are now entirely needless , on this subject of publication , but wc can conscientiously commend the lecture to the attention of our readers , and of Masons alone , leaving out any possible points of doubt or question . What the pyramids really were intended to be is still a " Crux " for the learned . Wchavc always held to the opinion of certain able men that they were " centres of initiation , " and
though other views are propounded we see no reason to change the op inion which was entertained by llelzoni , Caviglia , and Spineto . Let our readers obtain Bro . Rowbottom's lecture , and think and judge fur themselves . We may add that the work can only be obtained from Bro . William Rowbottom , Alfreton , or by writing to him at 198 , Fleet-street , E . C .
THE CRAFTSMAN . Canada . Is in very good form this month . THE LIBERAL FREEMASON , Boston : THE MASONIC AGE , Louisville , US . ; THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY , Kalamazoo , U . S . Are admirable monthly magazines .
A SHORT HISTORY OF ST . JOHN'S LODGE , BOLTON . By Bro . G . P . BUOCKHUKST . Bro . Morris , Oxford-street , Bolton . Like Bro . Hughan , who has written an able preface , we commend this publication of lodge histories . For we shall
only in this way be able to reach to a true "diagnosis' of the real facis of Masonic history . It is freem the realities eif lodge foundatiem , archives , and work that we shall be- able eventually to draw a consistent whole of true Masonic history . At present that is in an inchoate state only , or , rather , very fragmentary , partial , chaotic , and unverified .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF MISSOURI . This is the report of the sixty-seventh annual convention , and is interesting to Royal Arch Masons . The more we read of . American proceedings the morewe feel how much stronger Freemasonry would be in America with an American Grand
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Lodge and Grand Chapter . But we arc aware of the difficulty ; stiff , accoreling to our view , it is not insurmountable . But probably our American brethren know best what is good for themselves .
GREENHOUSE FAVOURITES . Part 11 . London : Groombridge and Sons . This elegant publication still keeps up its high character . Two magnificent illustrations arc given this month of the Tea Rose ( Perlc de Lyon ) and the Bourbon Rose ( Rev . H . Dombrain ) . Thc letterpress deals with the H ydrangea and thc Pleroma .
A CATALOGUE of RARE OLD BOOKS . Ellis and White , 2 ej , New Bond-street . Messrs Ellis and White may justly so term their catalogue , No . 45 . It is one of the most interesting we have read for a long time , and will well repay the study of the book collector , and , if you like , the "bibliomaniac . "
Indeed , whatever page you turn over you find something to arrest your attention , to excite your longings , and to affect your sympathies . For the love of books is a good thing , per se , and it opens out for us all refined tastes , elevated aspirations , and pleasant occupation . This catalogue is in itself a study .
AN EAST END CHRONICLE : ST . GEORGE'S-INTHE-EAST PARISH AND PARISH CHURCH Compiled from various sources by the Rev . R . H . HADDEN , B . A ., Curate . With introduction by the Rev . HAKRV JONES , M . A ., Rector . London : Hatchards , 1 SS 0 . Although only two names appear upon the title page of
this interesting contribution to our metropolitan topographical literature , in reality it is the work of a trinity , and it is our province as reviewers to indicate the parts played by each of the three collaboratcurs , and tei award respectively their due meed of approbation or correction , and , if needful , wholesome censure . Thc contributor whose name docs not appear upon the title page , an omission of which we are sure
he would be the last to complain , more especially as his assistance is gracefully acknowledged more than once by the reverend compiler , is Mr . T . G . Harrison , thc vestryclerk of the parish , who brings to his share of the work considerable literary ability enhanced by long experience , made available Ivy a most retentive memory . However , in point of dignity , though his name is not
placed first on the title page , we must give priority to the rector , the Rev . Harry Jones , Si . A . This energetic ecclesiastic is already favourably known in literary circles by his thoughtful work " East and West London , " which is before us as we write . His jiart in the volume now under review does not constitute any material factor in the sum of the production .
It is limited to a well written prelude , dated Ireim Palestine , where the harel worked cast-end clergyman is presumably taking a tour for recreation , which , to a man of his temperament , is more likely to entail an accession . of intellectual labour than a recuperative result of repose . The gist of the East-End Chronicle is the narration by Mr . Hadden of the history of this little known—we are afraid we mustsay
somewhat despiseel—but—we venture to assert—highly interesting , Parish of St . Gcorgc ' sin the East . Passengers up the Thames , silently after passing Wren ' s splendid pair of domes at Greenwich , will observe upon their right a conspicuous landmark in the shape eif a magnificent campanile displaying an illuminated clock face , the gift of the munificent Lady Coutts , for the convenience of the sailors
of thc Port of London . That superb pile belongs to the fine old church of St . Anne , Limeliouse . The next beild tower on the same side of thc river—a dignified group of pillars , anel turrets , and battlements—appertains to the Parish Church of St . George ' s-in-the-East . Like that of Limeliouse , it is a renowned landmark , and , perhaps , few Londoners know from how
many peiints it may be advantageously seen . The present writer , who is not ashamed to own tn affectionate associations with it , has it under view for some minutes , morning anil evening , every day of his life , from thc lofty line of the South-Eastern Railway on the opposite bank of the river . The other morning in this delicious springtime , or , rather , we should say , in the genial spring weather that seems
to have left us , he who pens these lines " stood on the bridge , " not at midnight , but , on London Bridge-, between five and six of the clock , and , looking over its eastern parapet , saw the turrets of William Rufus ' s white tower stand boldly out , black against the rudely blaze eif the rising sun , and , there , to the left , he behelel the well-remembered battlements of 1 Iawkesmore ' s ,
by no means jejune , production . St . George s-in-the-I-. ast was an outcome of the act of Parliament , passed in Queen Anne ' s reign , for providing additional parish churches in the metropolis—a piece of legislation of which it fairly might have been saiel with Horace , Pnrturitint moutcs , iinscitur ridicithts mtts , so grand was the scheme , so wholly disproportionate were thc results . Queen Anne had
been in her grave , however , fifteen years before this by no means insignificent mouse was fairly born , for it was not until 1729 that St . George's was consecrated and had a rector induct ed to it , and was duly opened for Divine service . Before this lime the district—then by act of Parliament constituted a separate and independent parish—had formed ]) art of thc extensive cure of St . Dunstan , Stepney . Now it became
thc parish of St . George , Middlesex , for years afterwards popularly known as St . George's-in-the-Fie ! ds , inasmuch as it stood then in the midst of meadows . Spice Island , so-called on the Incus a non lucendo principlefor the refuse of the ' east end of London was deposited there—and Sun Tavern Fields , to the east , Goodman ' s Fields to the west , Mile-end Fields to thc
north , and Fawdon—corrupted by the vulgar to " Farthing "—Fields to the south ; the latter skirting thc river opposite Rediiff . Now it ( the parish ) is generally known , and , we believe , has received the sanction of legal nomenclature as St . George's-in-the-East . The purely parochial history of the church and locality is very well sketched by Mr . Hidden in the work before us . We venture to assert that this gentleman has rendered really good literary
service in indicating the salient circumstances in the careers of two or three ancient parishioners of this—as we have implied—rather slighted parish . It is but the other day that that Siamese twin-like , delightful pair of authors , [ Messrs . Besant and Rice , rather inconsiderately ( impounded that no—not merely great—but even ordinarily clever , man bad ever been produced from the east-end of London . This rash theory was advanced in a novel , the
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scene of a considerable part of the tale being ' / aid in the parish , the chronicles of which are now under our notice . ( "The Seamy Side" —Time 1 SS 0 . ) Our space will not permit us , nor our inclinations disposeus , to controvert here a doctrine which we must be permitted to regard as essentially unsound ; but we are indebted to Mr . Hadden for his partial exposure of its fallacy , and , as a ready illustration , we may refer our readers
toour impression of the 15 th inst . ( page 224 ) , where , in a note from the pen of Bro . Samuel Poynter , some considerable amount of Masonic information as to a learned eastend celebrity is derived from thc very work we are now examining . Essentially complementary to Mr . Hadclen ' s record is the paper supplied by the Vestry Clerk , who narrates graphically the laudable public spirit and energy displayed by the officials of the parish ,
supported by the inhabitants , in adopting and adapting Sir Benjamin Hall ' s ( thc late Lord Llanover ' s ) Act of rS 55 , and readily accepting thc new regime of improvement in metropolitan local life then happilj' inaugurated . Mr . Harrison ' s modesty , of course , precludes him from informing his readers how much of the success of the adoption and adaptation was due to his own indefatigable exertions . This "East End Chronicle , " however , is not without its
faults . Its chief one may , jjerhaps , more properly , be designated its misfortune . It is too bald , too jejune—more might have been made of it—but we all know that the hard conditions imposed by res nugitsta apply to books as well as to homes—so let that pass . The main defect is inattention to revision . The typographical errors are . sufficiently numerous to demand a close re-reading should a second edition be called for , which , we hope , will be the
case . For instance , surely thc word " jjcnsioner ( line nine , up from the botf" --r . page 20 ) , should be " parishioner ; "the revere" I ' il learned compiler has probably misundcrsteiod an e . idinary abbreviation in thc MSS . of the vestry minute book . The quotation , loo , at page 74 is faulty . Mr . Harrison might have stated that , what he calls an " old couplet , " was from a tolerably well-known work , Dryden ' s " Absolom and Achitophel , " and the poet did not illustrate the character of the crafty Shaftesbury by the rather
halting verse : "Great wit to madness is so near allied , A hair's breadth scarce the twain divide . " But , in fact , wrote : "Great wits arc sure to madness near allied , And thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Which , we venture to assert , makes all the difference . To sum up our corrections of matter , Mr . Hadden is , in our
judgment , in error in deriving the word—the name—Limeliouse , from a place " where the limes were many" ( page 5 ) . Here there is evidently some mis-association with Fitz-Stephen ' s description of the environs of London , written so long ago as the reign of Henry the Second , wherein the author essays to describe the " vast forest" that came up almost to the walls of the splendid "Augusta . " Probabl y the derivation of Pojilar from " where the poplars grew" is
sound , but we fear that the lime was of too late an introduction to England to warrant its use as giving a nomenclature to a locality . A much more prosaic theory , which we have somewhere read , but for the moment we cannot lay our hands upon the reference , that Limeliouse owed its titfe to its being the jilacc where lime was burned for the purpose of making the necessary mortar for the building of the then rapielly i ^ rowinit ; Londem , seems to us considerably more
plausible . The reverend compiler errs too in supposing that the title of " Garrick " has only recently been applied to the small theatre in Goodman's Fields ( page 23 ) . That playhouse has borne the name , within the writer ' s certain knowledge , for fifty years , and probably for fifty years before that . Again , as a really final qualification of thc excellence of this little—all too little—work—and yet that is only apparently a qualification
which must necessarily partake of the character ot ; 1 compliment , and so the correction cannot be considered altogether ungracious—wc object to the needless self-depreciation involved in the expression on page 3 , that "this volume , such as it is , is strictly an emanation of what has been called ' the parochial mind . '" Here , it seems to us , that the phrase quoted ¦ is misapplied , because—by no means unnatural !)—misunderstood , by the reverend
gentleman who employs it . By tliU j " parochial mind " is commonly meant a narrow , selfish , mean , paltry , and—so to speak—starved , intellectual standard , by which all public matters are regarded , and thc expression is generally use : e ! in contradistinction to its antonym "an imperial mind " a large anel extended , a generous , a lofty , and comprehensive balrit of thought . Mr . Hadden must surely see that the whole tenor of this review infers
that his work comes within thc latter rather than the former classification . If wc are accused of having been strict in our few censures wc must plead in our defence the well-chosen and modest invitation placed in the front of this ably-written and useful record , in the manly words of honest old Chaucer—words that , to use the expression of a poet of our own lime , comeback to the mind "like an
odour of brine from the ocean , " anel which we may surely be excused , if not thanked , for reproducing here" Go , little book , God send thee good passage , And specially let this be thy prayere Unto them all that thee will read or hear , Where thou art wrong after their help to call Thee to correct in any part or all . "
THE EXPORTERS' DIRECTORY , 1 SS 0-81 . —Thomas Jones and Co ., office of the " Exporter , " Australian Avenue , London , E . C . If there be any amateur political economist who is inclined to think lightly of our trade with the Colonies , this bulky volume will quickly undeceive him . In its 1500 pages will be found a mass of statistics and information bearing upon the trade of Great Britain with her Colonies
and Foreign Countries , ejoo pages are filled with a review of the various Markets , Colonial , Continental , and Foreign , through which British manufactures reach buyers or consumers , for the informatiem of merchants and manufacturers alike . The work is a marvel of industrious compilation , and is indispensable to all traders who " go down to
the sea in ships . " The publishers , in their preface , have the following "warning note , " anent the position of England as a manufacturing power , which we think is worthy of serious consideration . '' The pre-eminence of Great Britain as a manufacturing power is perilously uncertain , if other countries continue to advance in the same ratio of competition evidenced in the last decade . More knowledge of facts connected with commercial geography ,