Transcriber's Notes

The Table of Contents in the original book does not correspond directly with the heading chapters.

The following have been retained as they appear in the original publication:

  1. alternative spelling for Tiler and Tyler;
  2. hyphenation in corner-stone/corner stone, ever-green/evergreen, north-east/northeast and to-morrow/tomorrow;
  3. punctuation in the order of the Special Communication of the Grand Lodge;
  4. irregular indentation of verse on pages 63 and 149; and
  5. * * * within the text, and on a line of its own, * * *

Changes have been made as follows:

Page 2Election and Installation changed to
Election and [Installation.]
Laying Corner Stone changed to
Laying [Corner-Stone.]
Page 7alone valuable a changed to
alone valuable [and]
Page 8vade mecum.' changed to
['vade] mecum.'
Page 10offend When we go astray, changed to
[offend.] When we go astray,
Page 11with hands, eternal i changed to
with hands, eternal [in the]
Page 12Brother S. W., how changed to
["Brother] S. W., how
Page 13selfish and ungodly changed to
selfish and [ungodly.]
Page 24eavesdroppers, asscending changed to
eavesdroppers, [ascending]
Page 29north of the eliptic changed to
north of the [elliptic]
Page 36 hich he is afterwards changed to
[which] he is afterwards
Page 47the Doric Ionic changed to
the [Doric,] Ionic
seven sabatical years changed to
seven [sabbatical] years
expressions to be intellgible changed to
expressions to be [intelligible]
Page 48and gentle tremulo changed to
and gentle [tremolo]
Page 51to pass the inner door? changed to
to pass the inner [door!]
Page 52to your care. changed to
to your [care."]
Page 63dissolves our eathly changed to
dissolves our [earthly]
Page 64degree of Master Msaon changed to
degree of Master [Mason]
Page 65approaching danger changed to
approaching [danger.]
Page 69darkness to Pharoah changed to
darkness to [Pharaoh]
Page 73problems and theorims changed to
problems and [theorems]
Page 82a lodge For changed to
a lodge [for]
Page 83necessary to eligibilty changed to
necessary to [eligibility]
Page 87with the Constituions changed to
with the [Constitutions]
Page 96calls * * *
calls [* * *;]
Page 110S. G. W.) from the South changed to
[S. G. W.); from] the South
Page 112Past G'rd Officers changed to
Past [Gr'd] Officers
Page 119the folowing invocation
the [following] invocation
Page 122Deacons, with rods; _changed to
Deacons, with [rods.]
Page 125bless the Craft, whersoever changed to
bless the Craft, [wheresoever]
employed by you acording changed to
employed by you [according]
Page 138Master repeating the folowing changed to
Master repeating the [following]
Try name changed to
[Thy] name
Page 140from the terrestial changed to
from the [terrestrial]
Page 143follow the Tiler changed to
follow the [Tiler.]
Page 149Princes! this clay changed to
["Princes!] this clay
Page 175terresrtial is another changed to
[terrestrial] is another