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CONTENTS

PART I.
SPECULATIVE MASONRY ITS MISSION.

CHAPTER I.
THE MISSION GENERALLY CONSIDERED.
1. THE MEANING OK THE WORDS "MISSION" AND "MASONRY,"
2. THE QUEST OF THE IDEAL,
3. THE VARIATION OF THE IDEAL
4. THE MASONIC IDEAL,
5. THE NATURE OF THE MISSION,
6. IS MASONRY TO-DAY TRUE TO ITS MISSION ?

CHAPTER II.
THE LAW OF THE SQUARE.
1. THE LAW OF THE SQUARE IN NATURE,
2. THE LAW OF THE SQUARE IN MATERIAL BUILDING,
3. THE LAW OF THE SQUARE IN MORAL BUILDING,
4. THE LAW OF THE SQUARE IN THE POINT WITHIN THE CIRCLE,
5. THE LAW OF THE SQUARE IN THE CROSS,
6. SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF THE SQUARE,

CHAPTER III.
THE QUARRIES, OR THE SELECTION OF THE MATERIAL.
1. THE MATERIAL SUITABLE,
2. THE QUARRIES AVAILABLE,
3. THE PROCESS OF SELECTION,

CHAPTER IV.
THE LODGE, OR THE PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL.
1. THE NATURE OF ITS WORK,
2. ITS RELATION TO RELIGION,
3. ITS RELATION TO THE OUTER WORLD,
4. ITS IDEAL PLAN,
5. ITS COURSE OF INSTRUCTION,
6. ITS CHIEF END,

CHAPTER V.
THE TEMPLE, OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE MISSION.
1. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT,

2. THE TEMPLE OF KING SOLOMON,
3. THE IDEAL TEMPLE,

PART II.
SPECULATIVE MASONRY ITS EVOLUTION.

CHAPTER I.
ORIGINS ASCRIBED TO MASONRY.
1. THE HISTORICAL DIFFICULTIES,
2. SOME OF THE THEORIES ADVANCED,
3. ITS EVOLUTION MOST LIKELY ALONG THE LINES OF OPERATIVE BUILDING,

CHAPTER II.
ANCIENT SYMBOLISM AND MYSTERIES.
1- ANTIQUITY OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM,
2. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES,

CHAPTER III.
THE ROMAN COLLEGIA AND MEDIEVAL GUILDS.
1. THE ROMAN COLLEGIA,
2. IDENTITY OF THE COLLEGIA WITH THE GUILDS IN ENGLAND,
3. IDENTITY OF THE COLLEGIA WITH THE GUILDS IN FRANCE,

CHAPTER IV.
THE FRENCH COMPANIONAGE.
1. THE THREE ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR TRADITIONS,
2. INTERESTING CUSTOMS AND RULES,
3. THE "WOLVES" OF THE SONS OF SOLOMON AND THE MASONIC "LEWIS,"
4. SIMILARITIES OF THE COMPANIONAGE AND FREEMASONRY,

CHAPTER V.
THE GERMAN STEIN-METZEN.
1. THE NAME AND ORIGIN OF THE ORGANISATION,
2. THE CULDEES,
3. THE GERMAN GUILDS AND STEIN-METZEN,

CHAPTER VI.
THE OLD BRITISH LODGES.
1. THE OLD CHARGES,
2. THE SPECULATIVE ELEMENT IN THE OLD LODGES,
3. DEGREES IN THE OLD LODGES,
SUMMARY. 1. CHARACTERISTIC POINTS COMMON TO THE ORGANISATIONS
CONSIDERED,
2. CONCLUSION,

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