Excerpt from The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 1: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc., Derived From Official Sources Throughout the World A new and more critical school has, however, at length arisen, which, while doing; much to place the subject on a sound historical basis, has yet left something to be desired. The publication Of a General History Of Freemasonry, by Herr Findel (of Leipsic) in 1861, marks a distinct era in the progress Of Masonic literature. NO universal history of: the Masonic craft (at all worthy Of the name) had previously been compiled, and the: dictum Of the Chevalier de Bonneville was generally acquiesced in, That the span of ten: men's lives was too Short a period for the execution of SO formidable an undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.