Excerpt from The New Masonic Trestle-Board The following work, although chiefly intended for the use of the ancient and honorable society of Free and Accepted Masons, is also calculated to explain the nature and odesign of the Masonic Institution to those who may be desirous of becoming acquainted with its principles, whether for the purpose '0f initiation into the society, or merely for the gratification of their curiosity. The Observations upon the three first degrees are, many - Of them taken from Preston's Illustrations of Masonry, with' some necessary alterations. Mr. Preston's distribution of the first lecture into six, the second into four, and the third into twelve sections, not being agreeable to the mode of working in America, they are differently arranged in this work. 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.