The texts compiled in the present volume were originally published in 1923 or thereabouts by the Baskerville Press, London as nos. 1-3 in the "Masonic Handbook Series," which ran to five 16 mo volumes, around 100 pages a piece (no. 4 , The History Handbook and no. 5 , The Higher Degrees Handbook are here omitted; the latter is doing the rounds of the Internet as plaintext). No attempt has been made to retain pagination, layout or style of that edition. The advertisements (for publishers, a supplier of Masonic regalia, a tobacconist and the Masonic Study Society) which appeared in the print editions are not reproduced. All other text, introductory matter and illustrations have been retained. The tracingboard designs did not appear in the print edition, they are lifted from another work as they are referenced in Ward's text.
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