Freemasonry & Fraternalism
Ivanhoe Masonic Quartettes
by Thomas C. Pollack with a new preface by Sion M. Honea
The numerous initiatory degrees which are staged by Masonic
organizations are generally plays in which the candidate is a principal
actor. This ready market for a whole variety of solos, marches, choruses,
and timely thematic interludes has included quartets such as are in the
Ivanhoe collection.
President John Quincy Adams’ Quarrel with the Freemasons
Edited and Introduced by Guillermo De Los Reyes
President John Quincy Adams not only scorned Freemasonry but
opposed college secret societies as well, and his feelings about secrecy
continue to be of interest as in a new era we face Wikileaks and other
challenges to covert activities.
Freemasonry in Canada
by Sheppard Osborne
Since its appearance in 1915, Freemasonry in Canada has been a starting
point for any serious discussion of Canadian lodge history. It was remarkable
in its time for covering not only developments in the Canadian provinces but
also the course of special Masonic groups.
L’Enfant and the Freemasons: H. Paul Caemmer’s The Life of
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
Edited and Introduced by Guillermo De Los Reyes
It was Caemmerer who dispelled the belief that L’Enfant was an
engineer, and found that he studied in the French Royal Academy of
Painting and Sculpture under his own father.
New Sources on Women and Fre