This work is the 4th volume in a republication in thirty volumes of all the standard publications in Masonry, designed for the libraries of Masonic bodies and individuals. This volume includes discussion on the antiquities of Freemasonry, comprising illustrations of the five grand periods of Masonry from the creation of the world to the dedication of King Solomon’s temple, and also includes discourses delivered on public occasions illustrating the principles, displaying the tendency and vindicating the design of Freemasonry by Thaddeus Mason Harris.