TOLD THROUGH THE AGES: A SERIES OF MASONIC STORIES
Book Details + Condition: The Baskerville Press, Ltd. (London). First Edition, 1926. Extremely scarce. Hardcover with red boards, gilt titling to spine. 238 pages with Masonic advertisements to rear. Illustrated. J.S.M. (John Sebastian Marlowe) Ward offers a collection of short narratives designed to convey the moral teachings, history, and symbolism of Freemasonry through historical and allegorical fiction. The book illustrates Freemasonry as a "System of Morality, veiled in allegory" by placing characters into moral dilemmas across various historical eras. Characters like King Solomon and Pythagoras are represented, as the stories move through antiquity, the Middle Ages, and later historical trials. Chapters include:
- At High Noon
- O Wonderful Masons
- The Criminal King
- A discovery They Deemed of Importance
- The Passing of Socrates
- The College of Architects at Pompeii
- The Departure of the Eagles
- The True Word
- The Tools of the Master Mason
- The Master's Mark of Approval
- Geoffrey of Conway
- Father Mathew's Dream
- How They Saved Tewkesbury Abbey
- From Darkness to Light
- The Cat and Her Kittens
- And more.
An extremely scarce first edition copy in very good condition, with firm binding; minor shelf wear to boards; inked name to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
