Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Part 2

by Albert G. MacKey, H. L. Haywood

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

584 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1873

About the author

Albert Gallatin Mackey was a medical doctor and Freemason who served as Grand Lecturer and Grand Secretary of The Grand Lodge of South Carolina, as well as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read the original (a two-volume set) upon checking it out through an inter-loan library service. The information is addressed well and it is certainly the kind of book that you can open to any particular page and find a subtopic that fascinates you.

That is what I love the most about reference books printed in the late 1800s, they contained scholarly and in-depth information yet everything about the information was written in such a way that "sold itself" to the reader.

As compared to todays time, where some reference books can contain more boastful talk from the editors and less scholarly input, or, concise scholarly input that leaves the reader feeling disappointed and thinking "why the hell did you create such a concise encyclopedia?".