Comprising Illustrations of the Five Grand Periods of Masonry from the Creation of the World to the Dedication of King Solomon's Temple. "The objections which have been so unceasingly urged against the institution of Freemasonry, excited in me, some years ago, a serious desire to obviate the general and vague charges of envy and prejudice, by some formal examinations of the grounds on which they are founded." Contents: On Masonic Tradition; View of Masonry, as it existed from the Creation of the World to the time o f Enoch; Origin of the Arts and Sciences; View of Masonry from Enoch to Universal Deluge; Idolatrous Mysteries, as contrasted with Free-Masonry; View of Masonry from universal Deluge to offering of Issac; On Symbolical Instruction; View of Masonry from offering of Issac to Deliverance from Egyptian Captivity; Five Points of Fellowship; View of Masonry from Deliverance to Dedication of King Solomon's Temple.