A Short Masonic History: Being an Account of the Growth of Freemasonry, & Some of the Earlier Secret Societies, Vol. I:

The definitive history of Masonry is yet be written. This is said with Brother Gould's magnificent work in mind. To that there must already be added the results of later investigations. It will be needed, also, that one of a newer, even radical school, shall seek out some things hidden, shirked or ignored, before the history can be termed complete. One looks with suspicion upon Masonic histories. The bookshelves are lumbered with trash, and the last state of one who reads therein, trustfull...