ldees: 189

Da Costa: quoted, 72;
on Dionysian Artificers, 77 _note_

Deacon: office of, 217

Death: old protest against, 40;
triumph over, 41;
wonder of, 278

Declaration of Independence, signed by Masons, 225

_Defence of Masonry_: quoted 152

Degrees in Masonry: 141;
among Comacines, 142;
of Apprentice, 144;
number of, 145;
evolution of, 149

De Molai: 101

De Quincey on Masonry, 179 _note_

Dermott, Lawrence: and Ancient Grand Lodge, 216;
industry of, 219;
and Royal Arch Masonry, 220 _note_

Desaguliers, Dr. J.T.: "co-fabricator of Masonry," 195;
sketch of, 195 _note_

Diocletian: fury of against Masons, 85

Dionysian Artificers: 72;
builders of Solomon's Temple, 76;
evidence for, 77 _note_;
migrations of, 79

Dissensions in Masonry: bitter, 213;
causes of, 214;
led by Preston, 217;
helped the order, 219;
remedy for, 222

Doctrine: the Secret, 57;
resented, 58;
open to all, 61;
reasons for, 63;
what it is, 68

Drama of Faith: 39;
motif of, 41;
story of, 42;
in India, 44 _note_;
in Tyre, 76

Druids: Mysteries of, 49

Druses: and Masonry, 78 _note_

Dugdale: on formality in Masonry, 143

Eavesdroppers: their punishment, 138 _note_

Egypt: earliest artists of, 9;
Herodotus on, 10;
temples of, 11;
obelisks of, 13;
Drama of Faith in, 41;
and origin of Masonry, 105, 109 _note_

Elizabeth, Queen: and Masons, 123 _note_

Emerson, R.W.: 39, 57

Euclid: mentioned in Regius MS, 105;
in Cooke MS, 107

Evans: on sacred stones, 9

Exposures of Masonry, 210

Faerie Queene: quoted, 155

Faith: Drama of, 39;
philosophy of, 270

Fellowcraft: points of, 128;
rank of, 131;
degree of, 146

Fichte: a Mason, 232

Findel: list of cartoons, 99 _note_;
on Apprentice degree, 145

Francis of Assist: quoted, 173

Franklin, B.: on Masonic grips, 200;
Masonic items in his paper, 207;
Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 207;
his _Autobiography_, 207 _note_

Frederick the Great: and Masonry, 205 _note_

Free-masons: 87;
why called free, 88;
Fergusson on, 90;
Hallam on, 96;
free in fact before name, 98;
great artists, 99;
cartoons of the church by, 99 _note_;
early date of name, 104 _note_;
not Guild-masons, 118;
contrasted with Guild-masons, 119;
organization of, 136;
degrees among, 142-4

Friendship: Masonry defined as, 240;
genius of Masonry, 284;
in Masonic liter