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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. THIS MINIATURE BOOK IS AN UNCOMMONLY FOUND PRE-FIRE CHICAGO IMPRINT. THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 DESTROYED CHICAGO'S LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND B00K COLLECTIONS OF MANY BUSINESSES AND THOS BOOKSE IN PERSONAL COLLECTIONS, SECONDLY, PAPER AND BOOKS WERE COLLECTED DURING WORLD WAR TWO FOR THE NEED OF PAPER IN THE WAR EFFORT. THIRDLY, VERY FEW, IF ANY, CHICAGO PRE-FIRE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN A MINIATURE FORMAT. THERE IS A PREFACE ON THE RATIONAL FOR A MINIATURE BOOK ON MASONRY AND A SECTION THAT IS TITLED "UNIFORMITY OF WORK" BY THE BOOK'S COMPILER OF THE SERVICES IN MASONRY AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THOMAS SMITH WEBB." THE FAULTS IN THIS OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN BOOK ARE AS FOLLOWS; THE TWO PAGES BETWEEB 10 AND 15 HAVE BEEN REMOVED. A PORTION OF PAGE 15 HAS BEEN TORN OUT. ANDTHE ONE PAGE 121-122 HAS BBEEN REMOVED. THE BOOK OTHERWISE CONTAINS THE BASIC SERVICE PRINCIPLES OF THE PRACTICE OF FREE MASONRY AND THE FUNCTION OF LODGES WHERE THE SERVICES ARE PERFORMED. THE CHAPTERS CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING; CHAPTER 1 "OPENING AND CLOSING THE LODGE." CHAPTER 2 " PRE-REQUISITE FOR A CANDIDATE. " CHAPTER 3 "THE ENTERED APPRENTICE." CHAPTER 4 " THE FELLOW CRAFT." CHAPTER 5 "THE MASTER MASON." CHAPTER 6 " THE FUNERAL SERVICE." CHAPTER 7 "THE INSTALLATION SERVICE.".