Excerpt from The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-Three Degrees: Known Hitherto Under the Names of the "Rite of Perfection," the "Rite of Heredom," the "Ancient Scottish Rite," the "Rite of Kilwinning," and Last, as the "Scottish Rite, Ancient and Accepted" The Author, in presenting the following History, to the Masonic fraternity, proposes to give a' succinct account of what is known among them as the High Degrees, so far as that history may be connected with their introduction into this country, and their progress, up to the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.