BAD indexers are everywhere, and what is most singular is that each one makes the same sort of blunders—blunders which it would seem impossible that any one could make, until we find these same blunders over and over again in black and white. One of the commonest is to place the references under unimportant words, for which no one would think of looking, such as A and The. The worst indexes of this class are often added to journals and newspapers. A good instance of confusion will be found in the index to a volume of The Freemason which is before me; but this is by no means singular, and certainly not the worst of its class.

Under A we find the following entries:

“Afternoon Outing of the Skelmersdale Lodge.”

“An Oration delivered,” etc.

“Annual Outing of the Queen Victoria Lodge.”

“Another Masonic MS.”

Under B:

“ Bro. Bain's Masonic Library.”

Under F:

“First Ball of the Fellowship Lodge.

“First Ladies' Night.”

Under I:

“Interesting Extract from an “Old Masonian's’ Letter.”