As to whether Wren enjoyed wide hospitalities in his alleged character of Freemason it is impossible to say, but there is a tradition that he was Grand Master of a lodge which was intimately associated with St. Paul’s and became in due time what is known as the Antiquity Lodge. Some candlesticks, and a mallet bearing an inscription which suggests that it was used at a St. Paul’s ceremonial, remain in possession of the Antiquity Lodge. It is necessary, however, to add that Gould in his _History of Freemasonry_ gives it as his opinion, after careful investigation of the architect’s connection with the craft, that the evidence points to Wren not having belonged to a lodge, nor to a society which was not in existence until 1717, and he goes on to allege that there are three misstatements on the mallet inscription. I have no knowledge of these matters, but assume that Gould’s opinion is competent. There is no reference to Freemasonry in any Wren document or in _Parentalia_, but so far as the latter is concerned the omission means nothing. I have indicated very slightly, and with the diffidence of one who knows nothing of science but a few of its fairy tales, the large range of Wren’s scientific labours. It may be that they were curious rather than important, but it is necessary to set down the considered opinion of Dr. Sprat, the first historian of the Royal Society. It is a notable tribute: “In the whole progress of this narration, I have been cautious to forbear commending the labours of any Private Fellows of the Society. For this, I need not make any apology to them; feeling it would have been an inconsiderable honour, to be praised by so mean a writer: But now I must break this law, in the particular case of Dr. Christopher Wren: For doing so, I will not alledge the excuse of my friendship to him; though that perhaps were sufficient; and it might well be allowed me to take this occasion of Publishing it: But I only do it on the mere consideration of justice: For in turning over the Registers of the Society, I perceived that many excellent things, whose first invention ought to be ascribed to him, were casually omitted: This moves me to do him right by himself, and to give this separate account of his endeavours, in promoting the design of the Royal Society, in the small time wherein he has had the opportunity of attending it.” Dr. Sprat then recites some of Wren’s achievements in the fields of natural science, astronomy, etc., and continues thus: