Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry (ISBN 0766107477)

Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry:
Although the book is a rare find, I am not impressed with the reproduction effort. I expected large type and illustrations that fit the page it's printed on. That's what I thought I was getting. F. L. Williams Jr.

Interesting but dated:
I have one of the old hardback ones. Speaking as a Freemason, the rituals are a bit dated, but good enough for a curious nonMason. The "higher" degrees are more out of whack than the first three, with some confusion over titles and I've never seen or heard of some of these degrees, but IIRC, the original publish date on this book was 1860 and I know the Scottish Rite bodies were revised after that. I'm not sure about the York Rite.

Good reference for all curious guys about Free Masonry:
This is in fact a guideline for free masons, starting from the first degree going right up to the last. It is an illustrated hand book, not a documentary or a novel. If you are a free mason or a curious outsider, you can read this book for reference or fact finding purposes. In fact, what Richardson has done is probably not very well received by the brethren, as he has apparently disregarded his oath to the order. However, as this book is around for more than a century now, it is fine to disseminate what the book is all about.