| Ames, Lieutenant Governor Oliver | James W. Clarke, A.M. | 185 |
| Bartholdi Colossus | William Howe Downes | 153 |
| Battle of Shiloh | General Henry B. Carrington | 330, 367 |
| Bermuda Islands, Early History of | James H. Stark | 277 |
| Blaine, James Gillespie | | [1] |
| Boston, Taverns of in Ye Olden Time | David M. Balfour | 106 |
| Boston Herald | | [22] |
| Our National Cemeteries | Charles Cowley. LL.D. | [58] |
| Cleveland, Grover | Henry H. Metcalf | 61 |
| Cleveland, Grover, and The Roman Catholic Protectory | Charles Cowley, LL.D. | 243 |
| Dark Day | Elbridge H. Goss | 254 |
| Easy Chair | Elbridge H. Goss | 306 |
| Editor's Table | | 120 |
| Elizabeth: A Romance of Colonial Days | Francis C. Sparhawk | 82, 159, 236, 296, 375 |
| Fitchburg, Historical Sketch of | Ebenezer Bailey | 226 |
| Fitchburg in 1885 | Atherton P. Mason, M.D. | 341 |
| Gaston William | Arthur P. Dodge | 245 |
| Gems from the Easy Chair | | 372 |
| Glorifying Trial by Jury | Charles Cowley, LL.D. | 82 |
| Gold, Past and Future of | David M. Balfour | 359 |
| Groton, Boundary Lines of Old—III IV | Hon. Samuel Abbott Green, M.D. | [12], 69 |
| Lancaster, Historical Sketch of | Hon. Henry S. Nourse | 261 |
| Lee, William | George L. Austin, M.D. | 309 |
| Lothrop, Daniel | John N. McClintock, A.M. (Illustrated) | 121 |
| Middlesex Canal | Lorin L. Dame, A.M. | 96 |
| Names and Nicknames | Gilbert Nash | 255 |
| National Bank Failures | George H. Wood | 373 |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Mrs. M.J. Davis (Illustrated) | 132 |
| Phillips, Wendell | | 306 |
| Pittsfield, Historical Sketch of | Frank W. Kaan (Illustrated) | 193 |
| Protection of Children | Ernest Nusse | 89 |
| Publishers Department—Chromo—Lithography | | 89, 174 |
| Robinson, George Dexter | Fred W. Webber, A.M. | 177 |
| Rogers, Robert, the Ranger | Joseph B. Walker | 211 |
| Reuben Tracy's Vacation Trips. II. | Elizabeth Porter Gould | 368 |
| Saugus, Historical Sketch of | E.P. Robinson (Illustrated) | 140 |
| Shepard, Charles A.B. | George L. Austin, M.D. | 312, 316 |
| Summer on the Great lakes, A | Fred. Myron Colby | [42] |
| Sunday Travel and the Law | Chester F. Sanger | 231 |
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| Wachusett Mountain and Princeton | Atherton P. Mason | [35] |
| Webster, Daniel, Reminiscences of | Hon. George W. Nesmith, LL.D. | 252 |
| Wallace, Hon. Rodney | Rev. S. Leroy Blake, D.D. | 317 |
