| Abbot Academy. Six Illust. by Frank A. Bicknell and others | Annie Sawyer Downs | 136 |
| Along the Kennebec, (Illust.) | Henry S. Bicknell | 197 |
| Andover, An Illustrious Town, (Illust.) | Rev. F. B. Makepeace | 301 |
| Art in Book Illustration | Charles E. Hurd | [37] |
| Illustrations: The Christ Child—Forest of |
| Ardennes—Stamboul—Ianthe—Tower of the |
| Mengia—The Lady of the Lake—"How they Carried |
| the Good News"—Evening by the Lakeside—Maternity—"The |
| Swanherds where the sedges are"—The Silent Christmas. |
| Attleboro, Mass. An historical and descriptive sketch | C. M. Barrows | [27] |
| Barnard, Henry, The American Educator | The late Hon. John D. Philbrick | 445 |
| Bennett, Hon. Edmund Hatch | | 225 |
| Boston University School of Law | Benjamin R. Curtis | 218 |
| Brown University, (Illust.) | Reuben A. Guild, LL.D. | [1] |
| Cape Ann, A Trip Around | Elizabeth Porter Gould | 268 |
| Child, Lydia Maria | Olive E. Dana | 533 |
| Daughter of the Puritans, A | Anna B. Bensel | 452 |
| Dorris's Hero.—A Romance of the Olden Time | Marjorie Daw | 463 |
| Editor's Table | | [87], 177, 279, 378, 475, 557 |
| Magazine Literature—Georgia versus New England Prohibition—German "Housekeeping Schools"—The Historic Spirit—The oldNew England Magazine and its successor—Notes—An Historical Parallel—Archdeacon Farrar's Eulogy on theFounders of New England—The Presidential Message—A Note of Peace in Turbulent Times—Society sacrificing itsOrnaments—Fall of the Salisbury Government—Bostonian Society—Webster Historical Society—Literary Labors ofMiss Cleveland—Socialism in America and Europe—The Chinese Problem—A Short History of Napoleon the First—TheCentury on International Copyright—Christian Charity and Freedom—Comparative Marriage Statistics—Neither Caste,Class, nor Sect in the late Civil War—Free Education System—The Convict's Family—A Representative American—Train-Wrecking—TheInstitute of Civics—New England Summer Resorts—The Value of Recreation—The Sensational Press. |
| Education: Progress and Prospects of Education in America | | 280 |
| Education | | 184, 381 |
| Elizabeth: A Romance of Colonial Days. Chapters XXIX.-XXXIII. | Frances C. Sparhawk | [77], 168, 250 |
| Forty Years of Frontier Life in the Pocomtuck Valley | Hon. George Sheldon | 236 |
| Grand Array of the Republic in Massachusetts | Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill | 113 |
| Hawthorne's Last Sketch | P. R. Ammidon | 516 |
| Historical Record | | [91], 185, 281, 382, 477, 560 |
| Irish Home Rule Agitation: Its History and Issues | Rev. H. Hewitt | 157 |
| Judicial Falsifications of History | Hon. Chas. Cowley, LL.D. | 457 |
| King Philip's War, A Romance of | Fanny Bullock Workman | 330, 414 |
| Literature and Art | | [92], 192, 294, 482, 565 |
| Lucy Keyes.—A Story of Mt. Wachusett. I. | | 551 |
| Index to Magazine Literature | | 193, 278, 389, 483, 567 |
| Maple-Sugar Making in Vermont, (Illust.) | J. M. French, M.D. | 208 |
| Myth in American Coinage | Isaac Bassett Choate | 537 |
| Necrology | | [91], 190, 285, 380, 479, 562 |
| New Bedford, (26 Illust.) | Herbert L. Aldrich | 423 |
| New England Characteristics | Lizzie M. Whittlesey | 374 |
| New England Library and its Founder, The | Victoria Reed | 347 |
| New England Magazine, The Original | Rev. Edgar Buckingham | 153 |
| New England Manners and Customs in Time of Bryant's Early Life | Mrs. H. G. Rowe | 364 |
| Notes and Queries.—Answers | | [95] |
| Objections to Level-Premium Life Insurance | G. A. Litchfield | [68] |
| Olden Time, In | | 291 |
| On Detached Service.—An Episode of the Civil War | Charles A. Patch, Mass. Vols. | 121 |
| Otis, James, Junior | Rev. H. Hewitt | 319 |
| Port Hudson, An Incident of | William J. Burge, M.D. | 548 |
| Publishers' Department | | [96] |
| Social Life in Early New England | Rev. Anson Titus | [63] |
| Toppan, Colonel Christopher | | [60] |
| Town Meeting-House and Town Politics in the Last Century, A | Atherton P. Mason, M.D. | 127 |
| Trinity College, Hartford, (Illust.) | Prof. Samuel Hart, D.D. | 393 |
| Tufts College, (6 Illust. by F. A. Bicknell) | Rev. E. H. Capen, D.D. | 99 |
| Veritable Trader, A | A. T. S. | 529 |
| Wayte, Richard and Gamaliel, and some of their descendants | Arthur Thomas Lovell | [48] |
| Webster, Daniel, and Col. T. H. Perkins | John Rogers | [13] |
| Webster, Editorial Note on Daniel | | 217 |
| Webster, The Life and Character of Daniel | Hon. Edward S. Tobey | 228 |
| Webster's Vindication | Hon. Stephen M. Allen | 509 |
| Webster Historical Society Papers.—The Webster Family, (Illust.) | Hon. Stephen M. Allen | 340, 409 |
| Williams College | Rev. N. H. Egleston | 485 |