Beacon Hill before the Houses—David M. Balfour, 205
Col. Joseph Wentworth—Editorial 211
Book Notices, 214
Col. Albert A. Pope, 215
The First Schoolmaster of Boston — E. P, Gould, 223
The Old Taverns and Stage Coaches of Groton — Hon. S. A. Green, M. D., 231
Capt. John McClintock, " 240
Col. Charles H. Sawyer — Hon. Charles H. Bell, LL. D., .... 243
Hon. Jacob H. Gallinger, M. D., 247
H. G. Sargent, 249
Book Notices, 250
Robert R. Livingston — James Huges Hopkins, 251
But a Step — Henrietta E. Page 258
Local Self-Government — R. L. Bridgeman, 259
Lieut. Gen. Sir William Pepperrell, Bart. — Daniel Rollins, . . . 263
The Harrisburg Convention of December, 1839 — C. S. Spaulding, . . 268
Protection vs. Free Trade, 270
Groton Plantation — Hon. S. A. Green, M. D., 272
Jeremiah W. White, Esq. — Hon. John H. Goodale, 275
Hon. Josiah Gardner Abbott, LL. D. — Col. John Hatch George, . . . 278
Esoteric Buddhism : A Review — Lucius H. Buckingham, Ph. D., . . . 281
The Defence of New York, 1776 — Henry B. Carrington, U. S. A., LL. D., . 292^
Lowell — Editorial, 299
Banks and Bankers of Concord, 339
A Bit of Family Brag— P. B. Shillaber, 348
Historical Sketch of the Town of Lancaster — J. S. Brackett, . . -351
Localities in Ancient Dover — John R. Ham, M. D., 362
A Jail Adventure — William O. Clough, '. . 368
