Contents.
| The close of the war | 13 |
| Francis J. Child | 40 |
| Longfellow | 55 |
| Lowell | 83 |
| C. P. Cranch | 113 |
| T. G. Appleton | 132 |
| Doctor Holmes | 142 |
| Frank Bird and the Bird Club | 162 |
| Sumner | 180 |
| Chevalier Howe | 218 |
| The War Governor | 242 |
| The Colored Regiments | 262 |
| Emerson's tribute to George L. Stearns | 279 |
| Elizur W. Right | 286 |
| Dr. W . T. G. Morton | 309 |
| Leaves from a Roman Diary | 332 |
| Centennial Contributions | 355 |

