The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886

The New England Magazine,
Volume 1, No. 1,
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Title: The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886
Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886
Author: Various
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THE
NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
(AND BAY STATE MONTHLY)
An Illustrated Monthly
OF THE
HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, LITERATURE, EDUCATIONAL AND
GENERAL INTERESTS
OF THE
NEW ENGLAND STATES AND PEOPLE
VOLUME IV
BOSTON BAY STATE MONTHLY COMPANY NO. 43 MILK
STREET 1886
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by the BAY
STATE MONTHLY COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of
Congress at Washington. All rights reserved.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston. Presswork by Berwick &
Smith, Boston.
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Transcriber's Note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes
moved to the end of the article. This issue has the Table of Contents for
all of Volume IV. It also seems to be a volume in transition. On the
first page of the issue, there is a note that states that it is VOL. IV. NO.
1. of the Old Series, and VOL. I. NO. 1. of the New Series. The full
page portrait of M. R. Waite, Chief-Justice of the U. S. listed in the

table of contents as facing page 1 did not appear in the scans.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.
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 old NEW
ENGLAND MAGAZINE and its successor--Notes--An Historical
Parallel--Archdeacon Farrar's Eulogy on the Founders of New
England--The Presidential Message--A Note of Peace in Turbulent
Times--Society sacrificing its Ornaments--Fall of the Salisbury
Government--Bostonian Society--Webster Historical Society--Literary
Labors of Miss Cleveland--Socialism in America and Europe--The
Chinese Problem--A Short History of Napoleon the First--The Century
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--The Institute 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 91, 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 61, 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