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 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 POETRY. A Glimpse Mary H. Wheeler 276 Fitchburg Mrs. Caroline A. Mason 328 Heart and I Mary Helen Boodey 295 My Mountain Home William C. Sturoc 366 Roused From Dreams Adelaide Cilley Waldron 225 Sails 81 Washington and the Flag Henry B. Carrington 41 STEEL ENGRAVINGS. James G. Blaine 1 Grover Cleveland 61 Daniel Lothrop 121 George D. Robinson 177 Oliver Ames 185 William Gaston 245 William Lee 309 Charles A.B. Shepard 313 Rodney Wallace 317 * * * * * [Illustration: James G. Blaine] THE BAY STATE MONTHLY. _A Massachusetts Magazine._ VOL. II. OCTOBER, 1884. No. 1. * * * * * JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE.