The contents are as follows:

(i) Summary of classical mythology, 1844, by John Stuart Blackie for his Aberdeen students (folio 1);

(ii) Verse translation of Horace (Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare), preceded by an introduction on his life and writings; with specimen printed pages, apparently corrected by friends (folio 42);

(iii) Latin speech and verse addresses, 1844-1856, to students at Aberdeen and Edinburgh (folio 161);

(iv) Other verse, 1853, 1857 (folio 174).