The contents are as follows:
(i) University lectures and other papers on ancient Greek literature and philosophy (a selection preserved as specimens of John Stuart Blackie's thought and method) (folio 1); with verse translations of Greek and Latin poets (folio 190);
(ii) Papers relating to modern Latin poetry (folio 230);
(iii) Papers relating to modern Greek literature (folio 249) and modern Greece (folio 272).