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|F  O  R  M   4|                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
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                                           STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                 |OMB Number       3235-0287|
[ ] Check this box if                                                                                   |Expires: September 30,1998|
    no longer Subject        Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
    to Section 16.              Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to   |
|                                        |                                                |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)         |
|Ryan                 Conall          E. |Houghton Mifflin Company                        |                                        |
|                                        |  of Reporting Person  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|                                        |                                                |    Director             10% Owner      |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---                   ---               |
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/  | X Officer               Other          |
|                                        |  of Reporting Person  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|  HM Interactive Corporation            |  (Voluntary)          |                        |                                        |
|  120 Beacon Street                     |                       |     May       1999     |                                        |
|                                        |                       |                        |     Senior Vice President              |
|----------------------------------------|                       |------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|      (Street)                          |                       |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing     |
|                                        |                       |  Original (Month/Year) |   (Check Applicable Line)              |
|                                        |                       |                        |                                        |
|Somerville              MA    02143     |                       |                        | X  Form filed by One Reporting Person  |
|                                        |                       |                        |---                                     |
|                                        |                       |                        |    Form filed by More than One         |
|                                        |                       |                        |--- Reporting Person                    |
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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned     |
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|1.Title of Security            |2.Transac-  |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or     |5.Amount of      |6.  |7.Nature of Indirect|
|  (Instr. 3)                   |  tion Date |  Code   |  Disposed of (D)              |  Securities     |Own.|  Beneficial        |
|                               |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)|  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)            |  Beneficially   |Form|  Ownership         |
|                               |            |---------|-------------------------------|  Owned at End of|(D) |  (Instr. 4)        |
|                               |            |    |    |                |(A) |         |  Month          |or  |                    |
|                               |            |Code| V  |     Amount     |(D) |  Price  |  (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|<S>                            |<C>         |<C> |<C> |<C>             |<C> |<C>      |<C>              |<C> |<C>                 |
|Common Stock                   | 05/18/1999 | M  | V  |      4000      | A  | $22.8750|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   | 05/18/1999 | M  | V  |      3072      | A  | $18.7500|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   | 05/18/1999 | F  | V  |      2729      | D  | $45.0000|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   | 05/18/1999 | F  | V  |      1914      | D  | $45.0000|     17019.189   | D  |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |             (01)|    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   |            |    |    |                |    |   $.0000|       971.336   | I  |401(k) Plan         |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |(02)|                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   |            |    |    |                |    |   $.0000|       928       | I  |Cust for Minor      |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |Children            |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1474 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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FORM 4 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3.   |4.Tran-  |5.Number of          |6.Date     |7.Title and Amount   |8.Price of|9.Number  |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or  |Trans|  saction|  Derivative         |Exercisable|  of Underlying      |Derivative|  of      |Own.|   of     |
|Security  |Exercise |Date |  Code   |  Securities         |and        |  Securities         |Security  |Derivative|Form|Indirect  |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)|  Acquired (A) or    |Expiration |  (Instr. 3 & 4)     |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of  |Beneficial|
|          |Deriva-  | Day/|         |  Disposed of (D)    |Date       |                     |          |Benefi-   |Deri|Ownership |
|          |tive     |Year)|         |  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)  |(Month/Day/|                     |          |cially    |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
|          |Security |     |         |                     |   Year)   |                     |          |Owned at  |Dir.|          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |-----------|---------------------|          |End of    |(D) |          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |     |     |          |Amount or |          |Month     |or  |          |
|          |         |     |---------|---------------------|Date |Exp. |   Title  |Number of |          |(Instr. 4)|Ind.|          |
|          |         |     |Code| V  |    (A)   |    (D)   |Exbl.|Date |          |Shares    |          |          |(I) |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|<S>       |<C>      |<C>  |<C> |<C> |<C>       |<C>       |<C>  |<C>  |<C>       |<C>       |<C>       |<C>       |<C> |<C>       |
|Stock Opti| $18.7500|05/18| M  | V  |          |      3072|     |07/26|Common Sto|      3072|          |         0| D  |          |
|on        |         | 1999|    |    |          |          |     | 1999|ck        |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          | (03)|     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $22.8750|05/18| M  | V  |          |      4000|     |10/24|Common Sto|      4000|          |         0| D  |          |
|on        |         | 1999|    |    |          |          |     | 1999|ck        |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          | (03)|     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $25.4375|     |    |    |          |          |     |06/14|Common Sto|      8000|          |      8000| D  |          |
|on        |         |     |    |    |          |          |     | 2000|ck        |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          | (04)|     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $21.3750|     |    |    |          |          |     |10/23|Common Sto|      8000|          |      8000| D  |          |
|on        |         |     |    |    |          |          |     | 2000|ck        |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          | (05)|     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $42.9375|     |    |    |          |          |     |11/30|Common Sto|     20000|          |     20000| D  |          |
|on        |         |     |    |    |          |          |     | 2008|ck        |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          | (06)|     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
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Explanation of Responses:
      (01)  Includes shares acquired under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan through December 31, 1998.
      (02)  Held by the Houghton Mifflin Company 401(k) Savings Plan ("401(k) Plan").  Includes shares acquired through December 31,
             1998.
      (03)  Granted under the Houghton Mifflin Company 1992 Stock Compensation Plan in a transaction exempt under old Rule 16b-3.  C
            urrently exercisable as to all shares.
      (04)  Granted under the Houghton Mifflin Company 1995 Stock Compensation Plan in a transaction exempt under old Rule 16b-3.  C
            urrently exercisable as to 6,400 shares;1,600 shares will become exercisable on June 15, 1999.
      (05)  Granted under the Houghton Mifflin Company 1995 Stock Compensation Plan in a transaction exempt under old Rule 16b-3.  C
            urrently exercisable as to 6,400 shares;1,600 shares will become exercisable on October 24, 1999.
      (06)  All shares will become exercisable on February 15, 2001, provided that the Committee administering the Houghton Mifflin

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal                      /s/Lois Novotny                06/01/1999
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            ------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                                  **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.                                            SEC 1474 (7-96)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number

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  E X P L A N A T I O N    O F    R E S P O N S E S       (cont.)                         F O R M   4

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cont. (06)  Company 1998 Stock Compensation Plan    determines on or prior to that date that the Company has attained stated financi
            al goals by December 31, 2000; otherwise, 6, 667 shares will become exercisable on December 1, 2002; December 1, 2003, a
            nd 6,666 shares will become exercisable on December 1, 2004.

                           Ryan, Conall E.                          Houghton Mifflin Company                 MAY-1999 PAGE:  3 OF  3
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