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Number 5.

PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1910.

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INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN HISTORY IN HARVARD COLLEGE, by Prof. Charles H. Haskins 95

IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHING, by Sara A. Burstall 96

“THE OLD SOUTH LEAFLETS” CLASSIFIED, by Rex W. Wells 98

MUNICIPAL CIVICS, by Dr. James J. Sheppard 99

HAS HISTORY A PRACTICAL VALUE? by Prof. J. N. Bowman 103

CALDWELL AND PERSINGER’S “A SOURCE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES” 105

EDITORIAL 106

AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, by Arthur M. Wolfson, Ph.D. 107

ASHLEY’S “AMERICAN HISTORY,” reviewed by H. R. Tucker 108

ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, by William Fairley, Ph.D. 109

EUROPEAN HISTORY IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, by D. C. Knowlton, Ph.D. 110

HISTORY IN THE GRADES, by Armand J. Gerson 112

REPORTS FROM THE HISTORICAL FIELD, by Walter H. Cushing:

The English Historical Association; California Association; New York City Conference; Missouri Society; Bibliography of History for Schools 113

CORRESPONDENCE:

Source Methods; School Libraries 114

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