Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * The History Teacher’s Magazine Volume I. Number 1. PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER, 1909 $1.00 a year 15 cents a copy * * * * * Announcements for 1909-1910 ◖ The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. ◖ It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest news of his profession. It will describe recent methods of history teaching, and such experiments as may be tried by teachers in different parts of the country. ◖ It will give the results of experimentation in such form that they may be of value to every teacher. It will keep the teacher in touch with the recent literature of history by giving an impartial judgment upon recent text-books. ◖ It will give announcements of meetings of Teachers’ Associations and accounts of their work. It will furnish personal facts when these will be of interest to the teacher. ◖ Its columns being open to the questions and contributions of every history teacher, it will serve as a clearing-house of ideas and ideals in the profession of history teaching. Published monthly, except July and August, by McKinley Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright, 1909, McKinley Publishing Co. * * * * * STRONG TEXT-BOOKS IN HISTORY ESSENTIALS IN HISTORY Edited under the supervision of ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, LL.D. =Wolfson’s Essentials in Ancient History.= By A. M. WOLFSON, PH.D., First Assistant in History, DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, =$1.50= =Walker’s Essentials in English History. = By A. P. WALKER, A.M., Master in History, English High School, Boston. =$1.50= =Harding’s Essentials in Mediæval and Modern History.= By S. B. HARDING, PH.D., Professor of European History, Indiana University. =$1.50= =Hart’s Essentials in American History.= By A. B. HART, LL.D., Professor of History, Harvard University. =$1.50= Each of these writers is a trained historical scholar, familiar through direct personal relations with the conditions and needs of secondary schools. Special attention is paid to social history, to the characteristic life and standards of the people, as well as to the movements of sovereigns and political leaders. The books are readable and teachable, and furnish helpful maps, illustrations and pedagogical apparatus. HARDING’S ESSENTIALS IN MEDIÆVAL HISTORY By S. B. HARDING, Ph.D., Professor of European History, Indiana University. =$1.00=