Anglo-Saxon government is an important subject. Gardiner has a good brief explanation of terms, pp. 29-33, and 72-75 of the “Students’ History.” Beard and Cheyney may be read quickly and with helpful results on this subject. Alfred the Great, the noblest figure, shall we not say in all English history--certainly in this period, should be sympathetically studied. Of course Green paints him vividly, pp. 48-52, but if possible get Walter Besant’s “Story of King Alfred,” in the “Library of Useful Stories” (D. Appleton & Co.). The colossus of the tenth century was Dunstan. Some text-books slight him. See Green, pp. 55-58 for his remarkable many sidedness. Of course Freeman’s “Norman Conquest” is full of meat on this period before the Normans, as well as on the Normans themselves. A judicious use of the index will make these volumes of Freeman very useful if you have time for the search. The rise of Normandy and the wonderful career of Duke William should of course be made sunlight clear. FOOTNOTES: [4] Subsequent topics: II. The Development of the English Nation; to Edward I. III. Advance and Retrogression; the Hundred Years’ War. IV. Various Phases of the 14th and 15th Centuries. V. The Tudors and the Renaissance. VI. The Great Parliamentary Struggle. VII. Restoration and Reaction; Many Beginnings. VIII. The Eighteenth Century. IX. The Napoleonic Era; Pre-Victorian Reforms. X. The Victorian Era. MISSOURI SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. This society was organized out of the Department of History of the Missouri State Teachers’ Association at the Christmas meeting of that body in 1908. It is also affiliated with the State Historical Society, and a number of its members belong to the North Central History Teachers’ Association. The object of the society is to promote and improve the study and teaching of history in the State of Missouri through semi-annual meetings, with papers and discussions, of history teachers, investigations into the condition of history in the State schools, and the publication in the “Missouri Historical Review,” in which space is officially reserved for the society, of papers on the study and teaching of history, reports of meetings, and notes and news of interest to history teachers.