[1] Some useful outlines for high school work are: Newton and Treat, “Outlines for Ancient, English and American History,” 3 vols. (25c. each), American Book Co.; New England History Teacher’s Association, “Outlines for Ancient, Medieval and Modern, English and American History,” 4 parts (15c. each). Heath & Co.; Leadbetter, “Outlines of Myers’ Ancient and Medieval and Modern Histories,” 2 vols. (35c. each), Ginn & Co.; Trenholme, “Syllabus for the History of Western Europe (Medieval and Modern),” based on Robinson’s text (60c.), Ginn & Co. [2] As examples of the highly organized text-book with clear cut lesson topics, the following might be cited: Morey, “Ancient History,” American Book Co.; West, “The Ancient World,” Allyn and Bacon; and Ashley, “American History,” Macmillan Co. [3] The reference is to Cheyney’s “Short History of England,” Ginn and Co., in which considerable attention is given to the present British Empire. [4] Among these might be especially mentioned: Ashley, “American Government,” Macmillan Co.; James and Sanford, “Government in State and Nation,” Scribners. Instruction in American Government in Secondary Schools A COMMENT ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE. BY WILLIAM A. SCHAPES, Chairman of the Committee of Five, Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. The American Political Science Association has taken an interest, not only in the investigation and discussion of the scientific questions arising within the field of Political Science, but has also paid attention to the problem of improving the instruction in Government in our schools and colleges. To further this work a section on instruction in Political Science was organized at its first annual meeting. In 1906 the committee of five, originally of three members, was appointed to complete certain investigations which had been started in the section on instruction, the partial results of which had been published in a paper by the writer in the proceedings for 1905. The committee was required to ascertain the amount and kind of instruction in American Government being offered in the secondary schools of this country and make recommendations for the consideration of the association. In accordance with these instructions the committee undertook to collect its information directly by correspondence with the teachers in about 600 high schools distributed throughout the United States. The work extended over more than two years, the final report being read at the Richmond meeting in December, 1908, and published in the proceedings for that year.