I think the whole system is wrong. No definite number of pages should be required. Instead of this plan, topics should be assigned to be gotten up and written in note-books. Suppose the topic should be, “Trace the course of the Visigoths from Adrianople till they blend with the Spanish people”; or, “Give a narrative account of Napoleon’s Russian campaign, accompanied with suitable maps.” The preparation of these topics may require the reading of two hundred or more pages. Each pupil, during the year, should prepare not less than four such topics. This work for all our pupils will fill twenty-five thousand pages of note-book work. This is too much reading and correcting for our teachers. Therefore, the teachers ought not to undertake to read and correct the note-books. They ought, however, to inspect them. Each topic should he headed with a summary, and with a statement of authorities used. I think that an oral narration of the written work should be made by some pupil or by more than one pupil, and a criticism or discussion by members of the class should be made. I shall be glad to have the views of others on this important subject. I have confined what I have written to teaching history. The teaching of literature will require a different plan. R. H. PARHAM. Librarian, High School, Little Rock, Ark. * * * * * Translations and Reprints Original source material for ancient, medieval and modern history in pamphlet or bound form. Pamphlets cost from 10 to 25 cents. SYLLABUSES H. V. AMES: American Colonial History. (Revised and enlarged edition, 1908) $1.00 D. C. MUNRO and G. SELLERY: Syllabus of Medieval History, 395 to 1500 (1909) $1.00 In two parts: Pt. I, by Prof. Munro, Syllabus of Medieval History, 395 to 1300. Pt. II, by Prof. Sellery, Syllabus of Later Medieval History, 1300 to 1500. Parts published separately. W. E. LINGELBACH: Syllabus of the History of the Nineteenth Century. 60 cents Combined Source Book of the Renaissance. M. WHITCOMB $1.50 State Documents on Federal Relations. H. V. AMES $1.75 Published by Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and by Longmans, Green & Co. * * * * * A New Book on American History By PROF. H. W. CALDWELL Of the University of Nebraska For a number of years we have published Professor Caldwell’s books, “Survey of American History,” “Great American Legislators” and “American Territorial Development,” which were originally issued in the form of leaflets consisting practically of lectures delivered by the author. In the making of the new book we propose to make it as nearly perfect as possible, typographically and mechanically. It has been decided to insert maps, the book being intended for advanced work in high schools and for students taking a special course in American History. It is proposed to divide the book into four chapters as follows: