“Major Elmer Haslett has written, in ‘Luck on the wing,’ just the kind of book we need, now that we all have some perspective—though little, I admit—on the war. It is full of the fire and fervor of youth, good-natured, natural—a splendid picture of the fighting airman.” C: H. Towne
+ Bookm 52:77 S ’20 430w
“For those who have shared our ignorance of the aerial observer, this book should be of value.”
+ N Y Times p24 S 26 ’20 500w
HASLUCK, EUGENE LEWIS.[[2]] Teaching of history. (Cambridge handbooks for teachers) *$3.20 Macmillan 907
“After defining certain legitimate reasons for teaching history in schools, and distinguishing these from ‘false and shallow justification,’ a statement is presented of the basis of selection of materials for pupils of different age groups and a detailed plan is outlined for organizing courses in English history for upper-grade pupils in either a one, two, three, or four years’ sequence. Further discussion concerns the nature and use of the history textbook and the effective use of supplementary historical and literary source material, with specific reference to a number of especially valuable ones; types of historical exercises which may be employed as aids to the stimulation of interest and the retention of historical facts; and different ways of utilizing general, local, and recent history. Three specimen lesson-units are given in outline form—one illustrating a unit of pure narrative, one which describes a particular social situation, and one which centers about a national character. A final chapter points out some of the most common pitfalls which beset the teacher of history, and suggests means of avoiding them.”—School R
“This slender volume is of interest to American teachers for two reasons: first, for the information it gives directly or by implication upon the state of history-teaching in England, and, secondly, for the practical quality of its criticisms and suggestions, so wholly unaffected by the airs and attitudes of the professional pedagogue.” H. E. B.
+ Am Hist R 26:353 Ja ’21 390w Ath p140 Jl 30 ’19 940w
“On the study of history, and the study of teaching as applied thereto, Mr Hasluck writes as an expert. Where there is life, there is hope. And even the formal categories of this handbook bear witness to a vitality, widespread and abounding in promise.”