26 JANUARY 1918, Page 17

HISTORY AS TAUGHT IN AMERICA.

ITo THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to the article which appeared in your issue of December 29th, may I draw attention to the fact that the Bureau of Education issued to teachers Leaflet No. 1, 1917, prepared by the National Board for Historical Service, 1113 Woodward Buildings, Washington, D.C., On Opportunities for History Teachers I This leaflet gives a fair-minded account of the part Great Britain took in the War of Independence, and corrects the mistaken view taken by the old-fashioned text-books, which suggested to each succeed- ing generation that kind of patriotism which largely consists of hatred for some other nation.—I am, Sir, &c., T. G. COCKBURN CURTIS, Lieut.-Col. (retired).