How the historian George Fort Milton, who earned his keep as a newspaper publisher and editor, did history is especially interesting because his was a career different from that of the usual scholar-teacher. His life is discussed. (RM)

Discussed is how G. M. Young's historical essay, "Victorian England: Portrait of an Age," is a reflection of its time and of the abiding cultural concerns of Young's intellectual life. (RM)

Comparing the biographies of individuals is a technique that can be used to illuminate the larger history of a society. As an illustration, comparative biographies of two dissident leaders, Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin, are discussed to show how they reflect the social and political history of the 1930s. (RM)

Nettels' text, "The Roots of an American Civilization: A History of American Colonial Life," published in 1938, has enjoyed the widest sales of any text ever written on the colonial period. Never losing his concern for economic development, Nettels' interests in the 1940s and 1950s shifted to the American Revolution. (RM)

Describes the life and beliefs of Jacob C. Meyer, a history teacher of the author. Suggests that although Meyer's lack of publication dooms him to be forgotten, he is in other ways a memorable person. Includes Meyer's education, experience as a conscientious objector during World War I, and efforts at reforming the Mennonite Church. (DK)