1. Research and report as historian s work 2. The ABC of technique 3. The searcher s mind and virtues 4. Finding the facts 5. Verification 6. Handling ideas 7. Truth and causation 8. Pattern bias ad the great systems 9. Historians in Europe and America 10. The sister disciplines 11. Organizing paragraph chapter and part 12. Plain words the war on jargon and cliches 13. Clear sentences right emphasis and rhythm 14. The arts of quoting and translating 15. The rules od citing footnotes and bibliograhy 16. Revising for printer and public