This book contains an historical essay and short biographies on those who stayed loyal to Britain during the American Revolution in the American colonies. The essay focuses on the coming of the Revolution and the reasons for American rebellion or loyalism, and the sparse biographies, organized in alphabetical order, offer what is known about the loyalist and their journey.

John Dewey believed that schools were social institutions. In Moral Principles in Education, Dewey makes a strong case for the importance of schools not only as a place to gain knowledge, but also as a place to learn how to live a moral life.