BOOKS RECEIVED 



The First Exposition of Conservation 

 AND Its Builders (W. M. Goodman, 

 Knoxville, Tenn., $10.00). 



Here artistically bound, well illustrated 

 and admirably printed, is a large volume 

 devoted to the history of the National Con- 

 servation Exposition at Knoxville in 1913, of 

 the movement which started it and of the 

 men and women who were its builders and to 

 whom such a large measure of its success was 

 due. There is an introduction by Gifford 

 Pinchot and then a very well written and 

 complete history of the Exposition with a 

 series of special chapters devoted to each of 

 the several buildings and their exhibits. 

 Great care has been taken to give each of the 

 people deserving mention for aid in the work 

 of organizing and conducting the Exposition 

 the proper credit. A special feature are the 

 papers on various phases of conservation work 

 written by men and women who are recognized 

 as experts and there are also extracts from 

 addresses by prominent speakers on special 

 days at the Exposition. It is a book which 

 will be appreciated and valued by any person 

 having part in the Exposition, for not only is 



it brim full of information, but it is mechani- 

 cally a production which will attract most 

 favorable comment. 



"Elements of Forestry" by Frederick 

 FrankHn Moon, B. A., M. F. and Nelson 

 Courtlandt Brown, B. A., M. F. (John Wiley 

 & Sons, New York, $2.00 net.) 



This is an up-to-date text book, broad in its 

 scope and containing general information on 

 all phases of forestry. The authors have 

 made an earnest endeavor to present the in- 

 struction in a manner easily grasped by the 

 average student. The subject is treated under 

 the chapter headings of trees, silvics, silvi- 

 cultural systems and management, improve- 

 ment cuttings, artificial regeneration, forest 

 protection, forest mensuration, lumbering, 

 wood utilization, wood technology, wood 

 preservation, forest economics, forest finance, 

 forest regions, northern forest, sprout hard- 

 woods, southern pines, central hardwoods, 

 prairie or fringe forests, northern Rocky 

 Mountain forest, southern Rocky Mountain 

 forest, and Pacific Coast forest. The book is 

 profusely illustrated. There are 300 pages. 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST FOR OCTOBER, 1914. 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the 

 Library of the United States 

 Forest Service.) 



Forestry as a Whole. 



Chancerel, Lucien. La question des for^ts 

 de France en 1914. 152 p. Paris, Librairie 

 agricole de la Maison Rustique, 1914. 



Proceedings and reports of associations, forest 

 officers, etc. 



Hongkong — Botanical and forestry dept. Re- 

 port for the year 1913. 21 p. Hongkong, 

 1913. 



Queensland — Department of public lands. 

 Report of the director of forests, 1913. 

 7 p. pi. Brisbane, 1914. 



Reynolds, Harris A. Massachusetts forestry 

 association; its work and character. 4 p. 

 il. Boston, Mass., 1914. (Massachusetts 

 forestry association. Bulletin 109.) 



Forest Aesthetics. 



Street and park trees 



Newark, N. J. — Shade tree commission. Tenth 

 annual report, 1913. 79 p. il., map. 

 Newark, 1914. 



Reynolds, Harris A. What does a shade tree 

 mean to you. 4 p. il. Boston, Mass., 

 1914. (Massachusetts forestry associa- 

 tion. Bulletin 110.) 



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Forest Legislation. 



New Hampshire — Forestry commission. Laws 

 and instructions for clearing brush along 

 highways; planting and care of shade 

 trees. 14 p. Concord, N. H., 1914. 

 (Circular 4.) 



Washington — Legislature. Forest protection 

 law, to preserve forests and prevent and 

 suppress forest fires. 24 p. Olympia, 

 State board of forest commissioners, 1913. 



Forest Education. 



Arbor day 



New York — Department of education. Arbor 

 day annual, 1914. 71 p. il. Albany, 

 N. Y., 1914. 



Forest Description. 



Doucet, Andre. Timber conditions in Little 

 Smoky river valley. Alberta, and adjacent 

 territory. 52 p. il., map. Ottawa, 1914. 

 (Canada — Dept. of the interior — Forestry 

 branch. Bulletin 41.) 



Tilt, L. C. Timber and soil conditions of 

 southeastern Manitoba. 36 p. il., map. 

 Ottawa, 1914. (Canada — Dept. of the 

 interior — Forestry branch. Bulletin 45.) 



