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explaining to buyers the qualities and meth- 

 ods of manufacture of our British Colum- 

 bia woods. There are many misconcep- 

 tions which are very prevalent and which 

 act as a barrier to the introduction of our 

 lumber products. These can only be over- 

 come by energetic personal work among the 

 buyers by a representative thoroughly con- 

 versant with every phase of our lumbering 

 industry. 



The New American Forestry 



Mr. J. G. Woods, the well-known lum- 

 berman, has been appointed as the new 

 Lumber Commissioner to the United King- 

 dom. Mr. Woods has been long and inti- 

 mately connected with the lumber business 

 of the Coast. After being Manager of the 

 Leamy and Kyle Company, one of the first 

 mills established at Vancouver, he became 

 Manager of the Moodyville Sawmills, and 

 was for many years engaged in the cargo 

 e.xport trade, an experience which is of 

 particular value in view of his present mis- 

 sion. Mr. Woods was subsequently owner 

 and manager of the firm of Woods and 

 Spicer, shingle manufacturers. He thus 

 brings to his task a thoroughly practical 

 knowledge of all branches of the industry 

 whose interests he will furthe(r in the 

 European market. The new Commission- 

 er's duties also include the carrying out of 

 various arrangements made with the British 

 authorities in connection with the lumber 

 orders placed through the Department. 



Book Reviews 



Under the Red Cross Flag. By Miss Mabel 

 T. Boardman. 330 pp., illustrated, price 

 $1.50. J. B. Lippincott Company, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Miss Boardman's book is introduced in a 

 brief foreword by President Wilson, who, 

 in his capacity of president of the Ameri- 

 can Red Cross, places the stamp of his au- 

 thority upon Miss Boardman's narrative. 



From 1881, when the society was created, 

 to 1905, when by act of Congress it was 

 reincorporated, the society had neither 

 membership nor organization. Since 1905 

 the American Red Cross Society had ex- 

 tended its usefulness over many important 

 fields of relief, and generally improved its 

 efficiency by more systematic methods. 



Miss Boardman, after a retrospective 

 chapter on the modes of caring for the 

 wounded in ancient times, which brings 

 the resume down to the days of Florence 

 Nightingale, opens her story with the treaty 

 of Geneva. She regards*as the precursor 

 of the Red Cross the American Sanitary 

 Commission, which instituted preventive 

 measures. She discusses the service of 

 women in war and recites the disasters of 

 the American Red Cross' early efforts. A 

 glance is given to the relief methods of 

 other nations, and a tribute is paid to the 

 "miraculous" work of Doctor Strong in 

 Serbia and his victory over typhus fever. 



What same of our members think of the improvement in. the, Association's Magazine 



"Copy of the September issue of Ameri- 

 can Forestry has reached us, and we wish 

 to compliment you on the attractive and 



interesting magazine that you are now get- 

 ting out." 



The SotJTHERN Lumberman, 

 Nashville, Tennessee. 



"The new form of the magazine is a fine 

 improvement." 



Emanuel Fritz, 

 Missoula, Montana. 



"1 note with pleasure the great improve- 

 ment in the American Forestry magazine. 

 At last there is coming a magazine that will 

 tell the man who wants to know and not 

 only the man that already knows all about 

 the great subject that soon must be learned 

 of by all. . . . Your Bird Department is 

 also one that is exceedingly interesting. I 

 would not now be without your magazine. 

 In fact, you now have a conservation maga- 

 zine that it will be a pleasure to recom- 

 mend to the members of our Association." 

 Solon L. Parkes, Executive Secy., 

 Berks County Conservation Assn., 

 Lyon Station, Pa. 



"I think the new style of American For- 

 estry very attractive and the reading mat- 

 ter splendid." 



J. R. GUYER, 

 York, Pa. 



"I want to add my congratulations to 

 those of the many other readers of Ameri- 

 can Forestry in the change made in the 

 size and quality of your magazine. I have 

 been a subscriber to this magazine for a 

 number of years and this is my first op- 

 portunity to look over the last two or three 

 editions. You surely have made American 

 Forestry a valuable and attractive maga- 

 zine and you certainly deserve the hearty 

 thanks of all true lovers of forestry." 

 F. J. Angier. Sec.-Treas., 

 American Wood Preservers' Assn., 

 Baltimore, Md. 



"The new dress is fine, but I was satis- 

 fied with the old one, which had dignity and 

 character in the make-up and was moreover 

 of convenient form and size ; yet the new 

 form indicates a larger vision and so a 

 larger field of usefulness and I wish you 

 god-speed in your greater work for nature 

 and the nation." 



William Rutherford Savage, 



Blowing Rock, N. C. 



"The larger style magazine is a dandy 

 and I wouldn't be without it." 



George B. Hartman, 

 Bdyville, Iowa. 



"The enlarged and improved American 

 Forestry has reached me and is a 'hum- 

 mer'." 



Clarence B. Treat, 

 New York City. 



"The new magazine is wonderful — simply 

 splendid, and every number is an added 

 source of pride to me as a member of the 

 Association. You are surely going ahead 

 by leaps and bounds. It should have a 

 large sale outside of the regular member- 

 ship of the Association, for it deals so ably 

 with a subject in which so many are inter- 

 ested." C. L. Larzelere, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



"The new American Forestry marks a 

 great step in advance, and I wish to con- 

 gratulate you upon the steady progress you 

 have been making with this magazine, both 

 from the standpoint of beauty as well as 

 in character. You are to be congratulated 

 on the ability you have shown in constantly 

 improving what has always been a very ex- 

 cellent magazine." 



Joseph N. Teal, Chairman, 

 Oregon Conservation Commission, 



Portland, Oregon. 



"The new magazine is very beautiful in- 

 deed and we are sure that you will not re- 

 gret having changed the style." 



BoLLiNG Arthur Johnson, Editor, 

 Lumber U^orld Review, Chicago, III. 



"Permit me to congratulate you on the 

 greatly improved appearance of American 

 Forestry. I have always derived a great 

 deal of pleasure from the publication, and 

 as a member of the Association am proud 

 of its increased value and beauty. The 

 change should tend to increase interest, not 

 only in the magazine and the Association, 

 but also in the general subject of forestry." 

 George S. Humphrey, 



New York City. 



"I have just returned from a summer 

 spent in the West and have been glancing 

 over (more thorough reading later) 

 American Forestry for August and Sep- 

 tember. The typography, illustrations, 

 and general 'make-up' as to reading matter, 

 advertisements, etc., leave little to be de- 

 sired. All this is excellent and I wish to 

 congratulate you most cordially." 



William R. Lazenby, 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



"I think your magazine in the new form 

 shows a great improvement. It is much 

 more attractive in appearance, and I find 

 that the articles interest me much more 

 than formerly." 



O. T. Swan, Secretary, 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Mfrs. Assn., Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 



