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planting trees in school-grounds. Next comes the body of the 

 pamphlet, compiled by Mr. Peaslee, superintendent of the Cincinnati 

 Public Scliools, which gives directions for the celebration of Arbor 

 Day. After a historical preface by Mr. Highley, come lessons from 

 history and other facts suitable for speakers taking part in the 

 celebrations. The wants of the juvenile reciters are also supplied in 

 selections in prose and verse, beginning with the biblical quotation, 

 " The Tree of the field is Man's Life," and traversing the works of 

 the best ancient and modern writers. One quotation from Lowell 

 explains their nature : — 



" In June 'tis good to lie beneath a tree 

 While the' blithe season comforts every sense, 

 Steeps all the brain in rest, and heals the heart, 

 Brimming it o'er with sweetness unawares. 

 Fragrant and silent as that rosy snow, 

 Wherewith the pitying apple-tree fills up 

 And tenderly lines some last-year robin's nest." 



Polish Forestry. 



Forests and Forestry in Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, and the 

 Baltic Provinces of Pussia ; with Notices of the Export of 

 Timber from Memcl, Dantzic, and Piga. Compiled by JoHX 

 Croumbie Browx, LL.D., etc. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. 



Dr. Brown's long connection with St. Petersburg has afforded him" 

 special facilities for compiling this volume, which is one of a series 

 originated because of the late International Forestry Exhibition, and 

 is peculiarly apposite to current public events, including under this 

 term alike the Eussian crisis or Prince Bismark's protective policy 

 in respect to German woods. 



As readers of Dr. Brown's previous volumes might anticipate, this 

 book abounds in gossipy anecdotes of travel reminiscences, or illus- 

 trations of the condition of the people question in the vast districts 

 to wdiicli it relates. The story of the woes of Poland, whether in 

 its past history or its present grinding tyranny, is graphically given. 

 But the cream of the book lies in its forestal statistics ; and its 

 details on the trade and transport of timber. Chapter iii., on the 

 Forests of the Dnieper, too long to c[uote, is compiled from Ptussian 

 papers of high official value, not otherwise accessible to the English 

 reader, and should be carefully studied by the politician and the 

 wood mercliant. This is the best of Dr. Brown's books on Paissian 

 forestry. 



