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popularisation and cheapening of books like this one, and we heartily 

 wish their genuine enterprise all success. Our faith had heretofore 

 been bound up in our two-volumed ' Spiers', an expensive book when 

 we first bought it, but we are now convinced that no library can be 

 complete without Messrs. Cassell and (Jompany's popular Trench 



Dictionary. 



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Feom the latest accounts to hand, the International Forestry 

 Exhibition at Edinburgh appears to be rapidly assuming im- 

 mense proportions, and the Executive Committee will have 

 abundant work for the next few months, in shaping and direct- 

 ing such a gigantic undertaking to a successful termination. The 

 time is drawing near when they will have the particulars of in- 

 numerable entries, from every clime where trees grow, to discuss 

 and arrange for exhibition in systematic order, and the time at their 

 disposal will not admit of any unnecessary delay in making final 

 arrangements. The greatest energy and good management will now 

 be required to get the Exhibition buildings erected, the exhibits 

 properly classified, and every detail arranged, in time for the opening 

 of the Exhibition at the stipulated date, early in July. 



Our readers will be gratified to learn that one of the very best sites 

 in Edinburgh has been at last secured — so we are officially informed 

 — upon which to hold the Exhibition. The Governors of Donaldson's 

 Hospital have generously placed the spacious lawn and terraces in 

 front of that splendid and palatial buOding at the service of the com- 

 mittee, who have also been fortunate in securing the use of an adjoin- 

 ing field, from the Governors of Heriot's Hospital. Altogether, the 

 committee have now abundance of space at their command, the 

 area of the whole being upwards of 20 acres. The spot selected 

 is in the most fashionable part of Edinburgh, and is within a few 

 minutes' walk of Princes Street and several railway stations ; so 

 that it is of the easiest access, both to exhibitors and to the public. 



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 As the entries close on the 1st of March, we would press upon our 

 readers the immediate necessity of making up their minds about 

 what they mean to send to the Exhibition, and of making their entries 

 without delay. There need be no hesitation on the part of any one 

 about sending any article, or number of articles, of a proper nature — 

 that is, having some connection with forests and their produce — in 

 the fear that they will not be accepted. The committee must now 

 have ample space and verge enough to accommodate samples, speci- 

 mens, and exhibits, of every imaginable shape, size and importance, 



