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page 48, the fourth Hue from the bottom should read "should be di- 

 vided by 3.5 and figures in the fuel column multiplied by .217." On 

 page 93, the figures in the table state ratios rather than quantities as 

 indicated in the table headings. However, these unimportant diffi- 

 culties are such as almost inevitably creep into a book of the magnitude 

 of this one. 



The book perhaps has its greatest value for reference purposes for 

 those who are studying some special subject such as the practice of 

 silviculture, regulation, law, finance, administration, or the like. 



We have reached a stage in the development of American forestry 

 when it is decidedly stimulating to study the progress made by a nation 

 v^^hich has had a progressive forest policy for many years longer than 

 we have had. Woolsey has made it possible for the American forester 

 to make such comparisons with a country with which we are in close 

 sympathy and with which, above all others, a great number of Amer- 

 icans are somewhat acquainted as a result of the war. 



It is hoped that Woolsey will add to the valuable service which he 

 has rendered to American forestry by similar studies for other coun- 

 tries such as Sweden. Finland, Russia, Germany. Austria-Hungary, and 

 Japan. D. T. M. 



The Life History and Control of the Pales Weevil (Hylobins pales). 

 H. B. Peirson. Bulletin No. 3, Harvard Forest. Petersham, Mass., 

 1921. 



The preliminary work of the reviewer on the damage to coniferous 

 seedlings on or near freshly cut-over lands in New England has been 

 ably extended by Peirson on the Harvard Forest. Trained in ento- 

 mology, and working under the direction of a practicing forester, he 

 conducted an extensive series of field and laboratory tests that are of 

 interest to all field men who work within the natural range of Pinus 

 strobus. The results of these studies are now available in the form of 

 a concise, Vv-ell-illustrated, and well-written pamphlet. 



The pales beetle, like its near relative, Hylobins abietis in Europe, 

 makes it impracticable to plant cut-over pine land for two or three 

 years after the removal of the old stand, and kills very large per- 

 centages of the natural reproduction on or near such areas.. Definite 

 records of losses in natural reproduction as high as 80 per cent in the 

 two years following cutting are given. The beetles are attracted from 

 long distances to freshly cut stumps, log piles, or freshly cut lumber. 



