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that the author secured measurements on 12 plots in Wisconsin in 

 1917. The bulletin can hardly be read without a growing conviction 

 that the author is not very familiar with his species in its native habitat 

 and has few profound convictions based on personal observation. Pos- 

 sibly, as a reference book the bulletin is all the better for this. On 

 the other hand, we miss attempts at explanation of differences in re- 

 gional development, in growth, in tree form, etc.. which are brought 

 out by quotations from the wide correspondence which accompanied 

 the preparation of this bulletin. Surely some of these apparent in- 

 consistencies would have been removed had Sterrett been given the 

 opportunity for thorough field study. That his compilation and analysis 

 is as good as it is, under the circumstances, is remarkable. We hope, 

 however, that his next bulletin will reflect much more individual field 

 work. 



The bulletin is marred somewhat by the blue pencil deletion of 

 an unimportant paragraph discussing direct seeding and by some rather 

 careless proof-reading, such as the leaving out of important words 

 in the headings of Tables 30 and 31. We also note that a remarkable 

 statement passed that mysterious despot, the Editor, who must have 

 nodded at the time, "In lodgepole pine the cones are lateral ; that is, 

 they groiv on the sides of the larger twigs.'' E. 



Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt. By Lawrence E. Abbott, 

 Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1919. Pp. 1-315. 



While not strictly a subject for review in the Journal, any book 

 dealing with the life of Theodore Roosevelt commands the interest and 

 attention of foresters. These impressions of the great conservationist 

 are particularly interesting, coming from the pen of an intimate friend, 

 the son of Dr. Lyman Abbott. 



It is in Chapter IV that foresters will find an accurate account of 

 the inception and development of the great conservation movement, 

 pages 122 to 126. 



Most interesting of all is Roosevelt's own statement (page 194") of 

 how he came to take up "the cause of conser\^ation." "From the out- 

 set," he says, "we had in view, not only the j^reservation of natural 

 resources, but the prevention of monopoly in natural resources, so that 

 they should inhere in the people as a whole.'' 



There is not time to review other matters dealt with in this charming 

 book. No one can read it without a deepened conviction of Roosevelt's 

 greatness. A. B. R., 



