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than under a single tree in the open, or an open shed, that inside a 

 building the unsafe places are near screen doors, telephones, chimneys, 

 stoves, and places between masses of metals on the outside of buildings. 

 Out of doors the most dangerous places are in open fields, under iso- 

 lated trees and near wire fences, and the safest is in thick timber. 



The appendices contain rules for installing lightning rods as speci- 

 fied by insurance companies, or by law, in the United States, Germany, 

 and England, very practical directions for first aid to persons injured 

 by lightning, as well as rules for putting out fires (in buildings), rescue, 

 etc., which will be of very practical value to the foresters. A bibliog- 

 raphy of forty publications of American and European authorship is 

 added, which, the author states, is by no means complete. 



J. D. G. 



Handbook for Rangers and Woodsmen ^ 



Forestry students and recent graduates who go into forest work in 

 the West have long felt the need of a handy pocket-size manual which 

 dealt with the many problems that the newcomer meets in that region. 

 Taylor's book, which admirably supplies these data, is the first handbook 

 of its kind which has been written in this country especially for forest 

 workers. 



The author states in his preface that the book has been prepared as 

 a guide for men inexperienced in woods work. Although written largely 

 from the standpoint of the man who enters National Forest work, yet 

 there is much of great value to those engaged in practical forest work in 

 every region. 



The chief subjects treated are: Equipment, Construction Work, 

 General Field Work, Live Stock, and Miscellaneous Appendix. 



An especially valuable part of the manual is that portion dealing 

 with live stock and its care, since, so far as is known, this information 

 has never been previously treated in concise form from the forester's 

 standpoint, by an expert. 



This handbook is welcomed as a most valuable addition to our 

 forest literature, since it is believed that it will be of inestimable value 

 to both those who are just starting in the profession and to the older 

 men who want a reference work on the various practical subjects covered. 



R. C. B. 



ijay L. B. Taylor. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 1917. Pp. 420. 

 Illustrated. 



