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its place, a revise and enlargement of the part dealing with 

 forestry in Britain and in India — so that it has become an ab- 

 stract of " Forestry in the British Empire." This re-arrange- 

 ment, therefore, in place of containing any silviculture, gives 

 much more needed space to discussion of the advancement of 

 forestry in the British possessions. 



Parts I and II are identically the same as in the second edi- 

 tion. The remainder of the volume is now given to Part III, so 

 the reader is enabled to understand clearly and concisely the 

 forest conditions, polic}', and organization of the entire British 

 Empire under the headings of Asia, Australia, Africa, America, 

 and the United Kingdom. Each heading is sub-divided into 

 districts so that a full discussion of the forest conditions of each 

 Britisl^ possession is arranged systematically. 



Forestry in the United Kingdom includes a discussion of the 

 importance, the measures which should be adopted, and studies 

 of certain types of woodland in England and Ireland. Much stress 

 is laid upon the necessity for an improved forest policy in 

 Canada and Australia. There is a valuable appendix showing 

 the progress in forestry in the United States and the organization 

 of our Forest Service, this being apparently an inducement to 

 Canadians to profit by the advance made in the last few years by 

 their neighbors across the border. Numerous photographs illus- 

 trating the characteristics and conditions of forests in different 

 parts of the world have been introduced ; also charts showing 

 the average annual rainfall and the direction of prevailing winds 

 in different sections of India. 



In general the volume is a marked improvement over the 

 second edition in the increased scope of its work and in permit- 

 ting the whole subject of silviculture to be concentrated in the 

 revised edition of Volume II. 



J. H. F. 



Economie Forestiere. Par G. Hiiffel. Vol. II. lyUcien L,a- 

 veur, Paris, 1905. 484 pp., 126 fig. Price 10 fr. 



An account of the first volume of this work was given in Num- 

 ber 4, Vol. Ill of the Forestry QuarterIvY. The second 

 volume, now before us, deals with Forest Mensuration, Factors of 

 Forest Production, and Forest Valuation. Mensuration forms a 

 part almost complete in itself, and is undoubtedly the most original 

 and interesting one of the whole work. The author pays due at- 



