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4. With these data, a general policy of reforestation, protec- 

 tion, improvement and maintenance will be outlined and enforced. 



Interested readers should compare with King's article in vol. 

 XII, pp. 578-592, of the Quarterly. 



"The Log of a Timber Cruiser," by William Pinkney Lawson 

 (Dufifield Company, New York), just from the press, is a simple 

 but unusually interestingly written account of the trials and tribu- 

 lations, as well as of the fascination and disciplinary value of 

 forest reconnaissance. An even, flowing style and well-chosen, 

 sometimes poetic, language, with just enough sprinkling of 

 Western talk, makes the book very readable. While the author 

 represents himself as an Assistant Forest Ranger, this volume 

 would stamp him rather as a budding literateur; yet the story 

 has the earmarks of reality in it and portrays faithfully and 

 vividly the characters and the life of a reconnaissance party. 

 Especially novices can learn much of the rules of the game from 

 this book. 



