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scribes very briefly the features of the State as basis for such 

 development. 



For elegance of appearance in paper, print and illustration, 

 The Empire forester (should be Empire State Forester), the an- 

 nual publication of the students of the New York State College 

 of Forestry at Syracuse, takes first rank. The contents of the 

 hundred odd pages are very varied and besides contributions of 

 students, contain short articles by several professors and outsiders. 

 By an unfortunate lapse on the part of the proofreader, Mr. 

 Fernow, giving a brief statement regarding the formation of the 

 first New York State Forestry Association in 1885, is made to 

 say that Mr. Roosevelt at the organization meeting over which he 

 presided "perhaps for the first time had the subject of forestry, of 

 conservation, brought to his closer attention," and then is made 

 to continue, "This was a misfortune, for the gentleman, however 

 good with his pen, had not the art to make himself agreeable to 

 man." This in the light of the future doings of this "gentleman," 

 would astonish anybody, even a proofreader. The blunder con- 

 sisted in leaving out a paragraph which referred to a reverend 

 gentleman who was elected secretary, and to whose door may be 

 laid the failure of the Association. 



The Canadian Forestry Association, during the last year, since 

 Mr. Robson Black became its Secretary, has launched a re- 

 markably diversified propaganda to arrest public interest. The 

 newspapers have been plied by articles and cartoons as never 

 before, the Journal of the Association has set a new standard 

 of propaganda, the Boy Scouts have been enlisted with booklets, 

 prizes, etc. The latest is an edition of 25,000 booklets entitled 

 "A Matter of Opinion," giving in commonplace conversational 

 language expression to the attitude of the past and appreciation 

 of the modern situation by various classes of citizens, the set- 

 tler, the camper, the banker, the railway man, the power engi- 

 neer, the fire ranger, the taxpayer. If democracy means the 

 prevailing of public opinion, this flood of sane, informative lit- 

 erature should do much to waken up the democratic spirit and 

 lead to results. 



