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them in a concise form in his present book. Some idea of the 

 work entailed in the compilation of the book may be gathered 

 from the number of footnotes given in reference to the different 



Acts. 



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The Essentials of American Timber Law.* — This is a com- 



anion volume to " The Development of Forest Law in America," 

 j the same author, published in 1917. It deals with American 

 Law in relation to property under its various classifications, the 

 forms of private possession of land, trees and timber as property, 

 the liability of tenants regarding timber, waste as applied to 

 timber, remedies for waste, civil liability for trespass upon timber, 

 ancHEor the conversion of timber products, statutory civil liability 

 for timber trespass, injuries to growing trees as a criminal offence, 

 contracts regarding growing timber, contracts regarding the 

 preparation and manufacture of timber products, contracts for 

 the sale of timber products, the inspection and measurement of 

 timber products, the transportation of timber products by 



flotation, standing timber as included in a mortgage, treea 



on a boundary line or in a highway, trees nursery 

 equipment, and sawmills, us fixtures, and the policy of 

 the national government in regard to the free use of timber taken 

 from public lands. The main obiect of the work is to place 

 before landowners, foresters, and lumbermen a concise summary 

 of American Law as it affects their interests as interpreted by 

 legal decisions. When possible it is compared with British 

 Law upon similar subjects. The book represents a great amount 

 of work, for the matter has had to be sought for in many pin res, 

 as is instanced by the numerous footnotes referring to cases that 

 have been decided in Xortb American and British Courts of 

 Justice. w. d. 



* The Essentials of American Timber Law. By J. P. Kinney, A.B-, 

 LL.B., M.F. New York, John Wiley & Son, Ltd.; London, Chapman and 

 Hall, Ltd. (1917), price 13s. 6d. net. 



