564 LEXPOSITION FORESTIERE INTERNATIONAL DE 1884. 
from the earth’s surface. The increased facilities of transport, and 
the creation of railways, have been perhaps the most important 
factor in this disappearance of forests. The Professor has not lost 
sight of this, and he vividly brings it out in his Report, which is 
marked, not only by the ability and care with which it is compiled, 
but by the kindly and sympathetic spirit which inspired it through- 
out. We trust that in return for this kindly interest which Pro- 
fessor Reuss has taken in our enterprise, his many well-wishers 
here will help him to recoup the necessary expense of the publica- 
tion of his full Report by purchasing copies of his little work. 
