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terms '■'■working circle ^^ ^' cutihig series" and " ivorking section " are 

 not those generally accepted by the Indian Schools of Forestry. 

 In conclusion, the view may be expressed by the uninitiated, 

 that Sir William Schlich's ideas of all that forest management 

 implies are altogether too theoretical and too idealistic to find 

 practical application in this country. It is an undeniable fact that 

 this work clearly shows that forest management is something 

 more than the mere art of tree-growing, and we readily admit 

 that forest management, as taught by Sir William Schlich, is a 

 Science, demanding a mathematical mind, applied to complicated 

 studies, in order that the financial aspects of the business may 

 be fully realised. But surely the present haphazard and 

 deplorable condition of forestry in this country, judged from a 

 financial point of view, is such as to fully justify Sir William 

 Schlich's able attempt to clearly indicate how the business may 

 be placed on more scientific foundations. On the other hand, 

 the author never loses sight of the practical nature of the 

 business, a fact which is fully emphasised throughout the book, 

 notably in the introductory remarks (page 241), and in the 

 section dealing with the choice of the rotation (page 201). That 

 scientific forest management on the lines laid down by Sir William 

 Schlich is both possible and profitable, has been clearly proved in 

 those continental countries in which the system has been given 

 protracted practical application : a fact which many members of 

 our Society are able to testify to as a result of various continental 

 tours. Under these circumstances, we have no hesitation in 

 bringing Schlich's Alatmal of Forest Management to the favour- 

 able notice of all those who may be interested, either directly in 

 the practical management of existing woodlands, or indirectly, in 

 furthering the advancement of scientific forestry in the United 

 Kingdom. C. — 



SchlicKs Manual of Forestry. Vol. II., Silviculture. By Sir 

 Wm. Schlich, K.C.I.S., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., M.A. 4th 

 Edition, revised 1910. London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 



A fourth edition of the volume dealing with Silviculture of 

 this excellent manual has made its appearance, and may be 

 ocnsidered a marked improvement on its predecessors in one 

 respect — the illustrations. The text has undergone revision in 



