NOTICES AND REVIEWS OF BOOKS. I07 



cost, are considered in detail. Brief notes are then given on 

 the tending and renewal of woodland crops. 



In Part II., the author comes to the consideration of the 

 management of woodlands — the chapters dealing with the 

 measurement of logs, standing trees and whole woods and their 

 increment, with the theoretical principles of woodland manage- 

 ment, the making of a working-plan and the valuation of timber- 

 crops and of woodlands. Some 70 pages are devoted to this 

 important part of the forester's work. Of necessity the subject 

 is all too briefly treated, but this part should prove most 

 instructive to all interested in the scientific management of 

 woods on a commercial basis. 



The protection of woodlands is treated of in Part III., nearly 

 a third of the book being devoted to the subject. The author 

 opens with a brief account "of legislative protection, and 

 discusses such questions as rights of user, trespass and fire 

 protection, damage caused by farm stock, and the various 

 methods of fencing. The damage done by animals, birds 

 and insects is then detailed, and this is followed by some pages 

 devoted to weeds and fungi ; the Part concludes with the subject 

 of atmospheric influences and the destruction to woods and 

 trees which they cause. 



In Part IV., Dr Nisbet treats of the utilisation of woodland 

 produce. The structure of timber, its identification, properties, 

 uses and market value are first glanced at ; the author then 

 treats of the harvesting of wood crops and their preparation for 

 sale and transport by land and water, and the seasoning and 

 preservation of timber. The various industries which accompany 

 or follow the permanent growth of woods on a large scale in a 

 country come in for consideration — sawmills, woodpulp, charcoal 

 making, resin tapping and grazing in forests, being specially 

 dealt with. 



An excellent index is to be found at the end of the book. 

 Also, a by no means unmixed blessing, 64 pages of free advertise- 

 ment of the publisher's catalogue ! This gratuitous addition 

 by publishers of their catalogues at the end of text-books is 

 much to be deplored, and all the more so when, as in the present 

 case, the book is one which will often accompany the owner 

 into the woods. The extra weight of the catalogue is, under 

 such conditions, a mere incumbrance and annoyance. 



E. P, Stebbing. 



