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Commercial and industrial enterprise rather than economic 

 development appeal to him ; the practical issue of the day 

 rather than demands of a future and systematic preparation 

 for the same occupy his mind. He lacks, as Lord Rosebery 

 points out, scientific method, and hence is wasteful. Moveover, 

 he is conservative and self-satisfied beyond the citizens of 

 any other nation ; hence if all the wisdom of the world point 

 new ways, he will still cling to his accustomed ones. In the 

 matter of having commissions appointed to investigate and 

 report, and leaving things to continue in unsatisfactory 

 condition, he reminds one of Spanish dilatoriness. These 

 would appear to us the reasons for the difficulty which the 

 would-be reformers experience in bringing about economic 

 reforms." 



It must be admitted that these words hit off^ the situation 

 rather nicely. They may serve as an example of the forcible 

 style in which the book is written. It is a work at once 

 readable, accurate, concise and comprehensive. All who 

 take a wide view of forestry, especially in its economic 

 application, will read it both with pleasure and with profit. 



F. S. 



The Forest Trees of Britain. By the late Rev. C. A. Johns. 



loth Edition. Revised by Professor G. S. Boulger. 



Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- 

 ledge. Price 6s. net. 



Two editions of this work, by different editors and publishers, 

 have appeared within the past few months. We noticed one 

 of these on p. 240 of our last volume. 



The present edition comes from the original publishers, with 

 a preface by Professor Boulger, in which he says, " With but 

 a few verbal alterations, and some slight emendations rendered 

 desirable by recent advances in our knowledge of the subject, 

 it has been thought best to present the work much as Johns 

 left it, though illustrated by a series of new and specially prepared 

 plates." This edition is therefore practically a reprint, with all 

 the original illustrations in addition to the beautiful new plates 

 referred to above. 



