Vlll PREFACE. 



R. S. Troup has written a treatise on "Indian Forest 

 Utilization," that is based also on Gayer's book, and brings 

 up to date Fernandez' " Notes on the Utilization of Forests," 

 written from an Indian point of view. The American forestry 

 department has published a number of pamphlets on various 

 matters connected with Forest Utilization, but I know of no 

 American general treatise on the subject, except a short book 

 of 118 pages, by C. A. Schenk, 1904. I append a list of 

 American books on the subject kindly sent me by Mr. G. 

 Pinchot. In Britain, the only text-books available are on 

 timber, by Laslett, Stone, and Boulger, and from these I 

 have borrowed an occasional note. 



Many friends have urged me to write an original book on 

 Forest Utilization, but I could do so only by borrowing from 

 Gayer on a very large scale, and in fact by following closely 

 in the excellent lines he has laid down. Such a book could 

 be only a compilation, and it seems to me to be not only more 

 honest, but also more useful for students of forestry, to trans- 

 late the only general work on the subject that exists, while 

 making additions to it, from an English point of view, wherever 

 they are needed. All these additions are made in parentheses 

 and signed by the translator. 



Although this edition contains much matter that is not in 

 the first edition, Mayr has been able to compress Gayer's 

 book, so that in the translation there are now 840 instead 

 of 774 pages, while the number of plates in the text are 402 

 instead of 329, besides five full-page plates instead of three. 

 Gayer's book contains 341 plates only. 



LIST OF AMERICAN BOOKS ON FOREST UTILIZATION. 



Prepared by RAPHAEL Zox. October llth, 1907. 



"Forest Utilization," 0. A. Schenck, Biltinore, N. C., 1904. Pp. 118. 

 15. 



"Road Making and Maintenance," Chapter on "Wood Paving," by 

 Thomas Aitkins, 1900. J. B. Lippincott, Co., Philadelphia. Pp. 323 to 

 347. $G. 



