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zine literature on forestry since the monthly Journal 

 of Forestry and Estates Management, which began its 

 career in London in 1877, transferred to Edinburgh 

 in 1884, ceased to exist in 1885. 



At present, a very well conducted Quarterly Journal 

 of Forestry, started in 1907 by the Royal English 

 Arboricultural Society replacing its Transactions and 

 that of the Irish Forestry Association, also the Journal 

 of the Board of Agriculture, occasionally, supply the 

 needs of the continuously improving chances for 

 development on forestry lines. Until within a short 

 time the English professional book literature has been 

 extremely meager, although a considerable propa- 

 gandist, arboricultural, and general magazine litera- 

 ture exists. Schlich's Manual of Forestry, first in three 

 volumes published from 1889 to 1895, now in its 

 second to fourth edition, enlarged to five volumes, is 

 the most comprehensive publication. Another author 

 deserving mention is John Nisbet, known by his 

 Studies in Forestry (1894), who also engrafted conti- 

 nental silvicultural notions into later editions of 

 James Brown's The Forester, an encyclopaedic work 

 of merit. Several German and French works have 

 been translated into English, notably K. Gayer: Die 

 Forstbenutzung; R, Hess: Der Forstschutz; H. Fiirst: 

 Waldschutz. 



John Croumbie Brown's sixteen volumes on forests 

 and forestry in various countries may be mentioned 

 among the propagandist literature. The Arboricul- 

 tural Societies mentioned also make a brave effort to 

 advance professional development of forestry in their 

 publications. 



