viii ADVERTISEMENT. 



In all, 652. Upwards of a hundred new works had been 

 published annually. Amongst the works mentioned is a 

 volume entitled DieLiteratur der letztensiebenJahre(l8Q2-lS72) 

 aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Land und Worst-wirthschaft mit 

 Einschlusz der landw. Geweber u. der Jagd, in deutscher, /ran. 

 zosischer u englisher sprache Herausg, v. d. Buchandl. v. Gerold 

 and Co., in Wien, 1873, a valuable catalogue filling 278 

 pages in large octavo." 



This volume is published as a small contribution to the 

 literature of Britain, on subjects pertaining to Forest 

 Science. 



It is after due consideration that the form given to the 

 work that of a compilation of what has been stated in 

 works previously published has been adopted. 



It will be followed by another now in the press a 

 translation of the famous Forest Ordinance of France of 

 1669, with notices of the previous treatment of Forests 

 in that country. 



JOHN C. BROWN. 



HADDINGTON, 1st March, 1883. 



