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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BOOK REVIEWS 



DOWN THE COLUMBIA. By Lewis 

 Freeman (Dodd, Mead & Company). 

 A graphic account, by an author to whom 

 adventure is no new story, of a trip from 

 source to mouth of the Columbia. Though 

 one of the world's largest and best-known 

 scenic rivers, this is the first record that has 

 been made of any trip from its glacial 

 sources to tidewater, and it is packed with 

 interest and thrills. The story is well il- 

 lustrated with many photographs taken 

 along the way. 



WESTWARD HOBOES, by Winifred 

 Hawkridge Dixon (Scribner's) New 

 York, $4.00. 



Well characterized as the "ups and downs 

 of frontier motoring" this is the story of 

 two American girls who decided to rough 

 it and see the country in a purposeful way. 

 They shipped their car to Galveston and 

 motored from there up through the Rio 

 Grande country, north through the Rockies 

 and then home by way of the northern 

 States, following roads where road were 

 offered but where they were not, blazing 

 the trail to their objective. They had a 

 wonderful trip and tell of it delightfully. 

 One acted as official photographer and if 

 responsible also for the unique map of the 

 journey shown on the lining paper. 



THE EDGE OF THE JUNGLE, by Wil- 

 liam Beebe, N. Y., (Holt) . .$2.50. 

 With the great interest which now domi- 

 nates the world in books of travel to dis- 

 tant lands and seas, this delightful story 

 by Mr. Beebe, following his "Jungle 

 Peace", will be received with welcome and 

 accorded a place of distinction by all book 

 lovers. 



Forest Mensuration, by Herman Haupt 

 Chapman (Wiley New York). $5.00. 

 This book contains a thor ^ugh discus- 

 sion of the measurement of the volume 

 of felled timLer, in the form of logs or 

 other products , the measurement of the 

 volume of standing timber ; and the growth 

 of trees, stands of timber and forests. It is 

 designed for the information of students 

 of forestry, owners or purchasers of tim- 

 berlands, and timber operators. The sub- 

 ject matter so treated is fundamental to 

 the purchase or exchange of forest property 

 or of timber stumpage, the valuation of 

 damages, the planning of lo'gging opera- 

 tions, and the management of forest lands 

 for the production of timber by growth. 



It is intended as the successor of Graves' 

 Forest Mensuration, and was undertaken 

 at the request of the author, H. S. Graves, 

 whose original text. Forest Mensuration, 



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American Forestry Association 



1211 Sixteenth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 



appearing in 1906, set a standard for text- 

 books in forestry and has been of inesti- 

 mable value to foresters and timberland 

 owners in America. The present text 

 is not a revision of the former publication, 

 but an entirely new presentation, both as 

 to arrangement, methods of treatment and 

 much of the same subject matter. 



about wood which are to be found in works 

 which treat of it as a secondary matter, as 

 in botanical works. It is highly useful for 

 its special purpose and a valuable compila- 

 tion of necessary facts and information. 



A Text Book of Wood, by Herbert Stone 



(Rider London). $5.00. 



This book was written to provide a class- 

 book for advanced students and to gather 

 in a condensed form under one title all the 

 many scattered morsels of infurmation 



The American Geographical Society has 

 issued a booklet of exceptional merit 

 entitled "Palisades Interstate Park." The 

 charming style of the author. Dr. R. L. 

 Dickinson, is one that must appeal to every 

 lover of nature and the beautiful pen 

 sketches and panoramas represent a very 

 high standard of illustration. 



