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THE FORESTER. 



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colored plates. Altogether it is a work of con- 

 siderable value, especially to persons interested 

 in the forests and botany of the Philippine 

 Islands. 



The History of a Trade-Mark. By Olin D- 



WHEELER. Published by Chas. S. Fee, St. 



Paul, Minn. Pp. 31. Illustrated. 



In this nicely illustrated booklet is given a 

 concise history of the adoption of the unique 

 trade-mark of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 

 From the time of Chow Lien Ki and his wonder- 

 ful cave is a long cry, but the symbol of the 

 Great Monad evolved in 1017 A. D., is now em- 

 blazoned on the cars, offices, stationery, etc., 

 of a great transcontinental railroad and is indeed 

 a most striking trade-mark. Mr. Wheeler has 

 told the history of the Great Monad very cleverly 

 and the little book is well worth having. 



The Northern Pacific as a railroad system is 

 fully as remarkable as its trade-mark and under 

 its present active management is doing wonders 

 in assisting in the development of the great 

 Northwest. 



A Souvenir of Plymouth Parks. By A. S. Bur- 

 bank. Plymouth, Mass., 1901. Illustrated 

 with 46 half tones. 



This handsome souvenir book contains a brief 

 history of the parks of Plymouth, Mass., and is 

 illustrated profusely with splendid engravings. 

 The people of Plymouth are to be congratulated 

 on their series of beautiful parks, and many 

 larger and wealthier cities will do well to follow 

 the example they set in providing recreation 

 spots for the people. The frontispiece to the 

 volume is a picture of Nathaniel Morton, Presi- 

 dent of the Park Commission. 



The Magazines for November. 



A welcome newcomer in the magazine world 

 is Country Life in America. Ordinarily the 

 appearance of a new magazine in the already 

 crowded field, would cause one to fear for the 

 safety of the bank account of the persons financ- 

 ing the venture. However, in the case of 

 Country Life in America, it seems the pub- 

 lishers, Doubleday, Page & Co., are appealing 

 to a class that will gladly welcome their new 

 periodical. As the name implies this magazine 

 deals with country life, and if the excellence of 

 the first number is maintained, there is little 

 doubt of its success. 



Mr. Liberty H. Bailey, a well-known writer 

 on the subjects to which this magazine will be 

 devoted, is the editor. The opening number 

 contains a number of interesting illustrated 

 articles, the two best being by Mr. Bailey on 

 "The Abandoned Farms," and " Ellerslie, An 

 American Country Seat." The literary excel- 

 lence of Country Life in America is made 

 doubly effective by the great number of splendid 

 illustrations used. It is not too much to say 

 that this magazine is one of the most artistic 

 published. 



Scribner's Magazine, always attractive, con- 

 tains a number of interesting articles this 

 month. The first installment of a new novel 

 by F. Hopkinson Smith, entitled "The For- 

 tunes of Oliver Horn " is given. "The Pines 

 of Lory," by J. A. Mitchell, is continued, and 



Theodore Roosevelt contributes a second paper 

 concerning experiences "With the Cougar 

 Hounds." Notable articles are: "Russia of 

 To-Day, " by Henry Norman ; a third paper on 

 the "United States Army," by General Francis 

 V. Greene; " Marquis Ito," and "Among the 

 Dunkers." 



The World's Work for November contains an 

 article of great interest to readers of the For- 

 ester, on "The Proposed Appalachian Forest 

 Reserve," by Dr. W. J. McGee, chief of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology. In this article, 

 which is splendidly illustrated. Dr. McGee in- 

 sists that the only method of preserving the 

 most attractive scenic region in eastern America 

 is by establishing the proposed reserve. He 

 further argues that public sentiment, science 

 and health demand the saving of the stream 

 sources. This number also contains a number 

 of other timely articles among which are : 

 "Japan and the United States," by Midori 

 Komatz, Secretary Japanese Legation at Wash- 

 ington ; "Problems of the British Empire," by 

 Sydney Brooks; "The Pivotal Farm of the 

 Union " by Liberty II. Bailey ; and the "Beauti- 

 fying of Cities" by Chiles H. Caffin. Alto- 

 gether this is one of the best numbers of the 

 World's Work that has yet been published. 



Outing for November, though more especially 

 a football number, contains several interesting 

 articles on other phases of out-door life, among 

 which are: "My First Bull Moose," "Wild 

 Geese in the Northwest," " Bits of Woodcraft," 

 and "Photographing the Belted Kingfisher." 

 There has been great improvement in the illus- 

 trations and printing of this number, and in spite 

 of being handicapped by a hideous cover design 

 the November Outing is by far the most attrac- 

 tive number yet published. 



McClure's contains among a number of excel- 

 lent articles, a character sketch of President 

 Roosevelt by William Allen White ; Ray Stan- 

 nard Baker explains " What the United States 

 Steel Corporation is, and How it Works." 



The Review of Reviews has articles on " The 

 New York Municipal Campaign " with sketches 

 of the leading candidates, and the Philadelphia 

 campaign is also described. There are two ar- 

 ticles on the war in the Philippines, and John 

 S. Wise writes on the "Efforts to Preserve 

 Game." The Cosmopolitan for November like 

 nearly all the magazines for the month contains 

 articles on President Roosevelt and the New 

 York campaign. The National Geographic- 

 Magazine has an article on "The Sex, Nativity 

 and Color of the People of the United States," 

 compiled from Census Bulletin No. 103. Dr. 

 William L. Bray has an interesting illustrated 

 article in The Botanical Gazette on the ' ' Vegeta- 

 tion of Western Texas. " The Saturday Evening 

 Post announces a series of articles on "The 

 White Invasion of China" by Senator Beveridge, 

 of Indiana. Current Advertising for Novem- 

 ber is an unusually handsome number and is 

 filled with valuable information for all persons 

 interested in advertising. Mr. Bates has proven 

 that an advertising magazine can be made in- 

 teresting even to the general reader. 



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