PREFACE 



At one time or another, the largest ques- 

 tion before every young man is, " What 

 shall I do with my life? " Among the possi- 

 ble openings, which best suits his ambition, 

 his tastes, and his capacities? Along what 

 line shall he undertake to make a successful 

 career? The search for a life work and the 

 choice of one is surely as important business 

 as can occupy a boy verging into manhood. 

 It is to help in the decision of those who are 

 considering forestry as a profession that this 

 little book has been written. 



To the young man who is attracted to 

 forestry and begins to consider it as a possi- 

 ble profession, certain questions present 

 themselves. What is forestr}^? If he takes 

 it up, what will his work be, and where? 

 Does it in fact offer the satisfying type of 



