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Modern Forest Economy: John Croumbie Brown, LL.D. i2mo., pp. 

 228. Edinburg. Oliver & Boyd. 



In furtherance of an International Forestry Exhibition in Edinburg in 1884, 

 to which a number of scientific, practical, and professional gentlemen pledged 

 their assistance and co-operation at a meeting held in March, 1883, Dr. Brown has 

 prepared this little work. It is intended as an introduction to the study of for. 

 estry, so that those who read it will be better prepared to appreciate and be ben- 

 efited by the proceedings. It embraces an account of the origin of forests and 

 the consequences of their destruction; chapters upon the ancient forests of r.ii- 

 rope and their disappearance, together with an indication of the evils that have 

 followed their destruction, such as floods, inundations and torrents, avalanches 

 landslides and sand drifts ; also upon forest conservation, sylviculture, diseases of 

 trees, forest administration, etc. Dr. Brown has devoted a good share of his 

 life to this subject and may be regarded as a standard authority on all branches 

 of it. 



The United States Art Directory and Year Book : Compiled by S. R. 

 Koehler. Octavo, pp. 440, including engravings. Cassell & Co., New 

 York, London and Paris, 1884. For sale by M. H. Dickinson, $2.00. 



This work is intended as a guide to all persons interested in the progress of 

 art, art patrons, students of art and its history, and travelers of an artistic turn 

 of mind, by pointing out to them the facilities existing in the United States for 

 the enjoyment, the study and the commerce of art. It contains a chronicle of 

 events in the art-world like exhibitions, sales, museums, and private collections, 

 question of tariff, copyright law, etc.; also lists of national and local institutions 

 devoted to art, a directory of artists and of art teachers ; to which is added a 

 classified index of everything in the book. Nearly two hundred pages are de- 

 voted to the " Souvenirs of Exhibitions" being engraved copies of the very best 

 oil paintings, water colors, drawings, etchings, etc., that have been exhibited by 

 American artists in this country and Europe within the past year. For the pur- 

 poses of artists themselves or patrons of art, this book — the second in the series — 

 will be found very useful. It is handsomely printed and the engravings are un- 

 usually well done. 



Six Centuries of Work and Wages: By Jones E. Thorold Rogers, M. P. Oc- 

 tavo, pp. 591. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1884. For sale by M. H. 

 Dickinson. $3.00. 



The first part of this massive book is devoted to an account of early English 

 society up to and during the latter half of the 13th century and particularly of 

 the principal pursuit of the Englishmen of that period, agriculture; also to the 

 occupations of the townspeople, and finally with the various classes who made up 

 mediaeval society ; all of which is embraced in the first six chapters, under the 



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