CONTENTS AND ARGUMENT. 



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 iNTRODUailON, 1 



Reference is made to arrangementa proposed by the British 

 Goverameut in 1S70 for the preparation and publication 

 of a compilation of information in regard to the past 

 history and management of English B'orests (pp. 1-5) ; 

 and to circumstances which , hive led meanwhile to 

 arrangements for the publication of this compilation 

 (p. 5). 



PAET I. — Thk Forests of England. 



Chapter L — Ancient Forests, ... ... ... ... 8 



Notices are given of the Forests of England in the time of 

 the Eomans (p, 8), and in times of the Saxons (p. 9)<; of 

 the Forest Laws of England (p. 12) ; and of the technical 

 use made in these of the terms Forest (p, 13), Chase 

 (p. 14), Parks and Warrens (p. 15). 



Chapter II. — Modern Woods and Forests, 17 



Section 1. — Forests, 17 



Of these there are selected for illustration — Sherwood Forest, 

 Epping Forest, Dean Forest, and the New Forest. 



A-^Sfienvood Forest, ... ... ... ... IT 



Kobin Hood, his Tomb, and the Parliamentary Oak are 

 alluded to (p. 17) ; and then are cited accounts of the 

 Forest by Camden (p, 18) j by Hutton (p. 19) ; by 

 Bvershed (p. 20) ; by Jewitt (p^ 23) ; by Stacye (p. 23) ; 

 with letter of directions by Sir Christopher Wren, re» 

 lative to beams required in the structure of St Paul's 

 Cathedral (p. 31). 



