CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



Introduction i 



Civilization Founded on Natural Conditions — Interest Attaching 

 to this Relation — Not a Subject for Sentimentalists — Purpose 

 of this Volume — Not Intended for Professional Foresters — 

 Treatment of Forests a Test of Democratic Government. 



CHAPTER II 

 The North American Forest 5 



Northern Temperate Forest Regions — Subdivisions of the North 

 American Forest — Distribution of Forests not Accidental — The 

 Forest an Organism Subject to Definite Laws — The Eastern 

 Forest — The Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast Forests — 

 Causes of Distribution — The Warfare of the Forest — How 

 Phases of the Struggle Become of Importance in Silviculture — 

 Weapons of Offense and Defense — Windfalls-^Succession of 

 Species-*^The Forest under the Control of Man. ''" ' 



CHAPTER III 



The Forest and Man 



Great Britain and the American Woods — Naval Store^The 

 Surveyor-General of the Woods-'One of the Causes oi tne Kevo- 

 lution — The Fur Trade — The Baclcwoodsmiti — Hk Characteris- 

 tics the Product of Forest Influences — How He Affected American 

 History — Settlement in the Western Forests — The Indian Trail 

 — Lost in the Woods — Transportation Facilities — Advent of the 

 Railway — Man the Conqueror — Rise of the Lumber Industry — 

 The Inexhaustible Supply. 



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