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dem Gesammigebiete der Land-und Forst-wirthschaft mit Dinschluss der 
landw. Geweber u. der Jagd, in deutscher, franzdsischer u englisher 
Sprache Herausg. v. d. Buchandl, v. Gerold and Co., in Wein, 1873, a 
valuable catalogue filling 278 pages in large octavo. 
‘This volume is published as a small contribution to the literature of 
Britain, on subjects pertaining to Forest Science. 
‘It is aiter due consideration that the form given to the work—that 
of a compilation of what has been stated in works previously published 
—has been adopted. 
III.—Forestry of Norway. Price 5s. 
There are described in successive chapters the general 
features of the country. Details are given of the geo- 
graphical distribution of forest trees, followed by discussions 
of conditions by which this has been determined—heat, 
moisture, soil, and exposure. The effects of glacial action 
on the contour of the country are noticed, with accounts 
of existing glaciers aud snow-fields. And information is 
supplied in regard to forest exploitation and the transport 
of timber, in regard to the export timber trade, to public 
instruction in sylviculture, and to forest administration, 
and to ship-building and shipping. 
Extract From Prerace.—‘In the spring of 1877, while measures 
were being taken for the formation of an Arboretum in Edinburgh, I 
issued a pamplet entitled The Schools of Forestry in Hurope: a Plea 
for the Creation of a School of Forestry in connection with the Arboretum 
in Hdinburgh. After it was made known that arrangements were being 
carried out for the formation of an International Exhibition of forest 
products, and other objects of interest connected with forestry, in Edin- 
burgh with a view to promoting the movement for the establishment 
of a National School of Forestry in Scotland, and with a view of 
furthering and stimulating a greater improvement in the scientific 
management of woods in Scotland, and the sister countries, which has 
manifested itself during recent years, the council of the Kast Lothian 
Naturalists’ Club resolved on having a course of lectures or popular 
readings on some subject connected with forestry, which might enable 
the members and others better to profit by visits to the projected Exhibi- 
tion, and which should be open to the public ata moderate charge, The 
conducting of these was devolved upon me, who happened to be vice- 
president of the club. The following treatise was compiled from 
information then in my possession, or within my reach, and it constituted 
the basis of these lectures.’ 
