CONTENTS AND ARGUMENT. 



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Introduction, 1 



Eeterenee is made to arrangements proposed by the British 

 trovernment in 1870 for the preparation and publication 

 of a compilation of information in regard to the past 

 history and management of English Forests (pp. 1-5) ; 

 and to circumstances which have led meanwhile to 

 arrangements for the publication of this compilation 

 (p. 5). 



PART I. — The Forests of England. 



Chapter I. — Ancient Forests, ... ... ... ... 8 



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

 the Romans (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. — Modem 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 — Sherwood Forest, ... ... ... ... 17 



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) ; by Hntton (p. 19) ; by 

 Evershed (p. 20) ; by Jewitt (p. 23) ; by Stacye (p. 23) ; 

 with letter of directions by Sir Christopher Wi;en, re- 

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

 Cathedral (p. 31). 



B. — Epping Forest, ... ... ... 32 



There are given notices of the Forest in early times (p. 32) j 

 . of buried remains of mammoths, lions, bears, and other 

 animals found in the Forest (p. 33) ; and of himts held 

 in the Forest at different times (p. 36). 



C. — Dean Forest, ... 42 



Details are given of its history from the times of the Romans 

 (p. 42) ; and of the mining population of the Foiest 

 (p. 49). 



