CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
FOREST DESTRUCTION. 
Effect of Forest Destruction upon a Country.—Effects Produced in 
Europe and Asia.—The Ancient Habitableness of those Regions 
Contrasted with Modern Barrenness and Unproductiveness.—For- 
ests as an Essential to Industry and Comfort.—Dependence of Man- 
kind on Wood.—A Consideration for Future Wants.—Telling Re- 
sults of the Wilful Waste of the Atlantic States Forests. —Manner 
of Mecting the Question of Wholesale Destruction.—System of 
Forest Management in France and Germany.—The Unprotected 
State of American Forests generally.—The Forest Regions of the 
Northwest, and a Suggestion for their Preservation...... . Page 1 
CHAPTER II. 
CONSEQUENCES OF FOREST DESTRUCTION. 
The Wasteful Havoc of Forest-lands, and its Serious Consequences.— 
The Indifference Manifested towards Remedying the Evil. —The 
Action of Public Corporations on Forest-lands.—The Efforts of Dr. 
Drake to Protect Forests.—The Evil Consequences of Non-atten- 
tion.—Probable Date of a Timber Famine in the United States.— 
The Inherited Duties of Americans. — The Destined Uses of Nat- 
ure’s Growth.—Fencing and Railroad Interests as a Means of For- 
est Destruction.— Annual Destruction and Replacement Contrasted. 
—Convincing Necessaries ....... 0... cece cece eee cence eeses 6 
CHAPTER III. 
EFFECT OF FORESTS ON A COUNTRY. 
The Effect of Trees on Humidity, Evaporation, Rainfall, and Prevail- 
ing Winds. — Nebraska’s Generous Labor in Behalf of the Repro- 
duction of Trees, and her Reward. — Humidifying Influence of the 
Pacific Winds on Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.—The Humidity of 
Forests, to What Due.—The Theory of Condensation in Connection 
