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II.—The Forests of England; and the Management of 
them in Bye-gone Times. Price 6s. 
Ancient forests, chases, parks, warrens, and woods, are 
described ; details are given of destructive treatment to 
which they have been subjected, and of legislation and 
literature relating to them ‘previous to the present 
century. 
Exrract From Prerace.—‘ Contrast with this [the paucity of works 
in English on Forest Science], the richness of Continental languages in 
literature on such subjects. I have had sent to me lately O/versight of 
Svenska Skogsliteraturen, Bibliografiska Studieren of Axel Cnattingius, a 
list of many books and papers on Forest Science published in Sweden ; 
I have also had sent to me a work by Don José Jordana y Morera, 
Ingenero de Montes, under the title of Apuntes Bibliographico Forestale, 
a catalogue raisonné of 1126 printed books, MSS., &c., in Spanish, on 
subjects connected with Forest Science. 
‘Iam at present preparing for the press a report on measures adopted 
in France, Gerinany, Hungary, and elsewhere, to arrest and utilise drift- 
sand by planting them with grasses and trees ; and in Der Huropaeische 
Flug-sand und Seine Cultur, von Josef Wessely General Domaenen- 
Inspecktor, und Forst-Academie-Direktor, published in Vienna in 1873, 
I find a list of upwards of 100 books and papers on that one department 
of the subject, of which 30, in Hungarian, Latin, and German, were 
published in Hungary alone. 
‘ According to the statement of one gentleman, to whom application 
was made by a representative of the Government at the Cape, for infor- 
mation in regard to what suitable works on Forest Economy could be 
procured from Germany, the works on Forst- Wissenchaft, Forest Science, 
and Forst- Wirthchaft, Forest Economy, in the German language may be 
reckoned by cartloads. From what I know of the abundance of works 
in German, on subjects connected with Forestry, I am not surprised 
that such a report should have been given. And with the works in 
German may be reckoned the works in French. 
‘In Hermann Schmidt’s Fach Katalogue, published in Prague last 
year (1876), there were given the titles, &c,, of German works in Forst und 
Jagd-Literatur, published from 1870 to 1875 inclusive, to the 3lst of 
October of the latter year, amounting in all to 650, exclusive of others 
given in an appendix, containing a selection of the works published 
prior to 1870. They are classified thus :—General Forest Economy, 93 ; 
Forest Botany, 60 ; Forest History and Statistics, 50; Forest Legislation 
and Game Laws, 56; Forest Mathematics, 25; Forest Tables and 
Measurements, &c., 148; Forest Technology, 6; Forest Zoology, 19; 
Peat and Bog Treatment, 14; Forest Calendars, 6; Forest and Game 
Periodicals, 27 ; Forest Union and Year Books, 13; Game, 91; Forest 
and Game in Bohemian, 44. In all, 652. Upwards of a hundred new 
works had been ee annually. Amongst the works mentioned is 
avolume entitled Die Literatur der letzten sieben Jahre (1862-1872) aus 
