CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
PREFACE . : - : é a ‘ - = EE 
INTRODUCTORY 1 
THE FOREST OF THE ANCIENTS 8 
GERMANY as Ps 21 
I. From EARLIEST TIMES TO END OF MippLE A@ES . = 25 
1. Development of Property Conditions 26 
2. Forest Treatment 3 34 
Il. Frest DeveLoPMENT oF Forestry Metuops (1500 
to 1800) . 39 
1. Development of Property Conditions 40 
2. Forest Conditions ; 44 
3. Methods of Restriction in Forest Use 46 
4. Forest Policy 49 
5. Personnel 52 
6. Development of Silviculture . 53 
7. Improvement of the Crop 62 
8. Methods of Regulating Forest Management 64 
9. Improvements in Methods of Mensuration 68 
10. Methods of Lumbering and Utilization . 72 
11. Forest Administration . 75 
12. Forestry Schools . 78 
13. Forestry Literature 79 
TI. DevELOPMENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 86 
1. Changes in Property Conditions 86 
2. Forest Conditions 90 
3. Personnel 91 
