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"California In his introduction to this very interesting list of In- 

 Place Names of dian names, Professor Kroeber says : "The origin of 

 Indian Origin"* many place names in California which are of Indian 

 derivation is very imperfectly known, and has often 

 been thoroughly misunderstood. There is no subject of information in 

 which rumor and uncritical tradition hold fuller sway than in this field. 

 The best literature dealing with the topic — and it is one of widespread 

 interest — contains more errors than truths. The present compilation, in 

 spite of probably embodying numerous misunderstandings and offering 

 only doubt or ignorance on other points, is at least an attempt to ap- 

 proach the inquiry critically." Many names that are listed are of special 

 interest to our readers, as may be seen from the following examples : 



Hetch Hetchy Valley, in the famous cafion on Tuolumne River, 

 is named from a Central Miwok word denoting a kind of grass or 

 plant with edible seeds abounding in the valley. 



Koip Peak, between Mono and Tuolumne counties, is probably, 

 like near-by Kuna Peak, named from a Mono Indian word. Koip 

 is "mountain sheep" in the closely related Northern Paiute dialect. 



Kuna Peak, between Tuolumne and Mono counties, is probably 

 named from the Shoshonean word kuna, usually meaning "fire," 

 but appearing in the Mono dialect of the vicinity with the signifi- 

 cation of "firewood." 



"The Book of The Book of Forestry, by F. F. Moon, covers the field in 

 FoRESTRY"t a brief, interesting, and non-technical way which is very 

 acceptable to the general reader. Although written par- 

 ticularly for boys, it should prove of decided interest and value to older 

 readers. Some of the topics considered are the meaning of forestry; 

 the usefulness of forests; the life-story of the tree; the properties and 

 uses of wood; the methods of raising, protecting, measuring, and har- 

 vesting crops of timber; the life of a forester; city forestry. Part II is 

 a description of such characteristics of trees and of the various kinds of 

 wood as are of help in identifying trees and commercial timbers. A 

 glossary of technical terms is appended. 



It is perhaps unfortunate that some of the statements are somewhat 

 too dogmatic. For example, "Forestry is not agriculture, because agri- 

 culture has to do with tillable fields and level lands." If, as has been 

 done, we define agriculture as the production of living things from the 

 soil, then forestry is a part of agriculture. That this point of view is 

 accepted by many is shown by the fact that so large a proportion of the 

 managed forests of the world are administered by departments of agri- 

 culture. In points so open to argument, it would seem that it would 

 have been well for the author to state both viewpoints. 



* California Place Names of Indian Origin. By A. L. Kroeber. University of 

 California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 

 31-69. Price, 40 cents. 



^The Book of Forestry. By Frederick Franklin Moon. D. Appleton & Co., 

 New York and London. 1916. Price, $1.75. Illustrated. 



