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"The Development of British Forestry." By A. G. Forbes, 

 F.H.A.S. 8vo., 274 pp. (Arnold, London, 1910.) 10s. 6d. net. 



So many of our works on forestry savour of Continental systems 

 and practices that it is refreshing to hear what a mature, practical 

 forester like Mr. Forbes has to say on the subject of British forestry 

 and its develop m.ent. The book is, perhaps, not so much one for the 

 amateur forester as for those of more mature years and views, and who 

 have made a life-long study of forestry in this country and know what 

 our wants are in the matter of timber production and how best they 

 can be supplied. The book is divided into nine chapters, extending to 

 nearly three hundred pages, every one of which is crammed with well- 

 thought-out opinions regarding what forestry is at present and what it 

 should be in order to partly meet the ever-increasing wants of our 

 country in the matter of timber production — in fact, the whole problem 

 of afforestation is carefully considered and reviewed at considerable 

 length and in a masterly manner. We have reviewed many works 

 dealing with matters pertaining to forestry, but rarely one that has a 

 more practical ring about it than that under consideration, and certainly 

 Mr. Forbes is to be congratulated on producing a book that is sure to 

 win favour from everyone who is at all interested in the development of 

 British forestry. 



"Plant Anatomy." By W. C. Stevens. Ed. 2. xv + 379 pp. 

 (Churchill, London, 1910.) 10s. 6d. net. 



We have already reviewed the first edition of this work (vol. xxxiv. 

 p. 103). The praise we were able to bestow upon it is equally merited 

 by the present edition, where the author has added an excellent 

 chapter on "Reproduction." One or two of the figures in. which 

 attempts have been made to render the results'' of breeding evident 

 are not altogether a success, perhaps, but the matter is clear and 

 accurate. Little change is evident in the rest of the book, though 

 there are a few in the chapters dealing with micro-technique. The 

 whole has been reset. 



"Plant Animals, a Study in Symbiosis." By Dr. F. Keeble. 

 8vo., viii+163 pp. (University Press, Cambridge, 1910.) Is. net. 



In his " African Game Trails," Theodore Roosevelt says, " I did 

 Dot often take scientific books, simply because as yet scientific books 

 rarely have literary value." We think, however, that most will find 

 this " as interesting to read as any other good book." Dr. Keeble 

 deals with a -most interesting phase of the interdependence of different 

 living organisms, symbiosis, and in such a way that one is loth to 

 leave the book. This, however, while the central point of the book, is 

 not the only important one dealt with, for the account of his observa- 

 tions of the minute worms he has watched and experimented with is 

 full of matter of importance, scientifically, and of interest to all 

 intelligent people. 



