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Book Reviews 
THIS LAND IS OURS, by Alice Harvey Hubbard. MacMillan Co., New 
York; 1960. 272 pages, $4.95. 
Conservation organizations seeking ways to be of service to their com- 
munities will find many ideas in this fine book, for it is a compilation of 
many types of useful projects. At one point Miss Hubbard declares: “The 
millions of women who contribute to community welfare throughout the 
country, most of whom have families and do their own housework, make up 
a volunteer army five times the size of our armed forces. If paid for at 
the minimum wage scale, their services would cost 2% billion dollars a 
year.” Though the book seems to be weighted in favor of the garden clubs 
of America, other groups come in for a share of tribute. 
Several pages are devoted to the efforts of some group projects, while 
others are treated briefly with one or two paragraphs. Here one will find 
how Mettler’s Woods in New Jersey were saved from the axe — this 65-acre 
tract, just fifty miles from New York City, was preserved, primarily 
through a large donation from a labor union. One man saved the yellow 
ladys’-slippers in the Black Hills. The Outdoor Circle of Hawaii fought and 
won the battle against highway billboard slums as far back as 1927. The 
little town of Neosho, Missouri, launched a campaign for flower boxes. 
Westminster, California originated a petunia contest and festival. A gang 
of Negro youngsters cleared a small lot filled with trash and converted it 
into a ball field. 
The book tells the story of the world-famous Abraham Lincoln Memorial 
Garden in Springfield, Ill., which was designed by Jens Jensen; of the In- 
ternational Friendship Gardens outside of Michigan City, Indiana; and of 
the fight against pollution of the Kalamazoo River by industrial wastes. The 
drabness of many American towns could be improved if more groups were 
to take inspiration from this useful volume. 
Raymond Mostek, 615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, III. 
Conservation Library Established 
A NEW LIBRARY of conservation information andeitens 
ture has been founded in Denver as a source of publications 
and data regarding the preservation of natural resources. This 
is the only library of its type anywhere, and it is expected that 
scientists and educators from all over the world will be able 
to make use of its services. Members who have collections 
of conservation literature, magazines, or books on natural 
resources, etc., are invited to donate their materials to the 
library (which already has a complete set'of THE AUDU- 
BON BULLETIN.) It is important to determine whether 
your articles are needed BEFORE you ship any items. Write 
FIRST to MR. ARTHUR CARHART, Conservation Library 
CENTER, c/o ,DENVER PUBLIC. LIBRA-RAiae 
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