Our National Forests

by RICHARD H. D BOERKER '10. Macmillian Co., New York City

Every new development in human affairs needs expositors. Few have been so fortunate in securing real exposition as the forestry movement in America. It is not the purpose of this brief review to attempt to. list even the more well known among the men who have made forestry a topic of absorbing interest to American readers, but merely to call attention to the fact that a Dartmouth man has produced a work on the subject worthy to be classed with the best.

In his book "Our National Forests", Richard H. D. Boerker 1910, has outlined the history and work of the United States Forest Service both accurately and interestingly. The style of the work is popular. It gives an imposing array of facts and figures regarding the methods of an immense business undertaking without being dry. It is a record of big accomplishments in big country in a big way. It carries with it the enthusiasm of the big out-of-doors from which it comes.

The make-up of the book deserves special mention. ,It is surely intended to be one that at least he who rides may read. The print is clear and the paper dull finish, both prerequisites to comfortable reading in the saddle or on the street cars. The illustrations are numerous, advantageously placed in their context and aptly legended. Seldom does one find a book, which has the values of a reference work, so admirably calculated to catch and hold the reader's interest.