* * * * * In the literature, which is largely in German, with some French and Italian volumes, notable works have appeared and real advances in forestry science especially with reference to management of mountain forests are due to Swiss writers. In 1767, the _Société d’Economie de Zurich_ published a foresters’ manual, and during the first quarter of the nineteenth century, _Zschokke_ and _Kasthofer_ developed silviculture in the Alps. _Landolt_, in 1860, published the results of his investigations (under the order of the Bund of 1857) into the forest conditions of the Alps, and contributed other volumes along similar lines. He was succeeded by the now venerable _Dr. J. Coaz_ as Inspector-General of the Bund (still active at 90 years of age), who also contributed to the science of mountain reboisement and in other directions. The work on the management of the City forest of Zürich by its long-time manager _Meister_ is classic. Under the active direction of _Anton Bühler_ for many years, the publication of (now under _Dr. Engler_) _Mittheilungen der eidgenössischen Centralanstalt für das forstliche Versuchswesen_, since 1891, have become important contributions to forestry science. In the direction of wood technology the name of _L. Tetmajer_, who is conducting timber tests, should be mentioned. FRANCE. No complete monographic history of forestry in France is in existence, and mainly incomplete notes scattered through various volumes were at the disposal of the writer. The work which contains the largest amount of historic information is G. HUFFEL, _Economie Forestière_, 3 volumes, 1904-1907, pp. 422, 484, 510, perhaps the most ambitious work in the French language, which has been largely followed in the account here given. It is a collection of ten studies, historical data being interspersed throughout the three volumes, the third volume containing one study entirely historical. L. F. A. MAURY, _Les forêts de la Gaule et de l’ancienne France_, 1867, 501 pp. is mainly descriptive, but full of interesting historic data and detail up to the revolutionary period. JULES CLAVÉ, _Etudes sur l’économie forestière_, 1862, 377 pp., 12^o, while mainly a propagandist essay, rehearses to some extent the history of forest practice, policies, etc., and gives a good insight into conditions at that time. _Die forstlichen Verhältnisse Frankreichs_, by Dr. A. V. SECKENDORFF, 1879, pp. 228, furnishes a few historical notes. Three English publications by JOHN CROUMBIE BROWN, _Pine Plantations in France_, _Reboisement in France_, 1876; _French Forest Ordinance of 1669_, 1882, are profuse and not entirely accurate, but give hints of historic development. CH. GUYOT, _L’enseignement forestier en France_, 1898, 398 pp., gives an insight into the development of forestry education and a complete history of the school at Nancy, and throws much light on other developments.