The Forest and the Sea Author:Marston Bates "A compelling, informative, far-ranging book. The oceans, lakes and rivers, deserts and forests--all these come under the author's expert scrutiny. He has much to tell us about ourselves and our relationship with our animal neighbors that we may not suspect." --John Barkham, The New York World-Telegram — "...In beguiling fashion the author brings... more » within the reader's purview the economy of nature in its manifold diversity to the ultimate consideration, the future of man on the earth as a part of that economy... The Forest and the Sea is a beautiful book, at once pellucid...and profound. In part its quality depends on a sensitive feeling for words and their magic, on an understanding of the 'dilemma of technical vocabulary' in scientific writing and the need for its resolution." --G.M. Wrigley, The Geographical Review« less