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The Trees We Read

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 26, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 21.

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The Trees We Read

NINE successful novels recently published in the United States had a total sale of over 1,600,000 copies. Since the average weight of each book sold was probably twenty ounces, a little calculation will prove that these 1,600,000 books contained approximately 2,000,000 pounds of paper. A manufacturer of paper asserts that the average spruce tree yields a little less than half a cord of wood, which is equivalent to about 500 pounds of paper. In other words, these nine novels swept away 4,000 trees, and they form but a small part of the fiction so eagerly read by the American public.—Chicago Daily News.