Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Excerpt from Medical Libraries: An Address Delivered Before the New York Academy of Medicine, January 18, 1877, on Taking the Chair as President a Second Term IN yielding to the requirements of an established custom, the obligations of which devolve upon me by reason of your choice a second time, to occupy the honorable position and discharge the duties of your presiding officer, I have been led to believe that on this occasion the interests of this Institution can be promoted, possibly, in no better way than by a brief survey of the progress that this Academy has made during the past two years - the means which have been adopted and are still required to extend its beneficial influence. To speak of causes which retard the scientific growth of medical associations, and of professional harmony, which causes necessarily exist in all commercial cities, is no purpose of mine. These will, as social intercourse, literary culture, and the love of science become more deeply implanted in the hearts, and age matures the judgment of medical men, take to themselves wings and fly away. They will hide themselves in narrow and sordid minds, who soon pass from the active stage of medical life, and, like falling stars, leave no track behind them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Since the 1970s I have pursued three separate but overlapping and sometimes simultaneous careers: (1) philosopher / writer / teacher / historian of the long nineteenth century, 1789-1914; (2) editor / translator / photographer / publisher / biographer / encyclopedist; (3) cataloging librarian / rare books and special collections librarian / historian of medicine. Somehow these three vocations have garnered me some acclaim, even an entry in Who's Who in America. Each of them has resulted in some published or presented works. Because these works have been scattered in a wide variety of venues, some of which have gone out of print or have otherwise become generally unavailable - and of course with the oral presentations being gone as soon as they are given - I have thought it wise to select, epitomize, and bring them together in one place - here. Thus, what follows in these volumes is what I consider to be the most important of my shorter works. All translations are my own unless otherwise indicated.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.