Agreatportionofthebestwritingandreadingliterary，scientific，professional，miscellaneous——comestousnow，atstatedintervals，inpapercovers。Thewriterappears，asitwere，inhisshirt-sleeves。
Assoonashehasdeliveredhismessagethebook-binderputsacoatonhisback，andhejoinstheforlornbrotherhoodof“backvolumes，“
thanwhich，solongastheyareunindexed，nothingcanbemoreexasperating。Whowantsalockwithoutakey，ashipwithoutarudder，abinnaclewithoutacompass，acheckwithoutasignature，agreenbackwithoutagoldbackbehindit？
Ihavereferredchieflytothemedicaljournals，butIwouldincludewiththesethereportsofmedicalassociations，andthoseseparatepublicationswhich，comingintheformofpamphlets，heapthemselvesintochaoticpilesandbundleswhichareworsethanuseless，takingupagreatdealofroom，andfrighteningeverythingawaybutmiceandmousingantiquarians，orpossiblyatlongintervalssometerebratingspecialist。
Arranged，bound，indexed，alltheseatoncebecomeaccessibleandvaluable。Iwilltakethefirstinstancewhichhappenstosuggestitself。HowmanywhoknowallaboutosteoblastsandtheexperimentsofOllier，andallthathasgrownoutofthem，knowwheretogoforapaperbythelateDr。A。L。PeirsonofSalem，publishedintheyear1840，underthemodesttitle，RemarksonFractures？Andifanypractitionerwhohastodealwithbrokenbonesdoesnotknowthatmostexcellentandpracticalessay，itisagreatpity，foritanswersverynumerousquestionswhichwillbesuretosuggestthemselvestothesurgeonandthepatientasnooneoftherecenttreatises，onmyownshelves，atleast，cando。