House of John Wright

was opened at 42-44 The Triangle, by John Wright & Sons Ltd. Stocks are held of the works of most medical publishers and any book not in stock can be ordered. It is hoped that doctors and medical students will make full use of the room for study and reference. They will find a quiet and dignified atmosphere quite unlike that of the ordinary bookshop. John Wright & Sons Ltd. were established as printers in 1825 and as publishers soon afterwards. The founder's main interest was in religious and educational literature and the firm first turned to medical work in 1885 when the publishing rights in the Medical Annual, then small and unsuccessful, were acquired in part settlement of a bad debt. The Company was then under the chairmanship of the son of the founder, Mr. Hartland S. Wright, and from that date the medical side of the business has been steadily expanded. It is, however, interesting to note that a pamphlet entitled " Physiological Facts connected with the Function of Respiration," published by the firm in 1836, has recently come to light in the library of the B.R.I.