TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT COL.JOHN SHAW BILLINGS

M.D.,D.C.L.,LL.D.

FIRST DIRECTOR OF

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

WHO BY HIS FORESIGHT ENERGY AND

ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY

MADE EFFECTIVE

ITS FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE

“He is not deAD WHO GIVETH LIFE TO KNOWLEDGE”

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Rev. James Wood