[Illustration: William Lee (Signature)]




THE BAY STATE MONTHLY.

_A Massachusetts Magazine_.

VOL. II.

MARCH, 1885.

No. 6.

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LEE AND SHEPARD.

By George L. Austin, M.D.


For a quarter of a century the firm-name of Lee and Shepard has been
familiar to the public. During this interval of time it has been printed
upon millions of volumes, which have gone forth on their two-fold
mission of instruction and entertainment. Few publishing houses in
America have achieved a more honorable record, or have more indelibly
left their impress of good intentions and of deeds nobly done upon the
minds of increasing generations. It is of the individual members of this
firm, both of whom have grown gray in the business, that I purpose to