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 JOHN SHAW BILLINGS MEMORIAL FUND |