__NOTOC__ Lee & Shepard (1862-1905) was a publishing and bookselling firm in

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, in the 19th century, established by William Lee (1826–1906) and Charles Augustus Billings Shepard (1829–1889) Authors published by the firm included:

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; Sophie May;

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; Francis Henry Underwood; Madeline Leslie and

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. The business conducted its operations from offices at 149 Washington St. (ca.1872); the corner of Franklin and Hawley Street (1873–1885); and "adjoining the

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," no. 10 Milk Street (ca.1885). One of the first titles issued by the firm was the diary of Adam Gurowski, reviewed in 1862 by the ''

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, when his thorny tongue lashed the heroes of the camp, and sometimes that of

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when he cursed the arts of his superiors. ... Yet it is a book to be carefully read. Under its rough and prickly burr there is a nutritive nut." In 1905 Lee & Shepard merged with the Lothrop Company to form Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.Boston notes: The Consolidation of Lothrop Company and Lee & Shepard. ''New York Times'', September 3, 1904.
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* Adam Gurowski
Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862
1862.
My teacher's gem
1863. Engraving by Kilburn. * Charles R. Baker (of the Dorchester Nurseries)
Practical and scientific fruit culture
1866. (Some of the illustrations were derived from the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1847)
Sophie May
Cousin Grace. 1866. Engraving by N. Brown. * Henry Morgan
Ned Nevins
the news boy, or, Street life in Boston. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. * John Townsend Trowbridge
Neighbor's wives
1867 * John Frost
Life of Daniel Webster
the statesman and the patriot. 1868. * Oliver Optic
Our standard-bearer
or, the life of General Ulysses S. Grant. 1868. Illus. by Thomas Nast. *John Bunyon. Pilgrim's Progress (1871) * Our Boys and Girls
v.11-12
(1872). *

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. ''An American Girl Abroad'' (1872) * Eleanor W. Talbot
My lady's casket of jewels and flowers for her adorning
1885. Includes color plates. * Oliver Optic's Magazine
v.17-18
(1875). * Irene E. Jerome. One Year's Sketch Book. 1885. * Harriet Stewart Miner. Orchids: the Royal Family of Plants. 1885 * Irving Bacheller (1900) ''

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, A Tale of the North Country'' (a Lothrop book) * John Townsend Trowbridge. The Little Master. 1887 * Oliver Optic. Poor and Proud (1872) * Madame Eugénie Foa. The Boy Life of Napoleon: Afterwards Emperor of the Frenc

(1895). * Laurence Gronlund. The Co-operative Commonwealth: An Exposition of Socialism (1900) * Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd. Engine Engine No. 9 (1940) * Mrs. Partington's Mother Goose's Melodies, Edited by Uncle Willis (1889).

Images

Image:1866 FruitCulture byCharlesBaker p315.png, Illustration from: Charles R. Baker's ''Practical and scientific fruit culture'' (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1866) Image:1872 OliverOptic OurBoys and Girls v11 no227.png, "Larry is saved." From: Our Boys and Girls Monthly, 1872 Image:1881 Lee Shepard MCMA exhibit1 Boston.png, Display booth of Lee & Shepard at the exhibition of the

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, held in Mechanics Hall, on

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, Boston, 1881 Image:1885 MyLadysCasket byEleanorTalbot frontispiece.png, From: Eleanor Talbot's ''My Lady's Casket'' (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1885) Image:1885 MyLadysCasket byEleanorTalbot 1.png, From: Eleanor Talbot's ''My Lady's Casket'' (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1885)

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* WorldCat
Lee and Shepard
* American Antiquarian Society
Lee and Shepard. Business records, 1860s-1906
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