Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume IX (1882)

              twenty eighth report — january 3 18s2 33 every new addition until we are provided with more ample accommodations one class of works has sprung into existence within the past few years that is becoming quite numerous — county histories though generally prepared with too much haste yet it must be said to their credit that they snatch many a fragment of local his tory and genealogy from neglectfulness and add not a little to the general sum of local historical literature we are taking much pains to secure copies of these county histories for unless secured on their issue it is difficult to obtain them in 18"8 we obtained 24 county histories ; in 1879 45 in 1880 43 : in 1881 76 progressive library increase the past and present condition of the library is shown in the following table :