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48 WISCONSLN IIISTORICAL COLLECTIONB.

The works, under the first classification, on history anti its
cognate subjects, are steadily gaining on the other classes,
About half of the donations are of this character, and all of
the purchases; and it may further be added in this connection,
that of all the purchases since there-organization of the Society,
in January, 1854, there have not probably been more than
half a dozen volumes other than those of an historical character.
Of the additions the past year, 50 volumes were folios, and
56 quartos; making altogether in the Library 305 folios, and
461 quartos, the rest being chiefly of octavo size. This shows
that over one-sevcnth of the whole Library is composed of
worlrs of folio and quarto size, which is probably a large gro-
portion for any public or private Library.
Principal S%rks Purchased.
Beside many single works on American history, the following
have been added to the Library the past year by purchase, via:
Sparks' American Biography, 2d series, 15 vols., Sparks'
Washington '62 vols., Sparks' Franklin 10 vols., IIildreth's
Hist. U. S. 6 vols., Cetlin's American Indians 2 vols., Buck-
ingham's America 9 vols., Burk's Hist. of Virginia 4 vols., the
Casket 10 vols., the Port Folio 20 vols., Political Magazine 19
vols, Louisiana Historical Collections 5 vols., Trumbull's Hist.
Conn. 2 vols., Dwight's Travels 4 vols., Cobbett's works 13
vols., Featherstonhaugh's Canoe Voyage 2 vols., Military
Chronicle 6 vols., Warden's America 3 vols., Book of Family
Creste 2 vols., and British Monthly Review, 1749 to 1828
complete, 203 vols., partly by purchase and partly by exchange.
Principal Works added by Donation.
Voltaire's Works, 72 vols., Rousseau's Works 8 vols.,
Roger's North America, 1765, and Le Beau's Adventures in
America, 1728, from Stephen Taylor; Transactions of the Sta-
tistical Society, London, 20 vols., full set, from the Society;
Ladies' Book, 1839-'43, and Brother Jonathan, 1842-'43,15
vols., from CHARLES B. NORTON; American Journal of Insan-
ity, full set, unbound, 14 vols., from Drs. J. P. GRAY, and E.